#  103

I have been doing really well since my last scans and I have been feeling very grateful.  Every chance I've had I have been letting people know how awesome God is and what He has done for me.  Perfect timing to Thanksgiving :)  I started going to the YMCA for my physical therapy since my insurance won't cover any more PT.  My therapist told my about the Y offering free water aerobics for people with arthritis.  The Arthritis Foundation offers it for people just like me.  :))

So I have gone to two classes and I am having a blast for so many reasons!  First I can move in so many more ways while in water that it makes me excited to think I'm moving that hip joint and keeping it loose...yay!!  But, boy does it wear me out in a good way :)   So I go into aerobics and I am the youngest one there by 25 to 30yrs.  It is so much fun listening to these 6 to 8 sweet, older ladies and 3 to 4 older men.  Some joke and ask about spouses .... others laugh and flirt... it is just too much fun!  Now the icing on the cake....this young life guard, I mean like my son's age around 20 was giving me the eye!!  He only talked to me and no one else going in then coming out with a bunch of smiles it made me roll laughing!  I am sooooo not a cougar!  Bwahahahahahahaaaa!!!!  And the way this cancer has deformed me?  I just couldn't stop laughing!   So I head back today with my mother-in-law to see if she would like to try and WHAM-O!!  He struck again!  I was laughing the whole way home AGAIN!  Well, the PT is wonderful the golden oldies are adorable and my own personal flirt makes me laugh hysterically.  It has been a good week.

One more wonderful thing this week, well maybe two.  We got a visit from a friend who sponsored a drive for the school to help give needy families enough food for Thanksgiving dinner.  She gave us four boxes of food and TWO turkeys!  We have been pretty tight lately due to some unexpected expenses....it was just an answer to prayer and I thank God for it.  He is so good to us and we just cried and thanked Him as we stood around the table... :))  The other half of the good weekend...a church has asked Ben to be their Pastor.  So we need some prayer cover...my husband and I want to follow God's lead so we will be praying if this is the right place.  Like we always do, we will follow Him. :)

#  102

I haven't have a chance to post my good news which makes my last post pointless except to say that I had to go through the whole weekend being very down.  I received a phone call from my doctor late Monday afternoon after having gone through the whole weekend thinking that my end was rushing at me much quicker than I was expecting.  He said he had very good news, that my scans were not read correctly.  Let me see if I can explain...I took a CT scan in Feb. of this year and another two weeks ago.  I also took a PET scan in July.  My radiologist was comparing the two CT scans which is normal procedure.  BUT, it would have very different reactions from the radiologist because in Feb I had no cancer in my liver at the time.  But in July I did.  So he was looking at growth that he thought was brand new.

My doctor noticed the discrepancy in my tumor marker numbers and called the radiologist to see what he did.  Then had him compare July with 2 wks ago.  Needless to say, he saw the cancer and how SMALL it had gotten!!  So my doctor was telling me that everyone was jumping and shouting for joy!!   Well, SO WAS I!!!  So I am sticking with this chemo for a while and we will see how small we can get this cancer to go!!  Actually it doesn't matter what the chemo does, it's all God anyway!  PRAISE GOD!!  PRAISE GOD!!