Thankful That We Are Moving Forward

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone and I realized I haven't posted in several weeks!!

Matt was at the cancer center last Monday - Wednesday and so he was pretty sick for Thanksgiving Day on Thursday. Our visit to the cancer center was pretty much uneventful.....just how I like it to be!!! :) We go back again on Dec. 6 and Matt will be switching medicines. Instead of taking one of his medicines by infusion, he will now be able to take it in pill form. This will allow him to only have to be at the hospital for 1 day instead of 3. We will still go over the night before, see the doctor and then have his infusion for 6 hours and then instead of going on a pump for two more days we will get to come home instead. Matt is really looking forward to trying this new medicine as he really hates having to be connected to a pump for 48 hours straight. He is just a little nervous as to how he will react to the medicine.

Matt's oncologist also said that at the beginning of the new year Matt will have another ct scan and if the tumors are stable or shrinking then he might stop one of his chemo medicines and see if we can trick them into thinking that they are still getting poisoned. The medicine that the dr wants to drop is the one that causes most of the side effects. Right now it is causing Matt to have neuropathy in his hands and feet. The nerves to his hands and feet are getting damaged and this causes him pain and as well as loss of feeling. This can become a permanent condition that could really effect Matt's ability to work. If it gets bad enough it could keep him from being able to use the computer and even the ability to walk. This recommendation is a mixed bag.....excited that Matt will not be so sick and have so many side effects, but scared that it won't trick the cancer and it will spread. Time will tell!

This Thanksgiving weekend was really nice. After Matt began to feel better we were able to have some fun with our family and to fulfill one item on Matt's bucket list. He wanted to take his boys out shooting and we girls wanted to come along as well. It was so much fun! Of course the boys thought it was totally amazing....us girls thought it was kinda cool as well. I have always resisted Matt's desire to go out shooting guns since I don't care for them...but I think this excursion has changed my mind!! :)

In two weeks we will knock another item off the bucket list....we are going to Disney Land!!!!! Yeah!!! I am taking the kids out of school and the older college kids are taking their finals early. We are hoping to be there when there are no crowds....wish us luck!