May 21, 2016

When we purchased our new home last fall there was a period of time where we could work in the house while we continued to live in the parsonage at church. It was very helpful and allowed us to make some changes and updates before we moved in. Over those weeks I would call Nancy and play the “Good news, Bad news” game. She got to pick what I told her first. For example…Good news, you get a whole new shower surround…Bad news, we have to replace the shower surround in the master bathroom (or the shower surround is now in the backyard waiting to go to the dump). Good news, I have solved the answer as to why there is water in the basement…Bad news, we need new gutters. I thought the game was fun. Nancy, not so much. As time wore on she just simply stopped playing. I would call and she would say, “I’m not playing, what did you find now.”

I have been reminded of that game these past few weeks.

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Friday meant a trip to the oncologist for blood work and to talk about the next round of chemotherapy.

One of my doctors came in and quickly read over the blood work numbers and said something like, “not bad”. I laughed and said she was going to have to explain these numbers to me and explain what “not bad” meant. Nancy and I got the first of what will be many tutorials on the blood work related to my chemotherapy. The numbers were “exactly where they were supposed to be”.

A few minutes later my oncologist came in and he seemed pleased with everything. I have stopped using the high powered pain meds and now use simply Tylenol to treat any pain. We decided that the last chemotherapy treatment had gone well and that we should keep to that schedule…so I get my second treatment this coming Monday.

The rest of the day was spent resting and sleeping. I picked up a book to read…made it four pages and fell asleep. Nancy came home from the store and I helped her carry in a few bags of groceries. After the groceries I was wiped out, it was all I could do to keep my eyes open as she shared about her journey to the store. For some reason today has been one of those low energy days.

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