Sherry,

Congratulations to you and Ken for reaching this important milestone. This is some of the hardest times but it will get better. I remember this part or at least bits of it. My wife probably remembers it much better. She keeps talking about me trying to get out of the car going down the highway or something silly like that. I learned dexamethasone and I don't get along too well. We drove an hour in horrible rush hour traffic to get there and about 30 minutes home. I clearly remember the feeling of walking out after the last treatment.

Be aware now that the fervid pace of treatments, blood tests, doctor visits, etc., come to a screeching halt, Ken will be feeling like he was run over by a train. For me and many of us, the calm after the storm forces you to realize the enormity of having cancer and it is pretty rough on the mind. You have more time to do nothing but sit or lay around and think about it.

I hope you have best Holidays you possibly can!

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023