First of all, THANK YOU all for all your encouraging words and prayers and quotes. I have printed them out to give to David to read. (if he can focus..just gave him meds.)

I had David discharged from the hospital on Tuesday at 10:00 am and had him at the Oncology Clinic closer to home by 11:15. They were administering Chemo to him by noon. ( Taxotere and Carboplatin) He tolerated it very well and I had him back home in his flannel comfy sheets by 4:00. I think he slept solid for the first time in weeks. The pain seems to be under control. Yeah!! We had him on too strong meds at the hospital and that made him too loopy. But the docs were trying to find a good balance. I have him on 5cc of Methodone every 8 hours with one 75mg Fentanyl patch for pain and lots of anti nausea medicine for the chemo.

The PEG tube is great. To anyone that is concerned about getting a PEG inserted, please do not worry. It is very easy to use and the discomfort of it goes away after about 24 hours. Even David was surprised. He said that he finds it easier to deal with than the nose tube. (although it is less invasive.)

So dear ones, we are at the moment, quite "well". Tomorrow will come and it may be different, but in the here and now...we are fine.

Chemo will administered once every 3 weeks for 8 sessions with a scan halfway in between to see if the tumor is shrinking. I would like to hope that we would visually be able to notice something before then.

Thanks again.

Brenda

Brenda,
So glad to hear that things are under control. Dan went from 25 to 100 on the Duragesic Patch during his treatments which helped so much. We now live in Alabama, probably only 2 or 2 1/2 hours from you...if you or David ever want to talk to Dan or me, please feel free to send me a private email and I will give you our info. May God bless you and help you thru this time...Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Debbie

Brenda,

I am glad things are going better for you and David. I remember when our first son was born and on the first doctor visit we were asked how the baby was eating. As soon as I mentioned we woke him up to eat in the middle of the night the doctor screamed at me, "...who would wake a sleeping baby? That's when YOU are supposed to sleep!"

I hope while David is resting, you are, too! Don't hesitate to up the patch if needed. I ended up at 150 and could have gone higher. The key is to minimize the pain and still remain somewhat functional, under the intense circumstances as it is.

May tomorrow be even better than today.

Ed