Hi, Everyone!
MUCH better day at our household! Got home to find Tom up and about, working on the computer...and he had eaten almost all I had asked him to eat during the day. He was down to 140 this morning, and I'm very concerned. He did, unfortunately, throw his back out a bit while being sick the other day, so that is a (real) added pain, but he's working through that.
We are expecting a weekend of rain here in Virginia.....maybe we'll get out the RISK game and get out some tension! Oh, wait, that usually ADDS tension!
I can tell he is feeling better because the feisty streak was evident when the rain hampered the satellite connection! Made me smile!!!

Thanks for your post, Brian. I took Helen.c's advice and began looking at old posts. I came across one you had written which truly moved me and again I was thankful for people like you who change personal adversity into something wonderful for others. In return, I do hope you know how much you are appreciated. I've searched the web, and this is, by far, the best site I've found.
OK - because you don't know my funny family, I'll tell you a little story...
One Christmas, my grown son "won" a gag gift - one of those singing "Billy Bass" things. He tried to leave it at our home, but we snuck it into his suitcase when he left. Since then (5 years!), we've played "Hide Billy" whenever we visit each other. After last Christmas, I found him, wrapped in foil and labeled, in my freezer smile He's been hidden in the spare tire well of the truck, under pool table covers, in the saddlebags on Tom's Harley....sooooooo, when Tom is being set up with his first chemo infusion, a patient advocate comes into our room and asks, "Are you Tom? I have a special delivery for you." And she produces Billy Bass, all the way from Georgia! Needless to say, everyone had a good laugh - Tom was near tears and laughing all at the same time. Certainly helped me get through that tough day! Laughter is the best medicine, and I'll have to look for another good t-shirt for 'those days.'
We are both looking towards a good two weeks, and then we'll hit this again. I LOVE how the tumor has shrunk - good sign, yes????
Big hug to all of you!
Nicki


Nicki, wife of Thomas
dx July 2004, SCC, Stage 4 Tonsil. Tx begun 8/4/04. Cisplatin/Xeloda x 4; IMRT 7 wks, 8/7 - 10/25/04 Modified Radical Dissection (right), Selective Dissection (Left) 12/10/04.