I have not responded for a while because I was and still am at loss of adequate words to express my gratitude for your wisdom and kindness. You guys are absolutely incredible. Thank you so very much! And thank you for sharing your experiences, which seem to be more the norm than the exception.

I am looking forward to meeting OCF members in person when the possibility presents itself. And I will try to find out more about OCF walks in DC area.

I have decided, in the spirit of tomorrow's holiday here in US, to be grateful for all the support I did get (I already am, do not get me wrong) and forget the one I did not. Thank you to those couple of local people that did not disappear, thanks for the help of the other locals after the surgery, for all the rides, for all the support from non-local friends, including the virtual ones. I am trying to push away these current feelings of hurt and lower my expectations. Maybe I am being needy and self-centered. And I will survive being alone and sick on one or more holidays, there are worse things out there as we all know all too well.

To shift the the gears back to the original topic, I only have six treatments left, am 80% done!!! I get a four day break from rads to recover a little. I saw my RO today, and he was quite pleased with my condition. Said I was a textbook base and that he will put me in his next textbook, don't know if this is a good or a bad thing. My throat hurts some more, and the taste is even worse, but it is what it is. I hope it does not get much worse than this.

I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving and hope you get to spend it with you loved ones.