Hello Friends,

It's been a rough few weeks but I'm finally getting around and even went to cheering practice yesterday and I'm going again on Thursday. I'm totally bald now but I've gotten used to it, so have the girls. I still wear something on my head when I go out, still got a little vanity left.

My scans showed that everything but one spot in my neck is gone. That spot has shrunk alot but it's not gone, so he told me I am in partial remission. He also told me that my lungs were clear and that I had quite a case of pneumonia that scarred my lungs. So, I'm going to do four more chemos (yuck) changing the taxotore to taxol, hoping that will eliminate the respiratory problems I was having with each treatment. He said once that one spot is gone, he'll call it remission and then we just wait to see when it comes back. He said that is usually does and we do chemo again, trying to keep it under control and keep it from reaching any major organs. I am well aware that I'm living on borrowed time but we just take it one day at a time and live in the moment. It hit my mom pretty hard to hear the doctor talk the way he did, she has this idea in her head that they can "fix" me and I'll good as new. She finally understands that it isn't going to be like that. I hated seeing the sadness in her face. Me, my husband and girls are used to all of this, she's not as used to it.

So, for now all is well. I go for my fourth treatment this Friday so I'll be down and out for a bit then I'll be back to say hello.

Hope all of you are enjoying these last few days of summer! My girls started back to school on the 25th and the house is way to quiet. My husband and our 17 year old (Mercedes) are rebuilding a 1965 Falcon, you all should see it. Looks like a hunk of junk to my eyes but to him and her it's a treasure.

Love to all,
Minnie