Thursday....June 10th...2010

Linda had a very good day today.....energy wise and emotionally.....one of her best days in quite a while.....

Linda got to meet with her new Oncologist....Dr. Alan Sandler ....at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).....the Knight Cancer Institute.......What happened...

Linda's Alimta infusion was put off until next Thursday...this allows a CT Scan to be done next Monday to assess where things are at with the tumors....and allow Dr. Sandler time to compare this with the previous scans...which have been furnished to him. It also allows him to assess Linda's appetite and all which has been a "low point" in all this...will a "time out" recreate the appetite.....he also indicated there is a particular hormone which could be useful.

Dr. Sandler reiterated that Linda is still in the "first line of defense" in her struggle with the cancer...he also cleared up some things for us by indicating it takes a billion cancer cells to create a "visible" cancer.....the aim of the cancer drug is to kill off enough cells where the cancer will not show up....where it has metasticized to.

Dr. Sandler is of a mind that Linda's body will tell her when to exercise...it is how she feels and she should not feel like she should push her body when it doesn't want to exercise...either walking or...or.

Dr. Sandler provided Linda with the documentation for handicapped parking...which we immediately obtained at the DMV....in the Metro area, we are finding that it is not unusual to have to park a long ways from the targeted store or...or...so this is a viable option to take the strain off her.....

We took another walk through the infusion center to learn the "ins and outs"...everyone is most helpful.....the summarization of the doctor's visit and recommendations...drugs..etc...and next appointments and all are very well organized in writing and oprovided to each patient..including on a printed calendar...wow!!!! AND the phone numbers of help any time day or night.....doesn't get any better than this ....

Tomorrow Linda has a "date" with her friend Claudia.....her energy state is sure to continue... Saturday we were going to join a pre parade walk in downtown Portland with Linda in the wheel chair...but Dave has a test scheduled now to deal with a potential problem with his left carotid artery..or at least something going on in the same area....he doesn't think there is a big deal going on.....

The house "closing" continues on schedule....now we have to document our Social Security ....you'd think one just goes to one of their offices and it is printed out...nope...two weeks to get what you need.....man..first the DMV office (how disfunctional can one office be)...and then the SS office (oh...now we understand how more disfunctional an office can be)....now we understand how many people become "antigovernment"......