May 6, 2013

Rich writes in part:

"Not sure how I'm feeling.  As you know, last summer cancer was found in my hip, my liver, and my lungs.  In mid-March, a PET scan could not see any cancer in my liver or lungs, which was great news (but not definitive; doctors can't say it's not there, just that they can't see it any more, which means that the chemo worked or a miracle happened or both).  But the same PET scan said that the cancer in my hip was progressing. 

Concomitantly, my hip and left leg began to hurt a lot.  So they decided to do radiation on the hip, and to switch the chemo from infused to oral.  Am in the middle of three weeks of radiation now.  The hip and leg have stopped hurting.  Still have a lot of the old side effects, especially lack of energy, sleeping during the day, bowel problems, swollen, constantly cold and lumpy feet, and over the past 6 weeks my hair has started to curl itself.  Anyway, am not sure where I am and where things are going.  You learn to just endure whatever they throw at you next.

Speaking of which, my son Matt and his wife Shannon, who were married in September, are due in August, and my daughter Megan and her husband Mike are expecting their third in December (which will bring me up to five grandchildren), so not everything one has to endure is negative.

I hope you and your family are well.  And please thank everyone for their continued prayers, which are surely being heard by God.

Cheers, Rich