A good week....but way too short

Finally, a good week...several consecutive good days in a row.  And, it was simply awesome. Literally from last Sunday through today, Sunday Nov 6, Roger has felt decent physically, mentally, emotionally - everything.  He has worked on projects around the house, on the boat, etc. to the point where he has worn himself out repeatedly.  But it has been a good worn out. 

We went to the boat Saturday (stayed over night at Mom & Dad's river house in Vevay) and removed several items from the boat to be worked on.  The boat's name is "Quest Over".  Roger decided he wants to change the name and will work on it over the next several weeks - stripping the old name from the parts/pieces and applying the new name.  So....... now we need to decide a new name. Not as easy as you'd think.  Roger doesn't like my twisted sense of humor (Titanic, SS Minnow, USS Indianapolis...you get the theme).  So, I don't think any of MY suggested names will be used.  Whatever.  Roger must have had his sense of humor removed.  We've thought about "Don't Worry 'Bout it" which has always been Roger's motto over the years.  As I would stress out about life, etc. Roger would respond "don't worry about it". 

Physically, Roger has been hovering around 145 - 147 lbs.  We got excited when he actually crested the 150 mark.  Hard to believe there was a time when Roger lamented being heavy (235 lbs seems like a dream) He's inching in the right direction. Just yo-yo's up and down depending on how he's feeling.  The latest food cravings are still these nasty pork-things (supposedly breaded pork tenderloins though most are called "fritters"), Little Debbie Nutty Butter Bars, chicken noodles made by the old gal across the street, McDonalds Bacon Egg McGriddles (um, yuk).  Oh well, food is food, and the object is to put meat on the bones. 

Roger met with his pain management specialist last week.  He usually meets with him at least once a month to adjust Roger's various meds if necessary. At this meeting they discussed a new discomfort/pain Roger has.  He has had pain shooting from his neck down his arms to his hands and then down his legs to his feet.  He said the doctor was concerned about the potential cause, so this Tuesday Roger has another MRI.  This will be of his neck/head area.  We speculated whether or not some of the medication or treatment Roger has endured might have caused disc compression.  Or, Roger speculated if his increasingly poor posture has caused this.  We should know more after Tuesday.  Roger is genuinely concerned.  He said the doctor sounded very concerned. 

Wednesday marks the start of treatment number 8!!  Un-freakin-believable.  We are both left somewhat speechless knowing that we are getting ready....again....to start down the path of chemo.  For me, after having had such a great week with my hubby.... well I can't even tell you.  This morning over breakfast I commented to Roger how wonderful it was seeing him again and being with him and just being "us" .  We talked about how hard it is to believe its chemo again.  As I sit here and type, Roger said its additionally tough knowing he has FFFFOOOOOUUUURRRRR more treatments after this. Uggghhhhhhh.  Really really tough.  Again, we know what we have to do.  We know we have to dig down and push through it.  I'm hoping that having this good week under our belt will help off set the crappy days to come and will give us the extra energy & perseverance we need.  Keep your fingers crossed. 

Trying to post more regularly...Thanks for sending all the positive thoughts.  Keep them coming.
xxooxx ~ A & R