Cancer

I really think that all people are born with the cancer gene but some people just don't "activate" it. I am not sure why all of the sudden I have been indated with people who have cancer. Just this year I now have 5 close people with cancer. My brother, my mother, our good friend in Colorado, my brother-in-law, my father-in-law. I swear I don't know what to do next somedays. I know I have to keep my chin up for everyone but it is hard. My brother, Larry, has a soft cell cancer...can't tell you what it is called just that it is right at the bend of his right leg - at the thigh abdomen. He is currently taking radiation and once that is completed then he will have surgery to remove the spot which looks to be about the size of a softball now and is suppose to get larger. Larry is currently off work on disability because he his treatments are daily right now. He is still camping when he can which I am sure is a good outlet to get away from the world. Our friend in Denver, Daryl is doing really good. The doctors took out a large amount of his colon and sent him on his way. We just saw Daryl and Terri at their sons wedding a couple of weeks ago and he looked really good. Owen, my brother-in-law has just found out that he has skin cancer. He is a 20 year cancer survivor and now has been hit with cancer yet again. He went today to get biopsies done and we will should know more about them in a few days. My father-in-law has just been diagnosed with prostrate cancer. He was going today for further testing and then goes to the doctor tomorrow to see what the treatment options are for him. More later on him. Now about mom...she has been having problems with her bladder and found out that she has bladder cancer. It is an aggressive form of cancer in stage 3. There are 2 ways to treat this and she heard both of them and picked the one that suited her the best. This involves removal of the bladder and urethra and taking about 3-5 inches of her colon to make a new voiding system. She will have a bag for collection of her urine. He said that with this option she will not have to endure chemo or radiation. However, the surgery will last 4-6 hours and recovery will be about 5-9 days in the hospital. We are very optimistic about the outcome - and understand that the recovery will be very difficult on someone her age but with love I am sure that she will make it just fine. Please keep all of these people in your prayers... I guess my blogging time is about over. Kristi and Tom are going to the 9:45 movie of Iornman. I am really getting into this internet cafe scene. I am sure I will be back. Our internet at home is satellite and it is a joke to say the least. Sorry is my spelling is off tonight. It is rather cold here and Kristi is wanting to leave...and I am the driver!! Me

WiFi

Ok, here I sit with Kristi at Panera Bread...both of us have our laptops and we are downloading songs for our IPODS. I never thought that I would be one of those geeks who actually sat somewhere besides the comfort of my home to down load stuff - or surf the internet - or update my blog. But, then I do have kids who "turn me on" to this. So, I will now post this and then produce another blog...wow...I am a geek now!

Ahhhh...rest before the work week starts

How nice is it to have Sunday...the day before you have to get back to the daily grind of work, housework, and the entire rat race. Today was suppose to be a quiet day. Mom and I got up and out of here early to go the grocery store. We left around 9 and got back a little after 12 and terribly broke...it cost me $650 for a months supply of groceries for a family of 5. And, what is so bad is that I will be going back to the store several time I am sure. But, at least we will eat even if we don't have money for gas, electricity, etc!! :)

The garage sale went really well. We had a lot of big items...2 freezers, 2 TV stands, a TV, Rocker, etc. The total was around $575.00. This paid for the gas and hotel for our trip to Arkansas.

Tom is feeling pretty good. He is finally over his sore throat. He started on the medicine on Friday, so we are not sure if it is working yet.

Mom is still having problems. She was talking about it last night. Said that she feels like she is 9 months pregnant with the pressure she has in her pelvic region.

Kristi is really looking forward to all of us being gone this week. She has plans to veg out! She was not happy when she found out that we would probably be home on Saturday night instead of Sunday night.

Brian kinda gave us a shocker yesterday. He asked if he could move home for 2 months. I asked him what was wrong and he said that he would tell us later. Today, he came over for dinner and said that he is pretty sure that he is going to stay where he is at until he moves in with his girlfriend, Megan in August.

I hope everyone has a great week.