For those of you that are still following this, you can tell that the commentary is coming less frequently.  This not because of lack of interest on our part.  Rather it seems to us that it is now just more of the same old stuff.

Jenny started her last set of treatments today which run a little over a week.  After that no more chemo!  She will need to get some follow up testing for blood work and the like.  The real important test will be in 5 weeks or so when she will have another PET scan.  This test will tell us if she has beat this thing or not.  So, we should know for sure whats what in 8 weeks or so.

In the mean time, here is a site which helps to explain Hodgkin Lymphoma, treatments, etc.

http://www.medicinenet.com/hodgkins_disease/article.htm
We hope you are all well and taking care of each other.  Thanks you all again for your love and support!

How Things Turn Out Sometimes

Today was a different day for us.  Jenny was very emotional.  She wanted to put the Christmas ornaments away and was very concerned that all the boxes were labeled correctly explaining, “In case I am not here next year I do not want you mad at me.”

Now, personally I think this is a bunch of nonsense.  Of course she will be around.  I refuse to think otherwise.  Fortunately, she calmed down and she and Katie were able to start the process of putting all the Christmas stuff away.  I helped in my chosen areas of expertise (moving heavy boxes).

Later in the day she was “helping” me shave my hair and oopsie, she cut it to short!  Well no choice now, we had to cut all my hair to the same length.  Guess what!  It looks great.  Jen was so pleased with it that she decided to buzz her thin hair back to a similar length.  So I cut her hair.  And it looks great too! Just goes to show that you really do not know how things will turn out sometimes.

Kicking Its Ass

Jenny has begun her second to last round of treatments this past Tuesday.  She now has 4 weeks to go consisting of 3 more weeks of treatment with a week break in between.

This has been a difficult journey but it is amazing how quickly you adapt to any situation.  This can be seen at the macro level by looking at the frequency of my blog postings.  At the beginning of this journey, I was posting almost every day.  Now, I barely get a posting in once a week!

There is nothing really new to report.  We have all learned to live with the process of eradicating this cancer.  Jenny has been and is still being strong through this event.  Though at times frustrating to both of us, she pushed on.  I am very proud of her.  As I had said in the beginning, she is kickingits ass.

Happy New Year

Several years back, we had a valve break in our upstairs bathroom which resulted in very serious water damage to our kitchen and den.  This happen in September.  When New Years Eve came around the down stairs was a torn out.  So, what else to do but have the neighborhood New Years Eve party at our house!  Since everything was ripped out, there was no worry of the party causing any real damage!  This party stuck for most years thereafter.

Because of Jen’s situation, it was not possible to have the party at our house this year.  Our neighbors down the road, Bob and Brenda had a small “gathering” and they invited us.  We had a wonderful time.  Jenny made up till 1:00am.  Of course the nap we took that afternoon did not hurt.   

Jenny and I are looking forward to 2011.  We are hoping that 2011 is a better year then 2010.  And so we look forward to seeing you in the coming year and wish you all a Happy New Year!