Dreary Days

Our Home in Louisiana after the Flood! Sept 2008

Lake Hamilton inundated


My son, Jeff, takes a break

"Sho is Ugly"...me judging Jeff's gardening efforts

Paul Edmund takes the Helm!!!

The hurricane that hit Louisiana and mostly spared them has hit us. The last 3 days have been ones of constant rains and high winds. I don't know if it is the weather or my health that has made me so tired and blah. Probably both. Two days ago I was especially sad and tearful. Everything just seems to be closing in on me. I will have to work to retain my humor but that is hard to do since I am beginning to realize that humor and calm require some base levels of energy I often lack these days.

The biopsy taken from near my liver looks nearly exactly like the earlier one. From appearance alone it is impossible to tell the type of cancer I might have. The doctors did additional tests to rule out other sources for the cancer like lung and GI tract. The few indicators they have seem to point to the ovaries as the source. Not much go go on but something. Therefore, Dr. Muldoon will start me on a standard combination therapy for ovarian cancer tomorrow. If you want a good overview of ovarian cancer and treatments you can access http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00293.html.

Learning what I can, I gather my chances are still not very good and that the chemotherapy is likely to be a rough ride. My birthday, on 10 September, just 5 days after my first treatment is will be a real low especially since I know Jeff, my son, will be leaving just a day or so afterward. Janet left about 3 weeks ago and I was so sad to see her go.

Well, at least I will have made it to the glorious age of 78! The lake is still calm and peaceful, most day much better than bad and Paul Edmund will now be steadily and sturdily guiding me through the turbulance ahead.

Judy (via Jeff)