Off to Dana Farber

Sorry that it has been a while since I posted. Alek got hit by a stomach bug that he passed on to me. He has had it for about 6 days and I had it for one day but have felt rough for the last few days since I had the bug. Kath has not had the full fledged bug, although this morning when she woke she did not feel so good and has been battling through the day not feeling great. Let's hope she does not get the real deal.

So I will be going down to Dana Farber next week for testing for the Clinical Trial. If all the tests go well then I will start the trial on Monday January 26th. I will have to go to Boston 2 days a week for this trial (Monday's and Thursday's). During the first cycle (first month) the Monday treatments will be 10 hour days and a few of the Thursday treatments will be 10 hours days starting at 7am in the morning. Why such long days? They test you all day after they give you the drug. So I am in for some long days at Dana Farber. The good thing is the hospital is has WI-FI and I have plenty of books and over the last year I have become quite good at napping/sleeping. I might be able to win a sleeping competition if they had them. I will most likely not know how the trial is going until the second month. Let's hope this will stop the Prolactin from going up and maybe even come down in the first few months of the trial. I have to say the Docs down at Dana Farber have been excellent and there are a few options they have in mind if this does not work.

New Years: I had a great new year with the normal New Year's gang. New Year's is great because it is a the last and first Holiday off the year, but it is also sad because it wraps up a the winter holiday season (Thanksgiving to New Years). Leave it to me to think of the negatives of New Years. Sorry. The one thing I do want to share is that saying good bye to all my friends was really tough this year. I guess at the stage of where I am with my cancer I wonder how many more new years do I have left. Could this have been my last? Most likely not but when you are in my shoes that is how you think. I wish it wasn't so but it is. Almost every thing I do that is not a normal everyday occurrence I think is that the last time I will do this and/or I am glad I got to experience this at least once.

One thing I will get to experience is Alek's first Birthday. WOW, WOW, WOW!!! I can not believe MY SON ALEK is going to be one year old on February 3rd, the day the Patriots lost to the Giants in the Superbowl. That loss will be forever tied to my son's birth. I know we say time flies but time does really fly. Holy Cow!!! It just seemed like a few months ago he was starting day care. Now he is walking and about to turn one. If you would have asked me if I would ever witness my son turning one eight to ten years I ago I would and laughed and said you are crazy. This little bugger is my little bundle of joy. If I had to choose between not having cancer and having a family I would choose cancer any day. I know that sounds crazy but I love Kath and Alek so much (as I am getting emotional as I am writing this).

Followers: I have added a few more followers but want more. Come on I know there are people out there that read this that are not followers. I want to get to 50 by the end of this year.

I am sure you will be hearing from me more often since I will be sitting at the Hospital for those ten hours day with nothing else to do then surf the WWW and write posts on my blog.

Over and Out
The B Man