GOOD NEWS FROM MY ONCOLOGIST!!

YESTERDAY I WENT TO SEE MY ONCOLOGIST, AND TRUTHFULLY WAS NOT EXPECTING A VERY GOOD REPORT.  I DID NOT TAKE CARE OF MY SELF FOR A LONG TIME WHILE I WAS TAKING CARE OF MIKE.  BUT THE PAST FEW WEEKS I HAVE GOTTEN BACK ON TRACK WITH MY MEDS, AND MY NUMBERS HAD ONLY RISEN A LITTLE.  THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS NOTHING TO BE ALARMED ABOUT, SO NOW THAT I AM BACK ON ALL MY HERBS AND SPECIAL VITAMINS, I EXPECT IT WILL GO BACK DOWN BY MY NEXT VISIT.  TODAY WE (VICKIE AND I) WILL GO SEE OUR NEIGHBOR MARTHA AGAIN.  SHE IS DOING GREAT, BUT GETS A LITTLE LONELY FOR COMPANY.  I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE TOO LONG BEFORE WE CAN ALL BE BACK AT THE GYM DOING OUR WATER EXERCISES.  TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DENTIST APPOINTMENT AND ANOTHER TOOTH MUST BE PULLED.  I AM PRAYING IT WILL BE MY LAST!!!  THIS WILL MAKE NUMBER FOUR IN LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH!!!  EVERY ONE KEEPS SAYING YOU ARE BETTER OFF KEEPING AS MANY TEETH OF YOUR OWN AS YOU CAN, BUT I AM STARTING TO HAVE SERIOUS DOUBTS!!  WELL, I SLEPT PRETTY GOOD LAST NIGHT FOR A CHANGE.  I HAVE BEEN SUPER TIRED LATELY AND IT IS MOST LIKELY FROM THE MEDS I HAVE TO TAKE FOR MY BACK PAIN.  I WILL CALL THE PAIN DOCTOR AS SOON AS I GET OFF THE COMPUTER, AND SEE IF THEY HAVE GOTTEN THE REFERRAL YET FOR MY EPIDURAL.  I HAVE TO SAY I AM VERY EXCITED THAT MY SISTER VICKIE AND I HAVE ALREADY RAISED NEARLY $2,000. FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH.  I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY DISEASES OUT THERE BUT THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE CRUELEST.  ALSO IT AFFECTS SO MANY PEOPLE,  ALL THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE ONE WHO HAS IT, PLUS THE PAIN AND CONFUSION IT CAUSES THE ONE WHO IS DEALING WITH IT.  IT IS VERY SAD.. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL I WILL BE DOING TODAY BEFORE MY MEETING, BUT I AM SURE I WILL BE KEPT BUSY.  THAT SEEMS TO BE THE SECRET TO NOT THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT YOUR SELF, YOUR LOSS, AND EVEN YOUR ACHES AND PAINS.  IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING FOR ME.  WHEN I HIT THE SACK I AM PRETTY TIRED-I CAN HARDLY STAY AWAKE LONG ENOUGH TO SAY MY NIGHT TIME PRAYERS!!  THANKS FOR LISTENING, AND LETTING ME VENT.  HOPE YOU WILL HAVE THE BEST DAY YET-TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME