and so begins the SUCK.

It has been quite some time since I actually wrote anything down so I thought I would take a second to give an update.  Tuesdays are chemo days and one of the many artificial preservatives that run through my body leaves me very sleepless on Tuesday nights.  As I sit here tonight, I am officially over halfway through with my after surgery treatment.  I have only 2 more chemo sessions to endure and 13 radiations.  On top of what I have to do these days to address my health situation, we have also been trying to sell our house here in Katy and buy a new house in our new nesting grounds of Lago Vista, Tx.

Overall, I would say that I am handling the course of treatment fairly well, all things considered.  I am crazy tired all of the time and I have started the chemo cycle ups and downs.  Along with that, my throat is experiencing some very intense pain when swallowing, which makes for some good times when eating and drinking.  The throat pain in combination with uncontrollable cramping of my entire left neck/jaw muscles when chewing make eating an immeasurable good time!!  'tis a necessary evil at this point as I MUST keep eating and keep my weight up or they will put in a feeding tube.  That is not going to happen as long as I have any will left to fight, ergo, I eat.  I am almost two weeks from finishing and it is time to dig deep and finish strong.  My skin has yet to really show the burn from radiation, and I want to go back and see where it began really showing up last time.  I still consider myself very lucky through all of this and I continually pray that this is finally the last time I have to deal with all of this.  I am ready for some normalcy in my life.  Come on July 25th.