Day 22, Thurs, 01:35pm

We want to thank all of you out there for your prayers, kind thoughts and words, cards, flowers, etc. etc.. Thank you so much.

Last night Anne asked me to get the clippers out. I did it and she asked me to shave her hair off, I did that. What a beautiful sight she is. She looks great. You can imagine and understand, one gets pretty tired of finding one's own hair in various places such as in the tub, on the pillow, or on one's own dinner plate. So we have taken care of that and Anne feels much better about these things.

Yesterday and last night Anne had alot of discomfort in her belly. She didn't complain, rather she just told me when I asked her what was up. The pain lasted overnight, and it persisted this morning. I think this is due to the cumulative affect of R/T. She is also tired alot of the time, but never discouraged. She maintains her excellent attitude.

Anne is having more trouble swallowing food now. This is to be expected. Her appetite is pretty good now though, so we are grateful for that. I guess you can't have everything. I can tell that she isn't feeling very well most of the time, and she is moving around much slower, and sleeping more.

I've noticed that her breathing patterns changing when she sleeps. She doesn't have that full in/out breathing with a slight growl as usual. You can imagine what the R/T is doing to her esophagus. It has to hurt. Even so, she is sleeping pretty well.

She has now completed 12 of the 28 R/T's.

We won't know what the new chemo program will be like until a week from today when we see Dr. Ebrahim. Best case is that she only has 2 more days of chemo. We pray that Anne will better tolerate the new chemo, no matter what the program calls for. We also pray for excellent results.

I'm going to accompany Anne as she drives to 'Curves' today. She is a wicked trooper. I'll have to wake her up to do so, as she is snoozing right now.

Anne said she might want to take in a movie tomorrow. I hope they start early, we have R/T scheduled for 8:30am.

Your prayers help !!