The sixth (and final?) round

I'm excited. The first day of the final round has nearly ended. It's been a little rough today on me today - mainly because I'm still beat from the previous round, but all in all, today's session was typical . 

At 9 am I got my intrathecal chemo (spinal tap with methotrexate). At 1 pm, I was on the Rituxan. By three the splitting headache had come, but I was able to stave it off by asking for pain relief. I'm trying to stay on top of it by being more proactive in asking for help. So far it seems to be working.  

At 5 we started the EPOCH cocktail (I've just got to include a picture of the bright orange bag).  Now just 4 days on the bag of orange goo...

For dinner, my lovely wife brought me a tasty sub, and we chatted while watching the evening news. She's really been wonderful putting up with these trips, and my sickness, and all of the extra work with the girls. I could not imagine anyone could have so much patience with this patient. She's a saint.

At any rate, I'm now snacking on malted milk balls and getting ready to watch Iron Man - which I've been assured is a great movie.

Oh - on Wed, someone at work asked about the mushrooms. Jane mixed the shiitake (the only log to fruit) into an omelet on Wed night. Delicious! Jane is an incredible cook.

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Thanks again to all for your kind words, thoughts, and prayers.. I'll write more as more happens.