4th Treatment and CTCA

Had treatment #4 today, actually went smoother than those in the past, no real hold ups. Susan and I were out of there in exactly 3 hours! Thanks for comin along hun! Nothing but old people at the clinic today, kinda sucked, but thats how it goes sometimes.

No new news up to this point, I have a few scans set up for next Thursday (7/23). 2 weeks from today (7/30) we should have an idea of the hopeful progress. I'll obviously keep you all posted.

Think I had my first real bout with "fatigue" this past Friday and wow, it was not fun. 7 days after treatments is when my cell counts will be the lowest (meaning I'm more prone to infection and fatigue), last Friday being the 8th day post treatment. I met up with a few former co-workers (Ern and Rini), had just a couple drinks, came home and went to bed. I woke up at 2am and COULD NOT MOVE MY BODY, it was actually kind of scary. My bro was out and about and Susan was in NY, so I had my mommy come over and take care of me :)......Thanks Mom!! Doctor has been tellin me everyone reacts differently and you'll learn your limitations. Ha, tell ya this much, no more alcohol for this guy, not fun!!! Doc did give me the "go" to play golf though, so after recouperating from Friday night I got out to the course with a few of the guys on Sunday.....it was great finally being somewhat active again! Takin sports from me is like taking losing from Cleveland teams......its almost like a loss of identity!!!!!!!! Hahaha

One final thing I want to make you all aware of. I was watching the Price is Right the other day (honestly, the best part about being sick is being able to watch this show) and a commercial came on about Cancer Treatment Centers of America, (http://www.cancercenter.com/). It peaked my interest so I checked it out.......I was thoroughly impressed!!! If things dont go the way I hope them to at University Hospitals, I'm seriously going to consider heading to one of CTCA's facilities (closest one is in Chicago). Nice part about them is that they will take care of travel arrangements; no airfare costs!!! They also offer different types of consultation like nutrition therapy, naturopathic medicine (no clue what that is, but sounds important), mind-body medicine and spirtual support. I spoke with a representative and he was the coolest, most understanding customer service rep I've ever been in contact with. He's not even a Doctor and he only wanted what was best for me, I was impressed!!! Someone like myself is lucky to be in this region of the country with UH and Cleveland Clinic, but if you or a loved one are in a region where medicine may not be as highly regarded and have been stricken with this setback, PLEASE check out CTCA. They have a handful of facilities throughout the entire nation.

Alright, I just found out today I have the MLB package free on my cable setup, so I'm gonna be a complete recluse for awhile and watch some baseball. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!