Update.....

Had an awesome time on the cruise and did not want to come home.  I miss having a bar tender follow me around the ship from lounge to lounge (well...it seemed like he was my personal bar tender) making sure I had the day's special drink in my hand.  I miss having my bed made in the morning and turned down at night with chocolates on my pillow...I miss having my meals cooked for me.  I miss the warmth!

We had a blast in Vegas too....friends got a surprise when his sister and hubby showed up on their doorstep at midnight...they haven't seen each other for 24 years...now we have two more friends in the mix.  It was a bit cool but sunny and we saw the usual sights.

Back to the grind...I like the grind...it means I am alive!  Xrays and lab reports all state "no change" and I am still stable.  Had chemo a week Wednesday and I have been sleeping on the couch ever since.  Rick came down with a horrible cough and chest cold and...with my neutrophils being so low...I can't afford to take the risk of getting what he has.  

My throat was sore and scratchy and I felt like I was coming down with it but, with all the mega vitamin C IV's I get...I have been hanging in there.  I did triple the Echinacea and so far I have been fine...just the usual wiped out.  Energy levels starting to perk up again.  I guess Rick has been feeling better too as the Christmas tree is now up and he "sprinkled" decorations around the house.  I didn't bother putting a tree up in the family room (my domain)...I will just light candles!

For the first time since I was diagnosed and we ended up on this merry-go-round...I have nothing else to say!  I can't believe I have gotten to the point where I am stable and doing fine...especially with Stage 4 lung cancer!  I have some heavy-duty guardian angels up there pulling for me and I know God has my back....

Swimming to Christmas carols....