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Prayers coming your way that the chemo continues to do it's job. Thank you for the update.

Jen: Thanks for posting. My prayers and hopes for continued improvement.

Lorrie and Gary; Chemo did a number on me, too. What with the fatigue and the bone ache; it was all I could do to drag myself to work each day. Thank goodness I had a pretty soft job. I got chemo every 5 weeks. The week after was the worst. Then I'd feel progressively better. Just about the time I felt almost 'normal', it was time for chemo again.... It took a couple of months to really get over it, but today I feel pretty darn good. I'll do it again if and when I need to. Good luck and prayers on Gary's treatments going as smoothly as possible.

Darlene: I had lympth node involvement. My dx is III-B. The radiation/chemo knocked the cancer out of the lympth nodes. So don't give up; anything can happen.

Great news!! Hope and prayers for continued success.

Or .... you could bring Suki to Fla ( it's only 94-95 here these days) ... take my place at work ... and let ME take a vacation. j/k Have a fun, relaxing, peaceful, anxiety-free holiday weekend. You will come back renewed, refreshed, and ready to tackle anything that comes along.

Leslie: Great, GREAT, GREAT!!! news!!! Definitely a WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!! and a WAY TO GOOOOOO!!!!! Sure happy that the Tarceva is kickin' butt!

Addie: Hoping and prayers that your counts are good and that the chemo does it's job .... kickin' some cancer butt! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Stable. That's a term I would never have believed applied to me. Saw my onc. today. The cancer is still contained. Nothing outside the lung. My onc. is perplexed. The cancer is sitting there; not doin' nuttin. It's like he wants to poke it with a stick or something to make it do 'something.' He's reluctant to start any kind of treatment. My former onc. wanted to keep me on the taxol/carbo. Not my idea of quality living. So he's going to the weekly meeting of all the oncs with all my films, scans, etc, and they're going to brainstorm a treatment plan for me .... or decide to keep on waiting and watching. I go back in a month. In the meantime, I'm not planning on dying this year, so I'll start making plans for Christmas and New Years. Grateful for all of you here, Oliver

Wishing the two of you a restful, relaxing weekend.

Cindi: I don't know what Lynne's reading ... my book says only magaritas (or is it magariti?) are to be consumed before surgery. Prayers go with you for a speedy recovery.

I went through the same chemo regimen as Gary. The blood counts dropped lower after every session. At my 3rd treatment the nurse was going on and on concerning the 'stay away froms' Most were on your list but I didn't see money mentioned on your post. Yep, tell Gary not to handle any money!!! It's covered with germs. You'll have to handle the money and go to the mall by yourself too. I didn't know about the meats. But I probably didn't read everything they gave me. Besides, my tastes changed while this was going on, and I had cravings for foods that I rarely ate before and not so much after either. Despite the low blood counts, a couple of times needing neuprogen to boost the white counts, I made it through the chemo without missing a day of work except for the chemo day itself, which lasted from 6 to 8 hours. Tell Gary to hang in there, it gets better on the other side of all this.

Welcome Vicki

Ralph: After that description, I'm running down to my local VA hospital. Seriously, you are one tough hombre and you have all my respect for getting through that ordeal. Hoping for a speedy recovery.

Thank you Addie for starting my day with laughter. I love your posts, your attitude, your spirit. Praying that all is going well with your treatment and that you are catching up on your well deserved rest. Hail to Liz ... the mojo queen of funk!! Hail to Liz!!!

Hoping and praying all goes well with Bill today.

Addie: My alarm went off at 5 am because I had an early tee time and the guy I play golf with HAS to eat breakfast before playing. I neglected to go to the site as it seems lately that it is down for maintenance at that time of morning. Hoping and praying that the sleep schedule adjust itself to give you a good night's restful sleep.

Happy Birthday Debi! Birthday cake! Yum!

TAnn: Welcome home and hoping for a speedy recovery.

An insurance company employee gave you this prognosis???? I think I'll go call my lawn maintenance guy and ask if my insurance premiums might change next year .... It sounds like Gary's doctor is doing all the right things to give him every chance to live a lot, lot longer. My newspaper boy just told me what the market is going to be doing next week. Stay positive. We are living in some pretty exciting times right now re lung cancer treatments and healing.

Great news Cindi! You got da MOJO girl! 2yr 9 months ; that's an awesome message of hope!

Ditto I too had a head and bone scan upon diagnosis in addition to my full body CT scan.

Prayers that the antibiotic and the Tarceva work well with Mike.

Addie: My prayers and hopes for the best possible outcome.