PS

This post really only reaches the level of a PS:  Saw my Oncologist Monday for chemo on Monday and Tuesday. Just like Forrest Gump's proverbial box of chocolates, when going to the cancer clinic, you never know what you'll get. The present chemo regimen is quite toxic to bone marrow production of white blood cells, and my counts are still too low several weeks after the last therapy. Essentially a low white cell count makes you more susceptible to infection.

Bottom line: no more of this chemotherapy agent, and return to the cancer clinic in a month to try another chocolate.

Really just a PS, not a real story, but still a part of the saga...

Missed planned chemotherapy yesterday as bone marrow suppression caused white blood cell count to be too low for treatment.  Sounds like something for late night comics:

'So let me get this straight: They give you chemotherapy to fight your cancer, but the chemotherapy suppresses your bone marrow so they can't fight your cancer?  Have the people at the They Institute figured this out, or is this just another bad medical joke?  By the way, 'bad medical joke' is redundant, as many of you unfortunately already realize.

Anyway, what's up with the ray of sunshine, you are probably asking: Well: a CT scan of chest/abdomen/pelvis showed marked improvement, and chemo will resume after another couple of weeks for bone marrow recovery.

Don't let the post holiday let down mess with you too much.  As in many things, this too shall pass.

Thanks all for your support and best wishes for 2014!