Dads 60th

Sorry, Mags. You cant just post 10 pictures (mostly of you) and not write anything. Bow down to the blog master.

I will say this: mom and dad have gotten SO much better at party execution. Usually we are eating 2 hours late and people are cleaning for 2 hours longer than they were suppose to be staying. This time, people came over, we stuffed our faces and played family, kissed and said goodbye. Very nice party.

60 is a strange age. It use to sound so old. As a kid, I use to think 65 was the beginning of the "grave" age. Now that I have gotten older and seen my grandparents and others live well beyond those years, 60 doesn't seem all that bad. Obviously, these are different circumstances and uncertain times, but I feel comfortable officially removing 65 from the grave age category.

GamePlan: Round 2

Due to the success of the first round of treatment, the plan is to continue down the same path. It will include:

1) Oral chemo for the first five days of every month for two months (beginning yesterday)
2) IV chemo once every other week for the next two months.

Basically, its pretty similar to the previous round, except no radiation (because he already OD'd on that) and rather than taking the oral chemo every weekday, he is going to be taking it in higher doses for just the first five days of each month.

After two months, he will have another progress MRI/scan. Gulp.

My understanding is that he will be on this treatment plan for as long as it works and once things start getting worse, they will get a little more experimental with his treatment. So here is to my dad being on chemotherapy for many years to come!

Round 2: Fight!

Round 1: Results

Today was our dad's first MRI / CT scans since October. It was the progress report on whether the radiation and/or chemotherapy was effective. Good news.....

Think Costanza in the Hamptons, polyester in hot water or Barry Bond's roided testicles ......thats right! Shrinkage!

The quarterback (aka Dr. Cloughesy) was very pleased with the reduced size of the tumors.

Round 1 to the Big Red Dog.