Happy autumn!

It's hard to believe that summer is now officially over, but welcome autumn! My two favorite seasons have always been spring and autumn, so despite the fact that I'll miss looking out at and being in the pool (we closed it yesterday), I'm happy to feel the chill in the air.

We received a call on Friday afternoon from the radiation oncologist's resident that one of the specialty radiation oncologists would like to see me. He performs IGRT -- image-guided radiation therapy -- which uses CT and MRI images to map a tumor in three dimensions, resulting in a more targeted treatment and less damage to surrounding tissue. That doctor is away for the week, but we will arrange to meet with him in the near future.

In the meantime, my first treatment with Doxil is confirmed for Friday, September 26. I've really enjoyed the five-plus weeks I've been off chemo, even though I knew I would be back to it eventually. The Gemcitabine caused problems -- although they were minor, they interrupted my life. At least we had gotten a handle on the related nausea. I guess we'll have to see what I need to take along with the Doxil.

I'm enjoying working from home again and have already cleaned up my "office" space, which was quite a mess. In my spare time, I've been printing photos from our recent trip and getting photos out to our friends. I've even been riding the exercise bike! One of these days I'm going to get the DVD of our Europe trip done, but that requires a chunk of time. Maybe one of these weekends...