Thursday, June 1, 2023

The Tale of Two Trips.

Here starts the Tale of Two Trips.


Since we have the upcoming plan of chemo and our family will be in different places for much of the summer, we decided to hit the lantern festival at John Ball Zoo.   We drove into town after our nephew's 8th grade Graduation. Our tickets were for the entry time between 9:00 and 9:30 p.m.  We walked in and saw the many sights there were to see.  This  event ends June 11 so if you haven't been to this event I would suggest you go to see this after dusk.  It was worth going.

We walked through the lantern festival in roughly an hour and half. We then headed the 20 minute drive from the zoo back to the house. 

Lydia will be spending all summer at Camp Geneva with girls in 3rd through 6th grade. When we got home from the zoo we we gassed up my car and Lydia's car and then hauled up all of her  packings she designated for Camp Geneva. By late, we finished packing the car (packed to the gills I may add) and then went in to help  her come up with some  questions for her to put on a beach ball for an icebreaker game with her campers this summer.  After being way to tired we stumbled off to bed.  


Today (Thursday) started per usual with meds, coffee, and work.  Lydia came up mid morning and the pictures on the porch began before she left for camp.  Lydia has been a big support for both me and Leah for the last month, so while we will talk with her on weekends it will be difficult not to be able to chat with her each day.  Those girls will love you Lydia! Have a great summer! She left and I went back to work.

Just before 2 p.m. Leah and I headed back out to GR on our second trip in 2 days.  This time was to meet my new oncologist.  The time was scheduled for 2:45 p.m and we headed into the Doctors room right around that time.  It wasn't to long and my oncologist walked in the room and introduced himself.  He was very friendly and caring.  Pretty early on he asked why I was switching doctors. Primarily this was to check and see if I was o.k. with the treatment plan the previous doctor set in place.  When I told him it was a personality issue I had with the previous doctor he was understanding and clarified I was indeed o.k. with the treatement plan.  Then he went on a pretty detailed conversation of my journey history.  We talked about my Pet-ct shedule, my colonoscopy schedule, and the beginning of chemo.  He said, It's easier to move chemo than it is to move a Pet scan, so we'll use the Pet (on June 10) as our base scan.  Then we'll begin treatment 2 weeks from today (June 15) as our first chemo treatment. Our schedule will be chemo on Thursday, pump home for all of Friday and Pump removal on Saturday morning.  This will repeat every two weeks.

After walking out of our meeting with my Oncologist we all felt  the appointment went very well. This is truly an answer to prayer and while nobody wants chemo this is about as excited as I can be for havng a great Oncologist again!  Long story short is advocate for yourself!  Get the doctors you trust, because you are placing your life in their hands.

We left the doctors office after waiting what seemed like forever for our valet'ed car.  We drove home from GR and I finished up my work for a little while.  When I was  done with work we headed over to Leah's sister's house.  Today is June 1 and we were part of a larger group of people there for a rememberance of Leah's Dad who died 10 years ago today.  Many of those people are dear friends of ours and it was good to talk with them and get hugs and talk about my journey so far.  Many of them have been and continue to be so supportive in many ways.


Thanks to those of you who have prayed whether on your own or on the phone or in person with one of us.  Also thanks to Leah's coworkers for the thoughtful gifts.  They mean a lot.

Prayers for minimal to no effects from the chemo would be appreciated as I begin that process.

~Kent


1 comment:

  1. Praying for NO nasty side effects and complete healing for you in JESUS MIGHTY NAME! 🙏 ❤️

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