Merry Christmas and Happy Healthy New Year!

Robert and I want to wish each and everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year! We are in Dallas this evening, Robert has chemo early Wednesday morning and then we will head home tomorrow afternoon. Robert and I had a very nice and quiet Christmas. We missed being with our family this year, but we have spent so much time traveling back and forth to Dallas, we just needed to be at home this year. Robert is having weekly chemo treatments and chemo days come around way too often. This terrible disease called cancer takes away so many things from you and changes your life in ways you could never imagine. One of the ways is it creates isolation and loneliness. Robert has to be careful in public places, he can not afford to be in contact with anyone who is sick. The chemo is still making him weak and Robert is still losing weight. He weighed 159 today, I suspect he will be lectured again by his dietitian tomorrow. Robert has been eating as much as he can, but just can not maintain his weight. The procedure he was suppose to have a couple of weeks ago to have his esophagus stretched, did not go as planned, so we are going to try it again next week. We will be back in Dallas next Tuesday, for a PET scan, Wednesday for Chemo and then Thursday he will have the surgery to stretch his esophagus, to help him with swallowing pills. I will try to update the blog more frequently, Robert does read it and he would love to hear from you. I have asked him to get on here and say a few words. Maybe you can encourage him to do so. Thanks again for all your encouraging emails and cards. They really do help with the long lonely days for Robert.