Today's Purpose

Last night I received the good news from Dr.K that the MRIs of my right hip and lumbo-sacral spine show no new progression of disease. This is great news! We had some concerns because my CA 27-29 had been going up at a semi-alarming rate (40 to 60 to 80.) Additionally, I have been having a lot of pain in my hip and low back on the right. When I say "a lot" of pain this is probably the kind of pain that most would rate a "10" out of ten. Since I just continue to trudge on through the pain (with the help of pharmaceuticals) it says quite a bit that I am mentioning, much less complaining about pain. THEORUM: CA 27-29 Increase + Pain in hip & back increase = MRI.

My October PET scan was great. The metastatic disease in my bones has been arrested. It is still there but it is not spreading so it is stable. The little effer cancer cells from Hell are pooping out because they have no estrogen to feed on (they are such crack whores.) Our hope is that the future PET scans will show that the disease is now dying off. Dr. K wanting a MRI to see if we had missed something or if there was something percolating in the hip/femoral head/sacral region. There could be something that was not picked up on PET scan. Thankfully, there was nothing.

Dr.K is "cautiously optimistic." I think he and Lou Dobbs from CNN are in a continual state of cautious optimism. Let me say here and now that I am good with cautious optimism. It is way better than flagrant pessimism.

The girls and I are all suffering with strep throat. I don't think I have ever had strep before. It is not fun. We are all on antibiotics to treat it so we are good for the public domain.

On this day I am relieved. I can sit around and perseverate on something besides cancer. What a gift. I get these little motivational emails every day from my friend Michael. I love today's words of wisdom so I will share.


Today's purpose
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What is your purpose for this day? What have you chosen to do
with the minutes and hours of this day, a day that is
already flowing into your life?

When you give each day a specific purpose, at the end of
each day you'll have a specific accomplishment. In addition
to having a day that you can look back upon, you'll also
have real, lasting value that you can carry forward.

Today is full of countless possibilities. Giving the day a
purpose will enable you to fulfill the exact possibilities
that align with that purpose.

This day is rich in energy. With a clear purpose, you can
harness that powerful energy and channel it into something
that will make a difference for your world.

There are dreams that you long to achieve. Today is your
opportunity to move solidly toward them.

Give today a purpose -- a rich , wonderful, meaningful
purpose. And live life at its best.