It is almost Thanksgiving and my family has decided to have Turkey Day here. Dean said he will do all of the cooking...right! Not sure he knows how long and hard it is to make everyones favorites. Which is what I have been doing for years. Well, mostly my favorites. Not sure if I can give up the control of the food and the kitchen. I'll let you know. I called my new doctor today and guess what....I got a call back TODAY!! I wanted to know if I should get a FLU shot. Yes I should. I will do that soon. Dean is and has been working the past few days. Thank you Jesus. Zachary had his wisdom teeth taken out yesterday and is very swollen today but luckily not been sick. The pain killers have kept him pretty sleepy. Well, turkey is in the sink, hoping it is thawed by Wednesday night, Dean is going to smoke it I think. I'll be back in a couple of days! HAPPY TURKEY DAY TO EVERYONE!!!

Hey everyone! Just got back from my appointment with Dr. Rosenfeld...(new doctor) LOVE HIM!!! He took time to answer all of my questions which filled an entire notebook page. So here are the answers. Most of my issues are with the 4mg of Dexamethazone aka steroids so when I put Dex. that is what is stands for. Here we go. Swollen right ankle, swollen face with broken capillaries, skin breakdown (scratching and getting blood blisters, brusing) indigestion, sleeping problems amd massive weight gain...TOO MUCH DEX!!! He wants to cut it in half from 4mg to 2mg. Oh the most important...Roid Rage...DEX!!! He didn't think that my sinus problems were from radiation so I will just keep taking the nose spray. New MRI right after Turkey Day with follow-up two days later. If cancer is back, a few options, Avastin thru IV with Temadar. Not the pill form of Temadar that made me so sick, this one is thru IV also and he said it is easier to tollerate. My Dilanton level was 14.6, normal is between 10-20. So that is good, he did say we could try to taper off the Dilanton but possible side effects would be another seizure. I'm gonna stay on the Dilanton for now. I do believe that covers my list. Oh, the clinical trials...they don't have any right now for GBM's. I did ask about the news report we saw on tv and he said if the cancer is back, he can send me to MD Anderson or Duke for their trial. I get the meds from them and come home. If only someone else could have taken a few seconds to say that, I don't think I would have been so upset. Now, I think that is all. Might just take a nap, I did fold laundry this morning when everyone else was asleep. More later friends! Thanks for reading and keeping up with me.
Love to all,
Anna

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't written in a while. Not much to say. I do have an apointment on Thursday with my new Oncologist. I will let you all know as soon as I am home how it went. That's it! sorry guys...more later.

Movie was really good! I laughed like crazy about the pregnancy pillow. Those of you have seen it and have had a baby and a "pillow" know what I mean. Watched a few other shows then fell asleep in the chair. Going to lay down now. Cathy!!! What is the time difference between here and Hong Kong? Maybe we can chat tomorrow. Let me know. Oh, thanks to those of you who told the truth and looked at the "boils" on YouTube...LOL

I almost made it until 9 and almost made it until 3. Oh well, guess I'll drink my coffee and watch my movie. Anyone else up that wants to chat? LOL I will let you all know how my movie was. Oh, it is The Backup Plan. DON't tell me if it is terrible. More later guys!

Hello all. It is only 6:57 and I am ready for bed! If I go to bed now, I'll be up at 2. Not gonna do it. I'm going to try to make it until 9 so then I'll be up at 3. We started NetFlix so I have a movie to watch in the morning. Oh...I went running errands today and txted Zachary and I took him and his lovely girlfriend out to lunch. What a nice time. I understand why Zachary is crazy about her. Spencer says hello to you all. His birthday is next Friday. He hopes he gets money to go towards his summer camp at New Life Ranch. We will see. Just wanted to check in with everyone, hard to believe you guys like reading all of this silly stuff. Oh, Roxanne, it is easy to be able to post a comment. You have to sign up with Google. It just takes a screen name and password. Just use your regular email name and password, they don't do anything with it and you won't get any spam. Thanks for reading everyone!

Our crazy weekends are almost over! Spencer had a doubleheader yesterday. His team finished the season 12-1-1. 12 Wins, 1 lose, and 1 forfiet from the other team. Then after the games, celebration at Mad Pizza in Rogers. It was a buffett and we all felt sick last night. I think we ate more Tums than slices. Anyway, Zachary went to the games too and brought his lovely girlfriend Christina. I very much enjoyed talking to her. Dean and I met her parents last night when we brought her home, such nice people. Yesterday was a long day. Church first, ran home to grab a bite to eat, pack for long day of baseball. It was really fun. I scream so loudly for Spencer that I almost loose my voice. He was catcher of course, then he pitched, and played 1st and 3rd base. How proud we are of him. I am so glad he is and did not play football this year after seeing all of the concussions in the NFL and College football this year. It was meant to be, I really believe that. We got home about 8ish and I hit the bed right away. Slept until 3am. This time change has really thrown me off. Now, I am sooooo tarred. (tired for you Robert LOL) Anyway, might just take a nap early. Love to you all! Oh, How many of you went to YouTube and looked at popping boils???? Maybe I'm just sick but you can also watch Brain Surgery on YouTube too...very cool. Bye for now.

Morning everyone! I went to bed at a good hour...9ish. Woke up at a good hour too...4ish. I have to tell you all, I have never been one to apply for help, but now, I don't have a choice. Spencer was awarded a scholarship to New Life Ranch Camp for next summer!!! We do have to pay for some of it so I told him....find a way to make money honey! He was and is very excited but we will see if he tries to make money. I'll keep you all posted. No pun intended. Anywho....I'm gonna do some laundry, fun, fun, fun! More later.

I'm back for a quick post. I am going back to bed, well, to bed in a few minutes, cause I haven't slept yet. I must tell you all that I have a quilty pleasure besides watching boils pop. Did you go to YouTube? Anyway, Dean and I watched Dexter last night. Three episodes and we wanted more. Dean tapes them or DVR's them and we waited till there were 5 but I fell asleep during 1 and 2. So we were up until 1am which is oh so way past my bedtime and oh so close to my wake up time that I couldn't sleep. So I just stayed up. Made the coffee at 3:30 and drank the whole pot before 6am. Had to make Dean another pot. Well, that's it for today!!! Have a blessed day everyone.

Today is November 3rd!! I'm trying to get the boys up and ready for school. Spencer asked for a ride, I said yes. Not sure how many chances I will have to drive them to school, so I'm gonna. BRB gotta help find stuff! Found! Can you believe it? Not sure why no one can find stuff but me. Does anyone else have that problem? I can usually find stuff within about 30 seconds. You won't believe what I got hooked watching on YouTube yesterday! Popping Boils...I know...gross. BUT when you start watching, you just can't stop. I dare you to try it. Let me know if you can stop with just one. Kinda like chips or Hersey kisses. Once you have one, what difference does a few more hurt. Go on, try it, go to YouTube and look it up. The best one is under..."How do prevent Boils"...I think. Go on...I'll wait. LOL Just kidding...gotta go for now. BBL is that Be back later? Don't know all of the txt lingo.