Celebration!!

Veterans Day!

We celebrated the day by going out to dinner with our oldest son and family. My husband spent 20 years in the Army, two years in Vietnam and received a Purple Heart.  We are very proud of him.

 We do not have any results of the radiation yet - officially.  However, we KNOW it worked - to what extent we will find out in a couple weeks.  Today official results  did not matter.  Paul feels great, did not need oxygen to get to the restaurant - ate a big meal but brought enough home for tomorrow.

Attitude is good - happy is good and state of mind is everything.

Each day is very special!

Tags: lung cancer, radiation

LAST radiation treatment....

Happy that Paul's last radiation treatment is over.  They gave him a cute diploma!  They are so nice there.  One girl said, " hope we never see you again" (not here anyway!).

Side effects are minimal - sunburn looking skin on chest in both spots and little on his back.  Throat dry and a little uncomfortable but no pain.  Some intermittent short pains in his chest which will get better.  Some stomach upset but not all the time.

He will return for checkup 4 weeks - which means November 19 is CT scan and December 5 appointments with both VA oncologist and radiology oncologist. 

We are going to try and relax until then - do other appointments - dental, etc. and spend some time with family. 

More after results!  Probably chemo next!