Gus' CA 19-9 came back with excellent results. The tumor marker count was down to 86. Lower than we had even dreamed was possible.
Gus did receive his chemo oral tablets in the mail so he will start taking those this Saturday, January 31st. After three days of the oral chemo, he will go to Bozeman to the infusion room for the two IV chemos.
He no longer has any weight limit, so now the work begins. Gus, Brian and myself are working at the old homestead tomorrow setting the rafters on the barn we are restoring. It has been a long 6 weeks for Gus trying to remember not to lift anything. It is just habit to pick something up to move it.
We were reading some of the DON'TS they advise when you're taking one of the chemos. Housework was on the list of things not to do. That hurt. The other day I was looking at my kitchen tile trying to figure out how to make it look new again. The grout looked terrible. So I was on my hands and knees scrubbing with 409 to see if that made a difference. What I had done looked great so I was proceeding to really get serious. Gus quietly mentioned behind me that was something he could do. My hearing was excellent at that moment, so Gus is in the process right now of scrubbing our kitchen tile. He scrubs a couple of rows a day and is more than half way done. I am so thankful he will have that project finished before the DON'TS are appliciable with his chemo. Housework may have been listed, but there were a lot more things not listed.
Both of us are really looking forward to getting something done again. We have been in the idle mode too long.
Gus did receive his chemo oral tablets in the mail so he will start taking those this Saturday, January 31st. After three days of the oral chemo, he will go to Bozeman to the infusion room for the two IV chemos.
He no longer has any weight limit, so now the work begins. Gus, Brian and myself are working at the old homestead tomorrow setting the rafters on the barn we are restoring. It has been a long 6 weeks for Gus trying to remember not to lift anything. It is just habit to pick something up to move it.
We were reading some of the DON'TS they advise when you're taking one of the chemos. Housework was on the list of things not to do. That hurt. The other day I was looking at my kitchen tile trying to figure out how to make it look new again. The grout looked terrible. So I was on my hands and knees scrubbing with 409 to see if that made a difference. What I had done looked great so I was proceeding to really get serious. Gus quietly mentioned behind me that was something he could do. My hearing was excellent at that moment, so Gus is in the process right now of scrubbing our kitchen tile. He scrubs a couple of rows a day and is more than half way done. I am so thankful he will have that project finished before the DON'TS are appliciable with his chemo. Housework may have been listed, but there were a lot more things not listed.
Both of us are really looking forward to getting something done again. We have been in the idle mode too long.
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