Hi All,
 I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day last weekend and that you are all enjoying the fabulous weather! My sister Mary came to visit for a couple of days from Florida and thankfully was here briefly to snap a picture of all six of us on Mother’s Day.You’d think we’re never all together for the lack of pictures of us but there’s really no good excuse for it! So on to me 😂 I am virtually pain free just the occasional ouch or discomfort and have completely withdrawn from one narcotic and currently tapering the second one. The radiation team was quite astounded that I was ready to stop the pain meds and did warn that I may need to return to some as I’m still in the peak of the radiation doing it’s job and will be for a few more weeks. That became quite apparent to me this week when the radiation fatigue set in. You don’t feel sleepy, it’s just the beginning of your day and yet it’s a struggle to walk up a flight of stairs because your legs have suddenly decided that 108lbs is far too much of a cross for them to bear…I mean come on, really?! It’s down right ridiculous!! So in the words of Dolly Parton I will have to give up the cross because somebody needs the wood. Straight Talk, a silly old movie with a few good one liners. Happily I can announce that I’m back to eating and drinking normally, thank goodness! So now I just rest, since that’s about all I can do and wait for my appointment with the radiation oncologist the week after next presumably to assess the success of the radiation. I will keep you posted. Thanks for everything, everyone, everyday! We ❤️ you!!