Challenges Keep On A Coming

The month of August has come and gone. The day we arrived back from our Thelin family reunion I started on my two cancer medications. They are not chemo, but just one pill a day, Thalidomide and 10 little pills once a week (cortisone). It is now the primary treatment for my Mulitiple Myeloma. No stem cell transplant for me again!

The month of August is pretty much of a blur. The Thalidomide causes light-headedness and dizziness. That lasted about 3 1/2 weeks. Now the dizziness has worn off or my body is finally used to it.

My fracture of the L2 vertebre is taking a long time to heal and causes me much pain. I manage to maintain by taking pain pills. My men help by vacuuming and lifting laundry baskets and whatever else I ask them to do. Frank even asked me to teach him how to MAKE A CHICKEN SANDWICH! I told him it wasn't rocket science but I showed him anyway and now he CAN MAKE HIS OWN DINNER! YEE HAH

During the worst of the side effects I managed to make it to sacrament meeting to play the organ and then went home after. I keep looking over my shoulder and muttering "What's next!"


The other night as I was reading the scriptures I opened to 1st Nephi 3:37 and found the perfect words the Lord wanted me to hear. "