“There’s no place like home”….Dorothy We are so grateful for the opportunity to spend this season in Alaska, well, most of this season. As you likely know, my treatment has us in Houston every 28 days. Since the travel from Alaska to Texas is extensive we actually travel to Texas every 23 days with a stop in Phoenix each trip. Since my last blog entry we have traveled twice from Alaska. Following our June appointment I had an unexpected hiccup. Alaska weather was stunning around Father’s Day weekend. Long, sunny days spent outdoors playing pickleball, cleaning up outside and inside following the long winter and reconnecting with our Alaska life. I began feeling some symptoms like fatigue and diarrhea. (Under the category of TMI, diarrhea for the owner of an ileostomy means my bag filled up frequently with liquid) I began to think I was experiencing another bowel blockage so I agreed to go to the ER to find out what might be happening. The Alaska doctors diagnosed my problem
Beating the Odds is about my upcoming battle to defeat Peritoneal Mesothelioma with multiple objectives. I have a large network of friends and family supporting me along with the prayer teams at churches I’ve never attended. I hope this method of sharing information will be easier for all of us. My plan is to come through this battle whole. If my success story helps anyone else on their journey with this disease it will make this effort priceless.