Today is the first day of spring…

And it’s the nastiest day we’ve had for a while.
Snow is expected to accumulate later in the day.

That’s OK though…
It’s spring.
The buds are on the trees.
Daffodils and tulips are sprouting,
The Robins are chirping,
And the 70 degree days could be back by next week.

Everything comes back to life in spring.
TC will do well,
Dini will do well,
And “I” will do well.

I know many of you have been worried about me.
I appreciate it and will try not to worry you anymore!
After all…
Spring is here.
We’re all coming back to life!
Make sure YOU come along.

You can check out anytime you want…

But you can never leave. (The Eagles, Hotel California)

That’s what cancer is like.
You can manage to not think about it for a little while, (check out),
But it never goes completely away.

You go to bed thinking about it,
You wake up thinking about it.
You think about it when you drive.

My friend Dini was diagnosed with liver cancer last week.
We are devastated yet hopeful.
Dini has youth, health and a positive spirit on her side.
And us.

Please keep Dini in your prayers along with TC.

ABC…

A: Move back to KC and stay with Mom.
B: Move into Corporate Apartment.
C: Move back into our HOME!!!


We just got to Stage B in this current journey we’re on.
The apartment sucks, but we’re one step closer to home.
June 1st we take back possession.

Ordinarily…I am guilty of “wishing my life away”.
I wish it was summer, I wish Christmas would be over with, I wish we were back in the house.
I wish, I wish, I wish!

But given our current circumstances,
I now fully understand that each day is a gift.
Especially for TC.
And I’d live in this crappy apartment for the rest of my life if TC could have that many days too.

I wish.

It’s Cold as Crap

Welcome back to Kansas City, I guess.
It’s 12 degrees here and Texas is looking really good about now!

If there is such a thing as a “good time” for chemotherapy and hanging out in bed all day under the covers…
February in KC has to be it.
So I did just that.

In TC’s bed!
We watched a movie and chatted,
We laughed some and never even cried once!
Progress…baby step style!

She’s catching a little shuteye right now and I’m catching “Men’s Curling”.
What a strange sport.
And strange spectators…one woman was wearing a hat fashioned after a “Curling Stone”!
Must be all the rage in the Curling World.
Who knew?

It’s good to hear TC sleep so peacefully.
She’s still in quite a bit of pain from her surgery when she’s awake so sleep is her friend.

Her outlook is tough…I guess I shouldn’t have expected anything different.
I think she’s going to be the one leading us on this journey together and I can’t think of anyone better to lead than her.
She’ll get us through.

Just an Update…

Unbelievably…we still have more questions than answers with TC.
We also have less patience than last time.
Unfortunately…we also have fewer options.

So we wait for answers as patiently as we can.

This is what we do know:

TC is very, very sick.
Her cancer has attached itself to most all of her organs.
She will start a “generic” chemotherapy routine this coming Friday.
We are waiting to hear back from a Lab in California who is doing the testing to determine the best chemo cocktail that she will hopefully respond to.
Radiation treatment has not yet been determined.
We are frustrated.

TC’s spirits are, as you can imagine, all over the map. She tends to show the bright side though which makes me very, very proud of her.
She is incredibly brave.

Many of you are so kind and ask about me and the rest of my family.
We too have our good days and bad.
I personally tend to shut down…as many of you know…I don’t return too many phone calls or emails.
I’ll work on that…I promise.

When I first started this blog,
I would never in a thousand years thought it would be used for this purpose.
I promise I will find my funny bone again soon and get back to blogging in my old style, because hopefully…
ChrissyCan!