Hello, hello, hello!
For those of you that do not live in the south, be thankful. It is HOT here in Houston!!! The humidity is so high you can barely breath outside. Not to mention we have hardly had any rain at all. We have so much yard work to do but it's just too dang hot to get out there, even in the mornings and evenings. It's times like these that I wish we lived in Alaska or Oregon.

David got his MRI scan results. Great news ~ no new tumor growth. His doctor will not need to see him again until his next MRI next year. What a relief that is for us. All of your prayers worked ~ thanks!

I had my bone marrow biopsy the other day. It was nice since I got to be put to sleep this time. I'm always awake, with no sedation, when I have those things and they hurt like hell. Now I'm just sore in my hips. The bone marrow is extracted out of both hips. I basically feel like I've been kicked in the back by a horse. I've never actually been kicked by a horse but I can image that it would make your hips hurt. I'll go back to the doctor next week for my results. For the last few weeks I've been having to go in to give blood samples, not sure why. I guess I'll find out the answer to that one next week as well. I have chronic low white blood count and sometimes my WBC gets dangerously low, so that might be what they are monitoring. I always have to be super careful being around children (because they carries millions of germs and also being around sick people). My immune system does not like to fight off infections.

Since I have Celiac Disease I have to eat a gluten-free diet. I've been trying different gluten-free recipes for sugar cookies but they all taste yucky. If anyone knows a good recipe for gluten-free sugar cookies, please email it to me. kmuhl@sbcglobal.net I am CRAVING a real, Shipley's donut. There are a lot of foods I miss eating, especially donuts!

I'll post more next week. I hope all of you out there are doing great!!!

Hi to everyone!
Well, I went to the oncologist last week to get my latest stomach biopsy and PET scan results. The news wasn't as good as I would have liked, but I have to remember it could always be worse. The biopsy showed cancer still in my stomach. There isn't a lot but enough that it'll need treatment again. The PET scan showed "activity" in the lymph nodes under both my arms and also "activity" in my spine. So my doctor is having me do another bone marrow biopsy (I just had one six months ago) but she said I'll get to get sedated on this biopsy - which is a relief because those dang things hurt. The results of the bone marrow biopsy will determine if I'll do radiation again or some more chemo.

Tomorrow I will go with David to see his new doctor at MD Anderson and get his MRI results. Hopefully it will show no new tumor growth. I can tell he is nervous.

I haven't been feeling well for the last two weeks so I haven't even been able to go see my cousin's new baby. I've had fever off and on so being around a newborn is not the best idea.

Not much new news other than that. I'll post more later....