Spent a lot of time at Dr. offices yesterday. Joe is tentatively scheduled to have his portacath put in on Dec 29th and his colonoscopy/endoscopy on Dec 30th. The PET scan will probably be on the 28th. This will be all the tests for now and the Dr. will be able to determine the source and how far it has spread. We meet him on Jan 3rd to get the results and he will probably start chemo immediately afterwards. Oh yes, we've already started the battles with the insurance company. Luckily, our Patient Navigator (assigned to us by the cancer center) is taking care of most of those issues. Love that Lady!
Joe is starting to eat more (but hasn't gained any weight). He is in great spirits and got the OK from the Dr. to drive - - yeah! He's out Christmas shopping (by himself) right now. Like I said, Normalcy is a wonderful thing!
Keep those prayers coming. We feel stronger each day and I know it's the Grace of God that is giving us the strength we need. We truly feel blessed.
Love to All,
Sherrie and Joe
p.s. There are a lot of questions about this blog. Candace set it up for us because 1) we didn't know how and 2) you have to have a gmail account to set one up and we don't. The posts are from Joe and I, even though it says Candace. People were just confused on where the info is coming from so thought I would clarify. All 3 girls are up to speed on everything, so you can contact them if you have questions or can't get a hold of us. XOXOXO
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