Let the games begin!

We have a target date to begin the "Toxification of Paul" . Thursday, June 5 is the start date. Before then I have to go and have a short out patient procedure where they install a port in my upper chest. This is where my chemo IV's will be hooked up. Plus they can give me fluids and take blood samples as well. The chemo, for you techies, for the first round will be a combination of gemzar and cisplatin. They are administered once a week in three week cycles and I will do 2 or 3 of those cylcles. After that I take a couple of week break and then move on to radiation with chemo and particularly FU-5. That will be about a four week process. We had a great teaching session with our oncologists nurse. The only bad part was she was obligated to review all the possible side effects. Kind of like the do on the pill commercials on tv. It was Cat, Ash and I in the office and when she got thru the list of about 25-30 possibilities we were all like deer caught in headlights. There was virtually no part of my body that was not going to have something. Then I stop, take a breath and remember that millions of people go thru chemo. Everyone only has a few of these issues. She is doing what she should by making me aware of the possibilities.

So now here we are on Memorial day week. Going out to dinner tonite with friends and family and tomorrow nite is a table at Chastain and an intimate evening with James Taylor. Monday nite dinner with more family. Hope you all have a good, grilling Memorial Day weekend.