Goodnight Mrs. Calabash

Just got back from another immutably, insidious, infusion with lots of things to talk about. I am so greatful to Doc Neupogen and his band of newly formed white cells. They valiantly battled against and sacrificed themselves to the evil Mr. Cisplatin and Mrs. Gemzar and managed to maintain a strong enough of a rag tag force to carry on through next week. As a result, my next post will be coming from the hills of North Carolina. To say I am excited is truly an understatement. I will bet you that the mountain air will raise all of my levels in a positive fashion. I say this because even though my white count is up the chemicals have finally started depleting the red ones. I am officially anemic. My platelets are also way down so they told me not to cut myself until the count goes up. For those of you confused ones, the platelets are what cause your blood to clot. I am sure some of you never expected to become so medically edumacated. I was able to skip the gemzar this week which means the red count will be able to build back up as will the platelets on their own and quickly without interference.

I want you to know how incredibly appreciative I am of the continued cards, letters, emails, comments and visits we receive from everyone. That probably keeps my levels up more than anything and I am eternally grateful. Since I am working off some increased endorphin production I thought I would make a few specific comments. All of you will not relate to all, but some of you will know some of them. It is kinda like "fooling some of the people some of the time...". These last two paragraphs should include just about everyone in my life.

All of Lenny's scans were clean, yea, Stephen and Stephanie are pregnant, Tim has a new job and seems to like it, Kathy D.'s biopsy report was good, My Cat is producing a lot of art, Melissa moved to New York to attend the Pratt Institute, Becky W. has a great new job, Hello and thanks to Tracy and Taylor, Happy Birthday to Sid the Squid and Mike the Mick, Congrats to Charmian and Charmian cuz I think Ken enjoys his new job, thanks Mel for being a good sister, Will is definitely improving from his surgery, thank you Lyn for the goodies, Larry quit trying to eliminate body parts, thank you rabbi greene and rabbi micah and cantor kassel for your kindness and presence, thanks for PCD Wednesday nites, thank you to those that let me show you my shark bite, Pam and Yankel I hope we get to see you sometime next year, Shirley is well and speaking to me, congrats Brian on graduation, thanks Alyse for being the mother of our incredible children, Jimmy you will never know how helpful you were 31/2 months ago, mark and mel I know you will figure the location thing out, Aloha to Lahaina, the Ostrows rule, never fear BJ one day I will call, thanks for stopping by Mike, thanks Van, my family is incredible, so are my friends and most of all so is my wife, and Goodnight Mrs. Calabash Wherever You Are!