nearly 7 months post surgery and all seems to be going as hoped for. Life continues as normal. Work has been a bit slow, but I'm staying pretty busy. Far from our usual norm of sometimes insane hours and exceedingly tight schedules.
Our oldest son Jason is back from school having completed his sophomore year in college. Janet, Evan and Ryan have another four weeks or so until this school year is finished. Janet and I went to a great show Saturday evening. Peter Wolf, solo artist and longtime frontman for the J. Geils Band, has been touring around the northeast promoting his first album release in seven years - "Midnight Souvenirs". It's Peter Wolf back to his roots of R&B, rock, funk and honky-tonk mixed in for good measure.
As you can tell, it was a great distraction - and a wonderful night out with my wife.
Where was I? . . . .
My PSA level has remained at near non-dectectable levels since my surgery, my overall recovery has been good and my doctors are very happy with my progress. Of course, there is that one issue that remains . . . the advanced state and high grade of my cancer at the time of my surgery.
I'm home from work today as I am scheduled for my radiation simulation/mapping session tomorrow. There are a few medications I need to take in preparation for the mapping scans and it's not something you want to take and be working or traveling for any length of time or distance (I think you catch my drift on this).
The session is to map out where everything is so to be able to direct the radiation only where it needs to go. I will be getting 4 to 6 small tattoos (dots about the size of a pen tip) that the scanner will use to direct the beam each time I go in for my daily BBQ over the coming weeks.
As best as I can tell, I am still scheduled to receive 40 treatments - over a period of eight weeks, 5 days a week. And then, that should be that.
Not much else going on these days. We're all looking forward to the summer months and perhaps doing some boating up on Candlewood Lake, or if I'm up for it, some trips to visit friends in the Lake Placid area of NY, and of course back home in Mass.
Don't forget . . . There are still tickets available for the prostate cancer awareness and fund raising event I have planned. It's Saturday, June 19th at the Thomas Hooker Brewing Company in Bloomfield, CT. Local craft beers, BBQ from Black Eyed Sally's and live blues music from Boston area based "The Biscuit Rollers". There will be door prizes, t-shirts, and for a $10 donation you can have a chance to win a 3-night trip for two to the Great American Beer Fest in Denver, Colorado June 19th to June 21st.
To purchase event tickets ($40 per person), please go to www.pintsforprostates.org and click on the Thomas Hooker Brewery ticket on the right side of the page. All proceeds go to Us TOO International and their support and education programs for prostate cancer patients and their families.
Thanks again for all your support . . . and I hope to see you at the event on June 19th!
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