On Friday of last week my sister, Ashley, arrived in San Diego, and on Sunday my mom, Carroll, flew back to Indiana. It was great to have my mom’s help and I’m thankful she was here for the first two weeks. My sister has also been a great help since she’s been here the past week or so. And today my brother flew in from Indiana for the weekend! It’s great to have him here as well – it’s his first time to San Diego since we moved here.

I’ve been feeling quite well as of late, likely because my chemo schedule hasn’t been as intense. On Tuesday I had my last infusion (Bleomycin) of cycle one. No fever this time, which is great. My sister Ashley went with me to the infusion center this time so she got to experience all the fun of sitting around while I receive my chemo drugs intravenously.

On Sunday we took my sister for a nice walk to see some more wildflowers down in Chula Vista. The wildflower bloom was off the charts and I got some great photos on our walk!

I’ve been feeling so well this week I even went to work on Monday and Wednesday! It was really good to get back in the office, get some things done, and see all my coworkers. I’m thankful that the past week or so I have been doing well enough to have some semblence of normal life. It gives me hope that I can potentially return to work full time earlier than expected, and work a bit more the next two cycles.

Also, final update for today: my hair is starting to fall out. Yeah, I knew this time would come but it doesn’t really make it any easier. It’s mostly still on my head and beard, but anytime I touch my hair or beard a lot of hairs end up on my hands. I’m guessing it will likely be complety gone in the next week, possibly earlier. My brother and I are visiting my barber tomorrow together and I might just have him shave it off entirely, but we will see.

We still have some dates available for meals in the upcoming weeks if anyone would like to volunteer! You can check the available dates on our meal train site here: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/lmwm36. Thank you for the continued support!

-B