Post #69: Full Steam Ahead!

Greetings All!

Again, another hiatus of a few days but all for good reasons. As the title of this blog implies, Anita is doing wonderfully. She still has the tiredness and shortness of breath (which bugs her no end, believe me) but, in general as she says, she is feeling better. And that's what really counts! She tends to get tired in the afternoons and if she does too much, but she is doing so much more than before. So we can all feel great about that.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, she is busy planning for the coming visit of a dear friend from the East Coast and enjoying the new sliding glass doors that have been installed in the living room wall which are bringing tons of light as well as a stunning view of the mountains and "clouds in the sky" into the living room. And . . . . drum roll please . . . she has been going out to eat from time to time and eating with gusto! It truly is remarkable how far she has come.

Her next chemo treatment is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on Sept. 12 and her last Rituxan treatment will be at 9:00 a.m. on Sept. 14th. After that, she has only one more chemo treatment to go!! Ever closer to remission . . . that's her goal and all of ours!

I'm finding that with all the great news about Anita, there's actually less to report! Isn't that wonderful?! So I will keep doing postings but they will be - as they have been recently - more intermittant. So do tune in from time to time, but I won't be doing daily updates. However, be assured that if anything of note comes up, I will be in step in posting the latest developments.

Hope you all are having a wonderful August, soon to be September!

Melissa