From Carol! New updates

First of all thanks for support from our family and friends during this difficult and uncertain time.And a special thanks to Brittany for creating the blog and keeping it updated while she is in school! We have had great meals, wonderful cards, encouraging phone calls , friends and family driving everyday to SF for appointments. Some visits and phone calls during the week have been nice. I feel bad because I don't return to many calls I am just tired in the evenings when I return from SF. But it is nice to have the greeting on the answer machine. We just found out that I have cancer in my left hip as well as my shoulder area. The plan as of today is to radiate both areas at the same time starting tomorrow. We have been treating the shoulder but the hip area was new news to us this week. I will have 10 treatments more to both the hip and shoulder and then stop. I will then go on the experimental drug called, "Nexivar". We have one months supply free - it costs about 4,000 a month. Carl and Dr. Wu are trying to get me on as a compassion case in the hopes of getting a 6 month or year supply. So pray hard for that. The drug Nexivar has had good success rates at stopping tumors from growing. That would be very beneficial for me right now.Thanks for all you support and I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with you families. I can't wait for Paige and Brittany to come home next week. We are even excited to see all of their wonderful friends too! We will keep you posted.

Keep Hope CRG