Update from Jody 4/5/07

Good morning. Thought I would get a little update off to you. I found out yesterday that the MRI they did on my brain was clear – it’s official I have nothing in my head!!!!!!! My chemo starts tomorrow (Friday) and radiation starts on Monday. The first day of chemo will be about 6-7 hours long because they have to fine tune everything and I’m getting both drugs but after that my two drug days will only be about 5 hours long; the other 3 weeks between will only be 1 hour start to finish. Radiation will be about half an hour the first time and then only about 15 – 20 minutes. Already have it planned that if and when I start losing my hair we are going to have a head shaving party. Gina thought that would be great, we could drink wine and giggle and laugh. Told her they could have the wine and I would drink non-alcoholic and as Connie said be the designated driver!!!! Anyway, that’s about it for now. It will be interesting to see how my body decides to handle the chemo. Just to let you know, I have talked to Jere and Gina about church, faith, and spirituality. Went to church with them on Sunday and it was the weirdest thing; all I did was shed tears off and on through the entire service. Told Jere I felt a little embarrassed, he just smiled at me and said that was alright the spirit entered me and that was a good thing. What a son I have! I just wanted to share that with you. Now I should get going. Have a terrific day LaVerne and I’ll talk to you later. Love, Jody