Catching Up

Wow can you believe its already January 10th.  I told my Mom yesterday I believe 2013 will be a good year.  I was right!

First good news was my light chain numbers went down to 67.5.  Not a big jump down but it is going down.  I meet with Dr. Schrier next week and was hoping for a low number because if not it means more chemo and who knows what else.  I am still taking Velcade every week and Dexadron every other week but the side effects are getting worse each month.  Dr. Akthar thinks its the Cytoxan because I taking such a high dose 300mg for 5 days each month.  I have had numbness in my fingers and feet, headaches, mouth sores and the usual nausea.  What can I say but if you are reading this be thankful every day for your health.

This weekend Mark and I are leaving for the lake house.  I am doing some upgrades like paint and tile to the little place.  It is going to be beautiful!  We are going to Ukiah on Sunday to see Todd and Sherrie Shapmire and spend the day with them.  It's been a while since we have seen them and we miss them.  I want to go to breakfast at that wonderful Calpella Restaurant.  The breakfast there is so good.  We are going to Grandma Shapmire's house to check out her kitchen she wants painted.  Saturday night I'm going to make Giada's pot roast at Jeff and Christine's trailer.  It takes 4 hours to cook and we will be eating there and watching the 49ers WIN!  GO NINERS!  Lots of fun and lots of good food.

Just booked my yearly trip to Las Vegas with my sister, Mary.  We will be staying at the Bellegio with a fountain view room.  Matt and his friends will be there the same weekend so I'm sure it will be lots of fun.  They have a suite at Cosmo and will be going to the most famous nightclub called Matrix.  Matt and Maxwell went there a few months ago and had a blast.  The pictures are proof but you know what they say "what goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas".  I won't be going to any bars but I do want to visit some friends who live there and go to the play "Menopause".

March I rented a beautiful 3 story home in Lake Tahoe.  The entire family will be going for our yearly snow trip.  I'm so excited.  Little Markie talks about going all the time.  The house we are renting has a 9 seat movie theater.  I plan to have a family movie night in our private theater.  The boys want to go snow boarding and of course Papa wants to hit the casinos.  Last year the house we rented was beautiful but too far from the casinos.  So this year I asked Heather to find us a house close to the casinos.  It's one mile away.  So that means they can walk home or take a cab.  Fun times to come.

My traveling is going to be close to home and no farther than an hour flight.  My body just cannot take the stress.  This summer I'm looking for a home on the beach in southern California for the family to spend a week.  It's about making moments and I'm going to do some living.

2013 will be a good year.  I can feel it!

BELIEVE!

Love, Debbie