Getting ready for round two.

It has been a nice week. Except for having to miss the crushing blow Wake delivered to Ole Miss yesterday, I've continued to feel increasing stronger and normal each day. All my blood counts are back to normal and the infection has just about gone. There is an updated arm photo on the Photo site.

I'm not exactly looking forward to going back for the second cycle, but as I have stated in the past, I really do like taking an active role in the treatment....and trust me, this is about as active as it gets.

The Nuelasta shot did it's job the first cycle. I only had a handful of days that I had to worry about extremely low white counts. I'm sure that will be the case this time as well. Other than that, I'll give a brief update from the hospital and write a little something when I leave.

Thanks for all the food. Please remember I'm on a strict diet of Crispix for about 3 days after I come home. After that, I move into the heartier shells and cheese and finally white bread turkey sandwiches, yellow mustard and Mayo only.

This cycle has marked some of the most interesting gifts by far, including: a Best Buy gift certificate, a Flavor Flav pillow case, and a Civil War sword. For the record, that is the first time in the history of written language, that those three items have been listed together. What if da Three Wise Men had brought those gifts? WHOAH!!!

I hope to see you soon. If you catch me in a 3rd week, you'll really be surprised to see how well I'm doing (or at least how well I can make you think I'm doing...)

Take care.