Still on a break

Not Ross and Rachel or Pat and I, just me from my Erbitux treatments. This was week 2 without treatment. Energy wise, I am feeling pretty good, able to do a little more than I was during treatment. The majority of the rash and acne is clearing up; except for the stubborn 3 pimples on my left eye which alternate between itchy, painful, and merely swollen. I’ve got a cleaning and scrubbing system down plus eye drops, none of which seem to be working, but everyone tells me it just takes time. I’m a little impatient.

I went back and was re-reading a few of my posts, and I realized I need to post a correction to something I thought Dr. Lange said. “I guess a little rash is a small price to pay for a clean scan”. After talking with him directly at my checkup, I think I may have misheard him. We talked about how the rash and acne are not small inconveniences, and that the next time a drug rep comes in and touts a medication as having “few side effects” that we should have the drug rep receive a few doses. It was a good conversation and I realized we are on the same page.

This past weekend was our sixth wedding anniversary – and we spent the weekend in NYC. Got a great hotel for a cheap price on Priceline.com and saw one of the hottest shows on Broadway – Monty Python's Spamalot. I had purchased the tickets in January as a birthday present for Pat and am I glad that I did. It’s almost impossible to get tickets for weekend performances of this show now. It was great to see the show with the original cast - Tim Curry, David Hyde Pierce, and Tim Curry to name a few. We had a great time, laughed for 2 straight hours.

We followed it with dinner at a Brazilian Churrascaria. It’s a bbq type restaurant where they keep bringing by platters of meat until you cry “UNCLE” or put the stop sign up at your table. We both ate a good portion of a cow and a pig. It was a lot of fun and good food. We got a chance to relax somewhat and spend some time together without interruptions from work or cancer (for the most part). It was a nice break. The 3 pimples on my eye re-appeared on Sunday morning in the swollen, painful mode, so we left for home a little earlier than we had planned.

Now we are back in work mode – this week Pat is traveling on the west coast, and next week I head down to Florida for work. We’re both going to be busy with some travel over the next few weeks, but it’s all good.

Later…