The race is over and we are starting to return to a normal state of affairs. The last of our family who flew in from out of town returned the following Tuesday after the race. We had a lot of friends and family who came for the race and we appreciated all of the support that was given. The raced turned out to be a lot of fun for all who participated. The majority of the runners did the 6.5k, but I would like to give a special congratulations to those who ran the 13k. These crazy individuals include my brother-in-law Sean Kelley, my cousin Carla Danielson, neighbors and friends Bryce Servine, Sean Kane and Emily and Ross Moore. Those who ran the 6.5k were Amy Lowell, Al Arce, Jeff Pifer, Diann Lowe, Brian and Kristin Merrill, my sister Tracey Kelley and of course my lovely wife Leah Sams. I would like to extend a special note of recognition to my wife and sister who have never run a race before in their lives and were not sure they would be able to finish this one. Leah and Tracey ran together and did a fantastic job of finishing the race! I would also like to say thank you to those who came and cheered us on. These people were Rob and Terry Zollinger, Kim Haynes, Mellissa Pifer (not able to run due to a knee injury), Caroline Kane, Kathry Arce, Will Danielson, Ashley Servine, and Eric and Erin Ericson. Thanks to everyone who came about and supported Team Dan!
Today is Monday and I have been feeling O.K. for the last few days. I start the next round of chemo this coming Thursday (the 8th) and continue for the next five days finishing the treatment on Monday. During my last chemo treatment I got a terrible head cold right on the same day I received my medication. Although I got a Z-Pack, I still had the symptoms for about 3 weeks! Unfortunately, Leah and my son Ross got the same cold a few days after I did. We were a household of joy for a few weeks! My point in telling you this is that I have no idea how the chemo is going to affect me. Everyone asks me how I feel during the chemo process. The answer is that I do not truly know yet. My friend Dion told me that he really did not feel the chemo until he was almost done with the treatment. I am suspecting, based on what Dion has told me, that I will experience the side effects sometime toward the end of day 5. What I expect are fatigue and nausea.
I see Dr. Nick this coming Friday to finalize everything for our Disney cruise and our trip to Duke in December. Apparently with the Disney cruise I am supposed to have all of my medications on me in their original containers. I do not think that Disney knows I take about 10 different medications a day that equal about 40-45 pills a day. That should be a fun bag for security to go through! For Duke I am supposed to gather a lot of medical information that only Dr. Nick and a lab out in California called OncoTech have. Apparently Dr. Freidman and his staff want to look at the original frozen section of my tumor that was taken during the surgery. I also had to fill out a lot of paper work for my medical work up. This was all done via e-mail, thank God! (I received about 10 different forms that were a few pages each!)
As we approach the date for the cruise we are growing very excited. I am looking forward to some quality time with my family that I feel I missed on our original cruise. During our first Disney cruise I was not right in the head due to the tumor. I was sleeping a lot, and when I was awake I was not myself. (Little did we know at the time that I had a golf ball growing in my brain.) Some quality time with Leah and the kids and my in-laws is much needed at this point in my life. I still thank the Lord every day for answered prayers and continue to pray for total healing. I know what has happened so far could not have happened without His help and guidance. Thanks to all of you who still pray and think about us. We love you and look forward to hearing from you soon!
Love,
Dan and Leah
Today is Monday and I have been feeling O.K. for the last few days. I start the next round of chemo this coming Thursday (the 8th) and continue for the next five days finishing the treatment on Monday. During my last chemo treatment I got a terrible head cold right on the same day I received my medication. Although I got a Z-Pack, I still had the symptoms for about 3 weeks! Unfortunately, Leah and my son Ross got the same cold a few days after I did. We were a household of joy for a few weeks! My point in telling you this is that I have no idea how the chemo is going to affect me. Everyone asks me how I feel during the chemo process. The answer is that I do not truly know yet. My friend Dion told me that he really did not feel the chemo until he was almost done with the treatment. I am suspecting, based on what Dion has told me, that I will experience the side effects sometime toward the end of day 5. What I expect are fatigue and nausea.
I see Dr. Nick this coming Friday to finalize everything for our Disney cruise and our trip to Duke in December. Apparently with the Disney cruise I am supposed to have all of my medications on me in their original containers. I do not think that Disney knows I take about 10 different medications a day that equal about 40-45 pills a day. That should be a fun bag for security to go through! For Duke I am supposed to gather a lot of medical information that only Dr. Nick and a lab out in California called OncoTech have. Apparently Dr. Freidman and his staff want to look at the original frozen section of my tumor that was taken during the surgery. I also had to fill out a lot of paper work for my medical work up. This was all done via e-mail, thank God! (I received about 10 different forms that were a few pages each!)
As we approach the date for the cruise we are growing very excited. I am looking forward to some quality time with my family that I feel I missed on our original cruise. During our first Disney cruise I was not right in the head due to the tumor. I was sleeping a lot, and when I was awake I was not myself. (Little did we know at the time that I had a golf ball growing in my brain.) Some quality time with Leah and the kids and my in-laws is much needed at this point in my life. I still thank the Lord every day for answered prayers and continue to pray for total healing. I know what has happened so far could not have happened without His help and guidance. Thanks to all of you who still pray and think about us. We love you and look forward to hearing from you soon!
Love,
Dan and Leah
