Back From The Dead 8

Eight used to be my lucky number....I don't know if it is still.....seems like 8 treatments has nothing sounding lucky about it! I think this will be my last "Back From the Dead" entry because it doesn't feel as much like death as it did. I don't know when this will get posted but it's Monday night May 10, and I'm encouraged that this too will be smoother transition than 1-6. Doc says I have less cancer to deal with. Don't get me wrong, everything is relative. Even a "good" NADIR is pretty brutal and certainly not for babies, but not what it was before. If you read my last update you know that my PSA level has dropped to 95 and the tumors have been reduced by 30%...if this trend continues I should be below 50 by the time I'm ready to go again in 2 weeks. Assuming my body will take it my guess is the Doc will say let's stay the course....I'm OK with that if it means getting rid of everything or at least getting more time. The ever present Thrush causes your cheeks and tongue to swell but I've found an exercise that helps.....It's like a stretching of your cheeks in to a big smile....makes you look kinda like......a Chimp! That and tongue movement for a few seconds seems to relive the pressure for a short time and of course it is sooooo sexy looking.....that is if you're trying to scare somebody or assure you're not going to have sex with them. It's obvious if you've read any previous posts that to me...the biggest challenge..is keeping myself fed. The peanut butter idea is even starting to get old but the shrimp thing is still an old standby. IT doesn't have any real taste and it doesn't stick to your teeth..as bad. In another day or so I will be able to venture into some real food! I have a rolling, chop block, island in my kitchen and during this time I'm standing there cutting shrimp, eating peanut butter on a pretzel sticks and it dawned on me today that....it really does look kind of "seal like"..........next time I'll be sure to get a ball that I can bounce while I'm feeding myself! This oil slick scares me. I have never agreed with President Obama on anything but if you recall, the first week it was an explosion and find the 11 survivors stories and then we were told the leak was 5 times as bad as first thought...they responded in time, just like Bush did on Katina...I'm serious. In the frontier of Alaska..can't remember the name, there is 100's of years worth of oil. The oil operation would take about 1 tenth of 1% of the 1,000's of acres...the environmentalist wont let us drill there because of the impact....there was a big battle (remember it well...I was a baby) when they first put in the Alaska Pipe line...they said it would kill the Caribou....turned out the Caribou built nest next the the warmth of the pipeline and they not only survived they are over-populated....can you say hunting season? The volcano: I don't want to be crude but don't ya think it's kinda like Iceland keeps expelling farts and the rest of the world has to suffer the effects. I heard there was a sub that went to 5,000 feet....where is it? If you love seafood...cross your fingers. Thank you for all the energy; B.