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Subject: Hi Stacy


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Cliff
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Date Posted: 19:59:54 05/24/04 Mon
 Wanna come do some landscaping at MY house? With all that free time, maybe you could do some painting and wallpapering here, too!

Just thought I'd fill you in.... My dad is doing well so far with his chemo treatment. He's getting a bit more fatigued, but I know you said that it's something that builds up as the treatment goes on. He complained of headaches last week, so the doc ordered a brain scan. Fortunately, they found no cancer. (I heard a rumor that they DID find a brain.) He'll be getting scanned soon to check the progress of the treatment. My mom will probably be a nervous wreck, waiting for the results.

On the home front, Michelle and I went on a brunch cruise yesterday on the Clipper City, 2-masted schooner out of the Inner Harbor. We were out for 3 hours, though it didn't go too far--just looped around the Patapso off Ft. McHenry a ways. We actually SAILED. I helped raise the mainsail--geez, that was WORK. That sail--and the big fat wooden boom attached to the top of it--was HEAVY. The food was good, too. And there was a nice, cool breeze out there! We got a lot of good pictures.

Hope your treatments keep working!
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[> Subject: HI CLIFF


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Stacy
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Date Posted: 00:37:51 05/25/04 Tue
Nah, I don't think so, LOL. Trust me, I have quite enough to keep me busy here, no free time here. Dad and Mark are the painters, not me.


I am so happy to hear that your father is doing well with his chemo treatments. I was really really really really nervous when I had an MRI on my brain to see if the cancer had spread there. THANK GOD it didn't!! I think that is the worse place to have it, just in my opinion. I would be so afraid of that. THANK GOD your father didn't have it there either. As for your mom being nervous, I really believe it is so much easier being the patient. I don't know how well I could handle it if it were someone that I love that had to go through all this. I'm sure she will be very nervous waiting for the results. How about your dad? Is he just going about his business living his life or has it really affected him emotionally?
[> [> Subject: Hi Stacy


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Cliff
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Date Posted: 23:28:53 05/26/04 Wed
My dad seems to be his usual self. A couple weeks ago, he came home from chemo to find a broken water heater, and he replaced it himself. Having a week off after every 3 weeks of treatment seems to help. After the third week, my mom has said he seems very tired. Then he perks up again. And he still seems to have his usual sense of humor! He's doing pretty well for someone 78 years old.
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Stacy
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Date Posted: 21:59:17 05/27/04 Thu
I'm so glad that your father is doing well both physically and emotionally. Like my nurse says... "as long as you wake up on this side of the dirt today, it's a good day!" She also believes and so do I that cancer patients need to continue to "live" their lives. It really helps in their attitude.
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Cliff
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Date Posted: 23:23:27 05/27/04 Thu
My parents were upset that they missed my niece's high school graduation last weekend--their first grandchild to graduate. But that would have been a 300+ mile drive, and dad wasn't really up to it. But other than that, he's doing a lot of his usual stuff. I think he tries to pretend that there's a big "S" on his chest, and a cape on his back!
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