New Treatment

We are going to begin another leg of our journey Tuesday morning. Marlene will have a chemo treatment tomorrow. These treatments will be given once every four weeks. As we put our armor on and begin to get ready to battle, we ask our prayer warriors to pray for us. We serve an awesome God and we know his powers are limitless. We know that he will be standing beside us tomorrow with his hand on our shoulders as we begin this treatment. May God Bless and remember: GOD is good..........and all the time........... In His Love, Marlene & Roger

March 24

Wanted to reach out this week. I tend to loose track of what is going on, so hope I have kept up with this week. Perhaps I told you that I had a problem with my teeth and had to have a root canel on Thursday. Those of you who know me well will remember that about 5 years I had 8 broken teeth and have thus had to have crowns more than one time. I continue to have some problems and you may remember hearing me talk about the problems since Dec. I am taking one (tooth day) at a time and trusting that God is providing for the problems that I have had. I am greatful that He's keeping me safe, and that when I thought there was a problem, it didn't show up until this week, just between my going off coumadan and getting ready for the port and the filter. God is Good....all the time.

Today, I had the port and the filter inserted. I have to confess that I was very worried about having to have both of them done. I know others who have had problems (not recently) and I was a little worried. I was very surprised that the filter was inserted first through the same vein that the port was inserted. I am an OLD Nurse......but finally it made sense and I was very glad that both procedures were done very quickly together.. EVerything went well and I was very please to be back in Gate City. I will start the chemo next week. I am about to be tired, so I will talk to you guys soon. Remember God Loves you and is good all the time. Love Marlene

Catching ups

Hope everyone is doing well. I am trying to catch up, but as usual am behind. We were in Bethesda on Thursday and Friday and returned to GC late Friday, having forgotten that the Race was in town. We did not have any trouble and were very glad. Of course, I stop every hour, so it was not too hard of a trip.

The recommmendation is that I will go on another chemo starting within the next 2 weeks. I will have to come of off the coumadon, in fact, was taken off of it today, getting ready to put in a filter and a port. Please keep us in your prayers (I know that you do and I do appreciate it. I must trust ultimately, every day.)

I am not doing so well this evening . I have lost the blog a couple of times already, so I will stop now. Will try to keep up with you all, and would welcome hearing from anyone who is still around out there.

Remember that God is Good, All the Time and that He loves you all.

Marlene and Roger.

Update

Hello everyone
Hope you have had a good week inspite of the weather. It has been weird with rain, snow and 68 degrees and I understand it is not over yet (snow) tomorrow. The tornado in Big Stone was also terrible.

Wanted to give you a quik update. We will be returning to NIH on the 13th for lab work, MRI and clinical evaluation on the 14th. Probably will return on the 15th.

Please keep us in your prayers. I am a little apprehensive about the travel in light of the end result of the trip on the 21, even though there is noting to indicate that travel had anything to do with the multiple problems that I had begining that day until the present.

I continue to improve daily, and I am very thankful. I will update you again before we leave next week. Take care of yoursleves, stay dry and well....avoid the flu and strep. Remember that God is Good.....All the Time and all the time.......God is good. Love you. Roger and Marlene

Weeks end

Rainy Day

Hi everyone,
Hope you have had a good rainy day. Since we did without rain for so long, I am not complaining about the rain we have had recently. Today has been a good day to stay home and work on my outline although I am not making much progress. For those of you at work, I am comparing it with writing a grant. Not necessarily a great literary acchievement, and it takes me a while to get going, so I am a little doubtful that the outcome of this project will be positive. I will plod along for a while. It is good mental exercise and I definitely need that. I am able to work sudoko again, and have been cooking and following receipes on my own....again progress.

I am also going to loose my two therapst after this week. They are both wonderful and I shall miss them. They are leaving me with challenges for every muscle in my body. That is good, but very hard.

I sill haven't heard from Bethesda. Hopefully tomorrow. Remembering us in Prayer for the appropriate action at this time.

I will let you know when I hear more. Thanks to all of you for your prayers and support. Oh, I almost forgot to say a great big thank you to Susan who made me a beaitiful quilt. It has been signed by friend from the church, has the church picture, hymns, scripture and a beautiful design. I really love it and will enjoy using it, thinking of you all when I do.

Talk to you later. Remember, God is Good all the thime and All the time, God is Good.

Rainy Day