Week 8: Nov. 8 - Nov.14
Sunday the week started out for us with a jaunt to Trinity Church in Redlands for the early service and then it was off to Martha Green (café) for brunch with our good friends visiting from Orlando. In the afternoon all four of us headed to Irvine where we spent the rest of the day celebrating with family and friends at my sister’s wedding. A fun by-product to the weekend was being introduced to a new game to us called Bananagrams. It’s a game similar to Speed Scrabble.
Treatments 28 through 32 went off without a hitch and moved us closer to the magic number of 45. Presently I am on track to be finished on December 4th. Until then the routine remains about the same: drink my 16 ounces of water, show up at the Level B waiting room, get changed into my oh so chic hospital gown, walk down the hall to Gantry 3, climb into my pod, receive my balloon, get two x-rays, count off 30 beeps from the Geiger counter indicating protons are being delivered, and then climb out and head back to my temporary home away from home.
Our self guided Boot Camp style workouts began this week now that we our on our own. The membership to the Dayson Center has proven to be a great asset for us.
At the Wednesday evening proton meeting we were privileged to have Bob Marckini as our guest speaker. His book “You Can Beat Cancer and You Don’t Need Surgery to Do It” was very influential in my decision to choose proton therapy. He is also the founder of the Brotherhood of the Balloon (BOB). This is an organization that provides support to prostate cancer patients around the world. Yes I am a BOB member. We are looking forward to attending the BOB Brunch this coming Sunday here at LLUMC.
Saturday we worked in an excursion to the Joshua Tree National Park. It is a little over an hour to the south. It is a beautiful high desert park and a favorite to rock climbers. We finally got a chance to wear some of our fall attire as the temperatures hovered in the upper 50’s. We wrapped up the evening with dinner at Citrone Restaurant and Bar, which is one of many great restaurants in the area. The best I can describe it is Californian influenced Italian cuisine.
Sunday the week started out for us with a jaunt to Trinity Church in Redlands for the early service and then it was off to Martha Green (café) for brunch with our good friends visiting from Orlando. In the afternoon all four of us headed to Irvine where we spent the rest of the day celebrating with family and friends at my sister’s wedding. A fun by-product to the weekend was being introduced to a new game to us called Bananagrams. It’s a game similar to Speed Scrabble.
Treatments 28 through 32 went off without a hitch and moved us closer to the magic number of 45. Presently I am on track to be finished on December 4th. Until then the routine remains about the same: drink my 16 ounces of water, show up at the Level B waiting room, get changed into my oh so chic hospital gown, walk down the hall to Gantry 3, climb into my pod, receive my balloon, get two x-rays, count off 30 beeps from the Geiger counter indicating protons are being delivered, and then climb out and head back to my temporary home away from home.
Our self guided Boot Camp style workouts began this week now that we our on our own. The membership to the Dayson Center has proven to be a great asset for us.
At the Wednesday evening proton meeting we were privileged to have Bob Marckini as our guest speaker. His book “You Can Beat Cancer and You Don’t Need Surgery to Do It” was very influential in my decision to choose proton therapy. He is also the founder of the Brotherhood of the Balloon (BOB). This is an organization that provides support to prostate cancer patients around the world. Yes I am a BOB member. We are looking forward to attending the BOB Brunch this coming Sunday here at LLUMC.
Saturday we worked in an excursion to the Joshua Tree National Park. It is a little over an hour to the south. It is a beautiful high desert park and a favorite to rock climbers. We finally got a chance to wear some of our fall attire as the temperatures hovered in the upper 50’s. We wrapped up the evening with dinner at Citrone Restaurant and Bar, which is one of many great restaurants in the area. The best I can describe it is Californian influenced Italian cuisine.
I just heard about Bananagrams, too! Can't wait to have you back so we can play it. Sounds fun! Thanks for the update. The kids are very impressed with your boot camp success :).
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