We walked to the hospital yesterday. Ellen was wearing special cleats on her shoes to help keep her from slipping on the ice. We will be planning on taking walks to the hospital on the future scheduled treatment days Thursday, January 30 Ellen’s week off – no treatment Thursday, February 6     Time TBA     Treatment Thursday, …
Please Come if It Works for You
Now that Ellen is on a regular treatment schedule again, it allows us to make some plans, and share them. So this Thursday, January 23, we will be walking to the hospital for Ellen's next chemotherapy treatment. We will leave our house at 7:45 am. If you have the time and are able to do …
Back on Top
So the weekly chemotherapy regime with a new drug has proved challenging. And Ellen had a couple of very uncomfortable and challenging days. But each day she has fought to get her strength back, doing a little more. And yesterday she achieved her goal of doing the entire 10 km McCabe Loop in cold weather …
Llegando al Puesto de Trabajo
Varios me han preguntado si Ellen está siguiendo con su práctica de caminar desde nuestra casa al hospital para recibir sus tratamientos de quimioterapia. Esto lo hizo sin falta por los primeros 14 tratamientos. Pero después de unas 4 o 5 semanas de evaluación y visitas a médicos que permitieron que recupere mucha de su …
Day One
As many of you have experienced, life can be a series of struggles. Ellen struggled through chemotherapy. And when it turned out that the chemotherapy was not adequately effective we went on journeys to two of the country's leading cancer centers, the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, and the MD Anderson Cancer Center on Houston. Then …
Back to Basics
We have had a wonderful break for a few days. Thanks to all who have made us feel so happy and supported over the holidays. But now back to the medical front. We are happy to report that the doctors seem to be in agreement on the treatment program from here forward. It seems we …
Nuestro Aniversario
We have rarely enjoyed an event so much as our fifteenth wedding anniversary party last night. Thanks to all of the many people who worked to make this happen. You step up again and again; again and again we look for the way to express our feelings for each of you, and it is never …
Feliz Año Nuevo
Esperamos por todos un año de paz y reconcliación. Y siendo el 15° anniversario de nuestro matrimonio, vamos a una fiesta. Las cosas serias retomamos mañana. Hoy agradecemos a todos para su apoyo y amistad durante el año pasado, y para todos esperamos lo mejor para el Año Nuevo.
Complex and a Bit Confusing
It has been a complex and pressurized holiday season. We got home late on Christmas Eve from our trip to the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. We would have gone there sooner but for the difficulty that the Cancer Center and Ellen's health insurance had in coming to an understanding. This follows our …
We find skiing a good way to get healthy exercise, lose some of the stress, and be together. And this is what we did on the shortest day of the year. We send all of you our greetings.
Ellen's Journey 