Round 1 of Chemo went well today. 1 down, 7 more to go. Lynn will receive Chemo every other Monday, and an injection of Neulasta the following day. Everything took about 4 hours today, but subsequent visits should take a bit less ( 2 1/2 hours or so).

Lynn feels a bit tired this afternoon, but this is probably more from the ordeal of it all than anything else. It's a bit unnerving that some of the patients in the infusion center (where the Chemo is administered) look like the camp prisoners in Schindler's List. It's really hard to watch others go through difficulties.

We talked today about Christmas movies. Actually, I brought up the subject and irritated Lynn about it until she named one she liked. One of Lynn's favorites is Miracle on 34th Street (1947 version). Although not strictly a Christmas movie, I like Ordinary People. Both are about hope, though their approach is markedly different.

The one Christmas movie we all (Lynn, Shelby and I) like is The Nativity Story. We are going to watch it this week - maybe tonight.

Lynn has a doctor appointment the morning before her next dose of Chemo, on Monday, December 22. I will post an update to the blog after that treatment. I will post sooner if anything changes, though I suspect that for the next 16 weeks there will be little to report other than getting through the treatments. This being the case the posts will be either weekly or every other week.

We both want to thank everyone for their kindness and support. I cannot imagine how hard this would be without you.