Bike ride day

Well, it's been a few months since I have sat down and put some thoughts together.

Today was the National Brain Tumor Society bike ride in Waltham, MA. Erin and Lindsay got a team together and fund raised almost $ 10,000 in my honor. Oh man, what a surprise!!
They had a great day. The weather was just right! Friends came to ride in support of them as well as myself. Even Michael had Marisa on the back of his bike with him. I was truly honored and grateful. They got a team photo for me and a tee shirt. Can't wait to see it.

The quilt is done. I left it with Nancy to do the finishing touches when I was back in VT in March. Tracy is headed to VT for his sister's wedding next Sat, and will be there for a week or so. He will either bring it back with him, or mail it if it doesn't fit in his luggage. I'm looking forward to having it back to display on the wall. I saw it when we skyped. They were having a quilt knotting party to get it done. (The wine was on the other table!) Anyway, I know it is finished with love from my friends in VT.

I was back East in March to see Marisa and then got up to VT to see Tracy's parents and my friends. This was the Dream Foundation's gift to me. They sent out a package to Marisa. It was filled with some new toys. We had a great time together.

Then I drove to VT to see my friends. I brought with me some "circle of friends" bracelets that I had made. They each represented the birthstones of each person in our circle. They truly loved them. They had planned a jammie party on Friday night so we could all be together. Unfortunately, I brought the stomach bug that Marisa, Lindsay and Michael all got. It came on Friday afternoon, so I couldn't go that night, but went for breakfast in the morning.

I just finished my 9th chemo cycle this past week. Got through it ok. I'm on the path to recovery from that now! I am due for another MRI in a few weeks. This time it is a month from the last one as there was a change in the May MRI. I was a bit stunned by this report, but when I looked at it with my Dr., she said that it hard to tell the difference from radiation damage (which would be showing up now) and new tumor growth. So, we opted to go another cycle and get an MRI sooner. That should be scheduled in early June. Depending on how that one looks, then we will continue on the same path or go to Plan B.

Until next time--