January 3rd

I do not remember what "day" it is and don't have a calendar handy.

I've been working and it's gone pretty well. Although I feel good, it's far from 100 percent and there are many little things still going on. I've been eating a little better but that is a crapshoot as some things seem okay and make me feel sick later. We ate some pasta last night and felt sick almost instantly. I took the anti nausea medicine and went to bed at 630pm. I'll be at work tomorrow until noon and then I have a 1pm breathing test the goes for one and a half hours. I will then go to the lab and give blood to get ready for the 4th and final round of chemo and that starts next Monday.

Since the 3rd round really knocked me out for the first 14 days, i've decided to take the final 3 weeks of treatment off work so I can get through this without worrying about anything other than my health. With the current state of the title insurance industry, this was a very tough decision as things are not great and it's hard to ask for 3 more weeks off. I am fortunate and have the support of my management which makes this much easier.  I do have short term disability and will get some compensation for those days off. At this point, I do not know if that is a full amount or a percentage of pay and right now, either is fine as we just want to get past this.

I talk with someone at the office today whose father was recently diagnosed and it's pretty bad. He's already had some surgery and the dr's have yet to give him a recovery percentage. From the start, i have know that my cancer is 85-95 percent curable. It would suck to go through any of this without knowing your chance of survival.

Hope everyone had a safe New Year and 2008 is starting off well.


Sam Williams