The Kitchen Sink

Kristine got some good news today, Tuesday. Her brain scan revealed no new disease and that the one remaining tumor, radiated earlier with Gamma Knife, continues to shrink. This was a much needed confidence boost after last week's seizure and as we head into an appointment with our Oncologist on Thursday to discuss the tumors in her lung and lymph nodes.

Our appointment with the Herbalist last week went well. He changed a couple of the herbs that he prescribed for Kristine, but didn't complicate our daily routine too much more. Two of the herbs he added I had read about earlier as having some clinical research data suggesting success in treating cancer cells. So I was surprised when he recommended them.

Kristine is doing pretty well all in all. She continues to have some pain in her right arm from the shoulder tumor that seems to be pinching a nerve. And, just when we thought that our issues included everything but the kitchen sink, our kitchen sink is completely clogged. We've been without both our sink and our air conditioning for a couple of days. The sink has a deep clog that our plumber's snake couldn't budge (old plumbing) and our forced air's blowing unit was pronounced dead by our appliance guy after one of only a few hot spells we've had all summer. All we can do is just take a deep breath and keep moving forward knowing that for any problem that's thrown our way a solution is not far to follow.