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Dougie’s hair started to come out yesterday and it was hurting a bit so the cure for that is a shave!! Some of his buddies and family came in to have a clean shave as well. . . We have … Continue reading →

Happy New Year to everyone!  There isn’t much of an update other than I’m eating every chance and every thing I can to try to gain some weight back before my next cycle.  I’m doing pretty well at it so … Continue reading →

. . . to nuts!!  Dougie has been steadily improving every day, so he decided to try some Walnuts yesterday and for whatever reason, the third nut went down and caused an immediate severe pain in his head!  Before yesterday, … Continue reading →

It’s now the day after Christmas and while Christmas day wasn’t everything it could have been it was still very enjoyable.  There were a few rough patches in there, mostly in the morning before anyone arived and then another in … Continue reading →

The last two days have been really rough on Dougie.  He has what is known as delayed onset nausea/vomiting from the chemotherapy.  It happens occasionally and when it does, it is really hard on the patient.  The typical anti-emetics that … Continue reading →

Sunday was Dougie’s birthday.  His family came over, and we ate a nice dinner.  And when I say “we”, I am including Doug!  He ate ham, mac and cheese and bread!!  He had a child’s portion, but he swallowed it!  … Continue reading →

RECAP OF DOUGIE’S History: Doug has been diagnosed with base of the Tongue cancer, it is a large tumor (that has been there a long time and was misdiagnosed multiple times, not to mention the fact that it was overlooked … Continue reading →

I had plenty of coughing before the treatment started.  It was mostly in the night while trying to sleep and typically started when I moved around trying to get comfortable.  Of course, now I have almost constant hiccups that after … Continue reading →

It’s been a long way traveled to get here but today I finally started treatment.  So far today has not been bad at all aside from sitting in this same chemo chair all day.  I did get to spend the … Continue reading →