Pump off Today ~

Today the pump came off and the "funk" may set in more than when the treatment started this past Monday.  Sometimes it hits hard and sometimes not so hard.
I usually try to check into the website for the cancer center to find out what my tumor marker is before I go back for fluids  and then have the pump off, but for some reason this week, it was not posted.
So, this morning, about 8:15 AM, I got a phone call from my oncologist, Dr. Paul.  She and I were both cheerful in our greeting and I, deep inside, knew that the news could or could not be "good", but, I am ready for all paths I guess.
So, my tumor marker is up to 45 now which isn't bad but it is slowly ascending.  Of course, it started out at over 4,000.   However, Dr. Paul wants to do another CT scan after 3 months instead of 6 months, the usual.  I asked her if that was too much radiation and she said, "that isn't an option right now" or something like that. She wants to check to see if the nodules in one of my lungs are growing.  So, on August 14 I will drink the stuff and go for the CT scan.
Always something to think about, the next steps, the next hurtle, the next challenge.
Meanwhile, we go on with daily living, routine, thinking and praying for family and friends who have cares and concerns just as challenging.
We are hoping to be able to make it to the beach for a week in September with old friends who have invited us to their condo in Ocean City, Maryland.  That is something to look forward to.
This morning's Our Daily Bread devotional used the scripture from Psalm 145.

(v.9) "The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made".  "The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does.  The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down".(vv.13-14) 

 "The Lord watches over all who love him"(V.20)