Starting Cycle # 7

Mark had another "clear" MRI yesterday at his usual appointment for that. He also gets blood tests and meets with his oncologist. She surprised us by encouraging us to go to Florida, even adjusting her schedule, at her sugggestion, so that we can leave a day earlier than our November 1 target date. The whole day went perfectly well. Appointments on time in the 3 different areas of the hospital, going to the pharmacy for the chemo pills & discovering that there was no line; also no line at the lab! PTL. (That never happened before). We had squeezed in a 10 minute stop for a sandwich at the cafeteria. Last of all, we caught a bus to take us to the train station, knowing it was very close timing & really expecting that we would need to wait 80 minutes for the next train home. We dashed through the station, up the stairs to the platform and discovered that we had 1 minute to spare! Still, it was a 7 hour trip. But my heart was singing the whole way home! At home we relaxed and watched the Phillies beat the Nationals. Three games to go yet . . . .