'There's no use trying,' Alice said. One CAN'T believe impossible things.' "
'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen.
'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day.
Why sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.' "

"Alice in Wonderland" - Lewis Carroll

Well, dear friends and family faithful it seems we are here again which is bitter sweet in that I miss connecting with so many of you through this blog and yet I would give anything not to have to resurrect it. But resurrect it we must as this last week following what has been two whole years of remission they discovered more lymphoma back in my lung. Yes folks, that's right, I got a lung biopsy for my birthday followed by a belated gift of Chemo. Once more unto the breach my friends! or, as Winston Churchill once reportedly said...."Never, never, never, never give in". I have included the full quote for all you history 'boffs' out there...."Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy".

We started round one of Chemo today and this will take place over 8 weeks, I get to go every two weeks for treatment and then at the end they will scan me to see if it's working at which point depending on my response they will decide whether or not to give me a little boost of my donor's cells. Its called DLI....Donor Lymphocite Infusion... Feel free to google.. I have of course been banned by the Professor from googling and he is really sticking to that rule this time around! In the meantime there is also lots of talk of various clinical trials and as you can imagine the Professor is not at all interested in investigating any of that stuff......(NOT)!!! Suffice to say his laptop is burning up as we speak!

Of course, I am aware that what all you folks really want to know is how the lovely Tom Self is doing....he's just fine. Joined me for chemo this morning as we resurrected our chemo routine which starts with a very befuddled and confused dog at around 5am looking at us like we are mad followed by copious amounts of coffee for Tom and tea for me and then a 45 minute drive to the hospital as we slowly wake up in time to be jabbed and filled with delightful poison. (just me for that last bit......) ;-) As I have said many times before you should all get yourselves a Tom...can't recommend it enough.

I have also been entertaining myself by compiling a list entitled:

"Why Chemo will be easier in California"

various headings include:

They have valet parking at the new hospital......unbelievable........
We have laundry INSIDE our apartment now......
We don't have to take strange car services to our appointments driven by people with a severely questionable grasp of the English language, zero sense of direction and a propensity for making the Professor car sick....
Tom can drive to the supermarket pretty much whenever I want him to and fill the car with Gatorade and other sundry items essential to a successful Chemo experience.
We have TWO (count them fellow New Yorkers) TWO car parking spaces! Suck it Park Slope!!!
Tom's new bosses actually give a shit....so refreshing....
IT NEVER RAINS HERE AND THE SUN IS ALWAYS SHINING!!!
Humidity??? What's that?.....

We love you all and we need you to send up those good thoughts, prayers, happy Mojo, whatever ya got, we'll take it! We will do our best to update this blog frequently and keep you all in the loop as we continue on our journey.

All our love and laughter
Bev and Tom