Hey

I don't have much to report but I understand I like to be heard from every once in a while.  I'm having a good week health wise.  Mental wise can sometimes be a challenge but my body is feeling good.  I wore a short sleeve sort for the first time in a while the other day and damn I'm skinny.  I can't wait for things to warm up, hope I don't look to much like a freak when it's shorts weather.  I'm actually, for the most part, comfortable with my weight.  I look like a Kenyan runner so I look skinny but somewhat in shape.  This week hasn't been too eventful.  We registered Emily for kindergarten this morning which is a big step for the family.  She is excited to be a "big" kid and she loves learning.  She looks forward to that a lot and she's a pretty bright girl.  She'll be going to Kenwood Station in Crestwood.  I'll say the Oldham County thing was a pretty good idea.  They let you go to the school closest to you, which is nice.
On another note, I've been researching from the national Pancreatic Network on what I can do to bring awareness to PC and it's horrible statistics.  Louisville doesn't have a local organization for PC but most major cities do.  I found walks all over the country and I'm going to work towards doing one.  I think I'm aiming to do a 3k walk/run in Indianapolis in June.  That's one of the closer walks to Louisville.  It's a shame we don't have anything here.  There's a lot of info to share about PC.  I've become passionate regarding the lack of research for this cancer and how it's put on the back burner.  The biggest accomplishment made in this field is the 5 year survival rate from those diagnosed has gone from 3% to 6% over the the last 40 years.  That's a joke when considering all the strides made in the medical field.  Anyhow more to come.  I'll be doing a little fundraising with that when I finalize some plans.  I did want to make my St. Edward friends or anyone familiar with the Huston family aware that Scott Huston is running in the Pittsburgh marathon coming up this summer and wants to bring awareness to PC.  He asked me to post a link to his fundraising effort and I have to oblige for anyone willing to run 26.2 miles for this cause. 

http://pancan.kintera.org/teamhope2010/hustonhope?faf=1&e=4291363194

Thanks Scott for doing that and hopefully you can drag Todd out on the course with you.

Other than the above, we are making plans to get multiple opinions from different cancer institutes on what to do when I'm done with this treatment.  That will be another post but some pretty big decisions are going to be made over the next 2 months.  If you are looking what to pray for, pray we get to the right doctors and we get the best information out there.  God has kept my calmness within me and I thank Him for that.