Meanwhile, back at the myeloma ranch

In the midst of many appointments, phone calls and website messages with doctors regarding the bladder cancer, I went to see my regular cancer doc yesterday. I came away from our meeting with 3 things:

1. He has really cool Christmas bow ties.
2. He was constantly affirming that we are doing the right thing with this bladder surgery. We spent almost the entire time talking about the bladder cancer and surgery and why this is the right thing, the only choice to be pursuing. He has really taken ownership of this cancer, too, with conversations with the surgeon Dr. Raj at UTSW, and that is very encouraging.
3. We barely spoke of the multiple myeloma, but he did observe from the lab work that it is not taking off and going crazy right now, so we can not worry with that chemotherapy at this time. I did manage to get in one week of chemo for the myeloma over the past month, and we actually saw a small drop in the M-spike.

This has been a very busy few weeks. In addition to doctors and insurance calls and emails, we have both been trying to get things ready at work to be out for a couple of weeks, or longer for me, and do a few Christmas items, too.

We will go to the hospital before sunrise tomorrow morning for the surgery. Thanks for the thoughts, prayers, and encouragement.