Back from Paris

Well, I could almost keep up with Julie in Paris.  She was in hyperdrive.  Even Ashton would not want to walk as much as we did going to see museums, castles, arches, rivers, etc.  Great, absolutely great food, especially desserts.  Some great draft beers.

Paris was raining and cold.  Julie got a cold from her effort.  I got a sinus headache from all the dry air on the plane and our hotel.  But, we are fine.

Versailles Castle was audacious. It is easy to see why the French people revolted.  Kind of like Fuld who was the President of Leeman Brothers bank who walked away with $480 million while his bank was going bankrupt. Same story, just a different century.

Perhaps on the last email I misled some.  Julie's Petscan was clean, no cancer detected .... but, with this kind of cancer, they KNOW that there are still a few cancer cells left (below the radar so to speak) that will come back.  When they do come back they will be resistant to the first type of chemo treatments she received.  In short, the calvary, the most effective drugs, will probably not work the next time.  They then pull the second bag of drugs from their arsenal, etc. until the bag is empty.

Every three weeks Julie will get Herceptan, which is supposed to interfere with the cancer drugs multiplying.  They will continue this as long as it works.  The good news is that for a few people this can last for years.  Keep your fingers crossed.  They are also debating whether or not to remove what is now a small tumor from Julie's breast.  If it becomes active, it could grow out onto the skin and be difficult to treat.  But, Julie has not decided yet whether or not she will have it removed.  It is dormant for the moment.

Julie has seemed more tired than normal since her return from Paris.  Her cold and the excitement of the trip in the past, I guess it is normal.  I don't like to hear her cough from the cold or clear her throat, because in my mind it sounds just like the cancer.  I guess that is just the baggage that comes along with this disease.