Food, Fun, and Fellowship

Hi All,

Thought that I would give you a description of a typical week here at LLMC.

I'm usually up 6-6:30 am for a 7:45 am treatment.  The first thing I need to do is get a cup of water to begin hydrating in preparation for my treatment. I like to leave the house by 7 am to avoid the worst traffic and get there 1/2 hour early to continue hydrating.  Sometimes, one can get called in early, so it pays to get there early.  Other times, like last Thurs. and this morning, Gantry #3 (G3) will have a malfunction and then we have to wait & wait & wait ..... 2 1/2 hrs this morning and 3 hrs. last Thurs.  However, so far I have not had my treatment time cancelled, so I'm on track.  After treatment on M, T, Th, &F, I head over to the Drayson Center, the health club and work out. I work on a bike for 200 cal (~25 min) and various strength and flexibility exercises. On Wed mornings, I head up one floor to level A to sign up for my weekly Doctor visit with Dr. Rossi. Then I head for the Drayson Center.

After working out, LUNCHTIME:)!!!!

After lunch, there are several options - a round of golf after 1 pm (the rate drops to $13 walking), or hit a bucket (150-200) of balls to practice, or off sightseeing (which I haven't done a lot of yet. On Tuesday's, I have a golf lesson at noon.

On Tuesday evening, there is a patient organized pot luck. This is a time for fellowship, food and fun.  We have a new patient who turned out to be a singer/songwriter from Hawaii who also had roles in Hawaii 5-0 and Magnum, PI.  He sang a few songs for us.  There is happy 1/2 hr. before supper. Many bring a bottle of wine, I bring a sparking juice.

On Wed evening, there is a cancer patient support group with sandwiches.  This is lead by Dr. Lyn Martell, VP for Patient Services.  Here new parents are introduced, "graduates" can say good bye, jokes are told and everyone laughs and fellowships together.

On Thurs. evenings, we sample different restaurants.  Tomorrow nite it is the Miller Cattle Co.

Before you know it, another week is over, 5 more treatments are behind (#20 today) me and that much closer to coming home. Altho it is fun here and the company is great I miss you all.

God bless,

Fred

PS Pictures are of Steve Green at the LLU Church