It really was a wonderful year with my remission still present. It’s been now, 2 1/2 years since my last Velcade treatment. I’m cautiously optimistic about my numbers in the next 6 months or at least I know that in the past my numbers don’t just skyrocket so that is reassuring. If something starts changing I will have months to prepare mentally and emotionally.

We had numerous wonderful trips.

Our annual Lake Tahoe trip was just wonderful in September. Going up to the north coast with B for work was also nice. We hit Santa Barbara back in the very beginning of the year too. I do love Santa Barbara to visit.

My sister had a rough year with her cancer treatment but is now cleared and is doing well.  She, of course, couldn’t visit this year and we did miss her.

My daughter was promoted to full-time Youth Services Librarian so we are very proud.

Our son is in his last year and now last semester of college and is working very hard. He was traveling to Sac State from here 4 days a week and that is over an hour commute when the traffic is good. We’re proud of him for being so diligent.

Then the world crashed down on November 19 with B being diagnosed ( after the 19th, more like Dec 1) with MDS high risk. What a shock and it has sent us spiraling into the world of doctors again. For people like us, who rarely see a doctor unless it’s needed it’s all very weird. Of course, I do my routing labs etc, but on the whole, it has never been something we do because we’ve always been so healthy. This has been a shock, to say the least.

The future seems uncertain and we must just go forward bravely.

What else can you do??