Thursday July 23

Yesterday, had our first visit with the oncologist. Had a wonderful session, spent loads of time with us and explained everything to our satisfaction (assuming we understood it). He seems to be a very caring and "hamishe" guy, enjoyed talking with him very much, turns out he's a Minnesotan as is Marline and lived very close to our cousin "The Doctor" .

Seems that the medical community has no specific protocol for treating this type of cancer, there are a number of choices and various oncologists prefer various methods. We will be seeing a radiaton oncologist in the next week or so, after which he and our regular oncologist will confer and make their recommendation for future treatment. From what we heard, sounds as though Marline will most likely be using a combination of chemo and radiation therapy, time period we will not know until after our appointment and their conference.

In the meantime Marline is nearing her old self, even went to a movie after our meeting yesterday. Still somewhat fatigued, but getting stronger everyday. Starting to do a little walking and less napping. Back to reading and watching TV and looking forward to her next viewing of Jacob.

Thanks for keeping up with her, greatly "preciate" it