September 13, 2017
We just came back from Australia and Singapore where we saw plenty of wildflowers in the outback as well as city sights in Singapore, Perth and Sydney. We're just beginning to sort through and identify the hundreds of new plants we saw.
It was nice to get away from all the medical stuff -- which started up right after we got . . .
August 6, 2017
After Alaska, we planned to take a few days and go to the eastern side of the Sierra. We can’t backpack or sleep on the ground these days, but we arranged for a few stays in cabins here and there. Unfortunately, things took a turn.
Last Saturday when we left, we were about 4 hours on the road and almost to Sonora Pass. Out of . . .
July 24, 2017
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We managed to get ourselves to Alaska to see the glaciers while they're still around. Nevertheless, they've got a few thousand years on us. The one pictured is Surprise Glacier which is about 3/4 mile across.
No new treatments for either one of us until September, so we're trying to pack in as much traveling as we . . .
July 2, 2017
Until two days ago, it looked like Paul was headed for a stem cell transplant towards the end of August. He was scheduled for a bone marrow biopsy this week to evaluate whether or not his lab results were good enough to proceed with the transplant. Because Paul has responded so well to his current chemo regime, his Kaiser oncologist and team . . .
June 11, 2017
We’ve had good news fromTim’s latest PET scan. Tim has been off chemo now for almost 4 months. It was just making him too sick. The latest scan shows that the tumor hasn’t grown, and there are no metastases. However, it seems like it’s only a matter of time before the tumor progresses. Tim will meet with his oncologist this week to discuss . . .
May 19, 2017
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been taking a few trips before we both head into tests and procedures in late May, June and beyond. It took a lot of juggling all of our medical appointments and procedures in order to get away. So far, we’ve been up to Arcata for a botanical workshop, seeing plants up along the coast and in the redwoods of . . .
April 15, 2017
We made it to the desert. Specifically, to Mojave National Preserve. Its’ one of Obama’s last designated national parks and preserves. This place is huge -- 1.6 million acres! There were plenty of flowers and plants to see, and we hiked (or walked) as much as we could each day. It was nice to get away, but medical stuff still managed to . . .
