Merry Christmas to all

Merry Christmas to everyone,

The Woodard's had a good Christmas. My mom overcame her fear of flying and came out to visit the whole family. It was very nice to have mom here, very nice. The only damper was not giving Paige all of her presents, but naughty children do have to be held responsible some times.

I took chemo for the first time in 5 months and will be taking chemo this Friday as well as I will be settling into my every other week schedule again. Hopefully with the same results of being able to kill this shit. The back issues are doing way better than before, its amazing what some pain pills and exercise can do to get one more healthy. I have stopped taking all the pain pills now, and I am just trying to concentrate on the exercises to get my core muscles back into shape. Hopefully I never feel this kind of pain again. It was upsetting, I never felt that kind of pain before and I would have to say it was a bit scary. I dont get scared much, but this had me wondering what life would be like towards the end. Not a good place to have one's head. Been working on getting my mojo back and getting ready to battle this "C" word again.

I have to thank all my friends who helped me out during this time. I had friends move refrigerators when ours went out, neighbors who clean my driveway and steps, and friends who helped me get a new bed in place to get better sleep and rest. I thank all of you so very much. People always have offered to help and sometimes Cheryl and I struggle to know what to say or what to ask for, but you all made our life easier this month and we really appreciate it.

I hope all of your Christmas's went well.

Thanks for reading this blog and caring,
Jeff