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It has been the absolute worst week so far. And it started out so good. After the chemo on the 2nd, things were all looking up. My appetite was getting even better and my weight was climbing. It was so good, I had no trouble ignoring the declining SPO2 number. Friday night, the weight was...

Just got home from Hospital 20 mins ago more extensive updte will follow.

Well, the weight gain seems to be real! Whoopee! I am not feeling any strength gain yet, but know that it will come. Probably not beore this week's chemo knocks me back into the ashcan again. The gain did surprise the oncologist though, along with the results of the 4/24 CT. Everything he could...

It has been a good week and a bad week. As of Tuesday's Oncologist appt, my weight is down to 133. Given that strength and weight are correlated, this is an indication of my strength level. Consequently, we cancelled this weeks chemo. This is the last one we can cancel. We must get back in it...

Well, now we know. Consecutive chemos knock me on my scrawny little butt. I have just survived one of the two worst weeks of my life. After the chemo last Thursday, I felt pretty good until sometime Sunday when I realized that weakness was slowly creeping over me. The trend continued and by...

Well, it has ben a week of bad times with some good mixed in. The last revenge of the radiation has struck. My esophagus has rebelled completely. Either scar tissue build up, ulcers, or just some kind of blockage. Nearly constant discomfort at some level near pain. We have tried one medicine for...

I skipped this update last week for two reasons; first, I was still on hiatus from chemo, so there was nothing to report. I was nearly over the effects of the radiation and slowly beginning to gain strength. I have even gained back a couple of pounds. However, I started round two of the chemo...

Not much new this week. Last week's chemo is still kicking butt, but is almost petered out. We have a very interested nibble on the Mouse from a local couple just getting into flying. Just what we wanted. They'll be looking at it next week. Cross your fingers!

To those of you here who have offered ways to help us keep the mouse, thank you. Sandra and I have discussed it at great length the last month. She maintains that it is ultimately my decision, but that is her yielding to my pragmatism instead of her emotions. The bottom line is this, I always...

So, what is new this week? Finished the last of this round of chemo yesterday. Just waiting for the effects to kick in Saturday/Sunday and last into next week. Follow up appointment with the oncologist week after next week, so should be a quiet week.Quiet, hell, I'm bored out of my skull...

And now for something completely different! Yesterday, Sandra and I took a plate of cookies (homemade of course) and this letter (In Word with nice formatting and fonts) to my final appointment for radiation. Thank You! For being the nicest group of health care professionals I have ever...

Here is some data and some of my history: Those of you who have met me would have trouble recognizing what is left. My weight had been 168+/-2 since sometime around 1970. Today it is 143. Why do we lose so much weight so fast? Simply put, it is the changing demands on your metabolism. The...

Why am I writing all of this? The encourgaement and interest shown by my friends on both boards gets very nicely to the reason I decided to do it. Too many times, on both boards, we see a thread started which garners the usual amount of concern and prayers, but after several days, peters out...

I must comment on the events leading up to yesterday (Wednesday) while they are still fresh in my memory. First let me set the stage: I am taking radiation five days a week. It is focused on the tumor between the pleura and my left lung and is causing no apparent short term discomfort. But it...

For years, I have been aware on some level that there is a distinct difference between pain and discomfort. Being in pain is uncomfortable, but being uncomfortable (physically) is not necessarily painful. In the past few months, I have had ample time to examine this hypothosis and make...

And so beginneth my first major update. You are probably wondering why I am using this vehicle rather than the journal, so I will explain that first. The journal host has been down since sometime in December. I feel that it has been abandoned. I have not been able to contact anyone in...

Just uploaded the next chapter of the journal. Along with the recovered pictures from the disk crash last December. Enjoy!

Everett D. "Dave" Steffey, Nov 1940 - Mar 26, 2012. Master CFI, CFII, MEI, A&P, IA, plus many more. My Instructor, Mentor, Mechanic, Cheif Critic, Cheering Section and friend. There is now a large empty spot at Aero Country.

Finally, a new chapter in the journal. Enjoy!

I just posted a new journal chapter. Enjoy! (and comment, I need some positive reinforcement 8^) ) http://www.boomspeed.com/_bo_/Index.htm