The color red will be important to you.

I'm going to try to keep any bad news to a minimum, because quite frankly, I'm sick of hearing it and reporting it.

I'm sorry this post is so late, we had appointments and I ended up needing another baby bottle of magnesium. We had to wait for an hour for it and after that we had to fill some prescriptions. While we were waiting for the baby bottle, we made a new friend. Chris and I kept seeing him in the leukemia clinic since day one. Today he came up and introduced himself. His name is Carl and he has Burketts Lymphoma. The treatment for it is similar to leukemia, so his lymphoma doctor sent him up to the leukemia wing. He also now sees Dr. Thomas. He's in remission and that's wonderful news. We also met a gentleman from Houma, LA. He's got AML and is also being treated by Dr. Thomas. Small world.

I had a very pleasant surprise yesterday. A friend that I haven't seen in three years surprised me by dropping by. Matt and I worked together years ago and he is a very dear person. He took my mind off things by making me laugh and catching me up on what he's been up to. Ladies, he's single. ;)

I want to thank Ann T., Matt, and Fort for their generous gifts. You guys shouldn't have. It is far too generous and Chris and I are thankful. When this is all over and we get back, we have to get together. Chris is quite the gourmet chef and he can make dinner while we catch up over a bottle of wine. If there is anything that any of you might need, please, ask. We'd be happy to do it.

I'm still having headaches, but I sincerely think that they are now stress induced. The left side of my neck is so tight, it hurts to move it around. I keep telling myself that I need to relax. One of these days, I'll figure out how to do that.

I'm happy to report that my blood counts are coming up. They've reached the point that I'm allowed to have raw vegetables. Quite frankly, I'm sick of eating out of cans. We celebrated by getting Chinese take-out. I had to wait out in the car, since I still can't be around large groups of people. It was wonderful to eat something that didn't come out of the freezer or a can.

About the title of this posting; it's what was in my fortune cookie. I'm sure it will make sense one day