Some Stage IV Good News

When my husband was diagnosed as Stage IV EC in late June of this year, we had 3 days to make a decision on buying trip insurance and making final payment on a trip we had planned for almost a year. Of course, at the time we felt completely blind-sided, horrified, and devastated. But then, we decided as an act of faith and as something to look forward to through chemo, it would be worth it to go ahead and plunk the money down. (Good thing we didn't know at the time how much out of pocket chemo costs or we would have probably faltered.) He just finished his 5th round of chemo Monday and for the last month has been feeling better than just before being diagnosed. A PET scan after the 4th round showed nothing in the esophagus and less lighting up in fewer and smaller lymph nodes. So, with the oncologist's blessing, he's going to take a 4 week chemo break. We leave Saturday and fly to Rome, then will be cruising on a smallish ship to Sicily, Tunisia, Malta, Rhodes, Crete, Turkey, and Cyprus. We are SO excited and grateful! We've talked about this SO much during the last 4 months and it's really happening! Wish us luck!
I'll be keeping you all in my prayers.
Angie