Chemo 6 & 7

It is two days after Christmas and I had bloodwork on the 25th and my 7th chemo yesterday. Both went smoothly and as I step into 2010 I will complete my 8th treatment and have 4 more in this series, see me jumping for joy.

Christmas eve I had dinner with The Fieldings and we had such a nice visit. I appreciate their friendship and thank them for it. Christmas Day Allison and Christopher came over and they started the cooking as The Rynne Family were our dinner guests and I could feel the love in my house and again I thank the forces that make it possible.

My company was purchased by Blackstone and the sale was completed on December 1, 2009. They are a investment company in the theme park industry and so we are all looking forward to a great relationship and believe it to be good for us as a company.

I spoke with Shannon, she and family were at Wisconsin Dells enjoying themselves in an indoor waterpark with freezing weather outside, hard to picture but she said they were having ever so much fun and glad they went.

As I close my blog today, I want to wish everyone a Very Happy New Year and to let you know that I plan to finish 2010 CANCER FREE as I will do what my physicians ask of me including chemo, surgery and the numerous tests they want me to go thru which will take me to December of 2010. I will survive this attack as I have survived Lymphoma for the past 20 years, it is as it should be. I am a warrior and my war is in full swing as I say goodbye to 2009. The past two years have been memorable for me, but here I am ready to take on the next one.

A moment in my time,

Kathryn Konrad

Chemo Weeks 4 & 5

Chemo weeks 4 & 5 are in my past and I have 8 more to go. The side affects are still with me and some are bothering me more that others. The breathing is the worse, followed by blood in my nose all of the time and now I have the beginnings of neuropathy in my hands and so it goes. I am told that once I get thru this course of treatment that I will be making a comeback to my new normal self.

Allison goes to Cambridge tomorrow for a week and the folks she is meeting with have set aside some coats, gloves, hats and scarves for her because it is cold and they want her to be as warm as possible, can't wait to hear what she has to say about their assortment. December nights was a success and the attendance was at 300,000 and so she is pleased. When she returns from Mass, she and Christopher are off to Julian for a week of R&R, it is a good thing.

The weather is cold and rainy today and I am in residence and glad to be. Tomorrow I am going to see The Ten Tenors and am looking forward to that, hope we get to go out and eat after, I am going to ask.

I have a few things coming up over the holidays, I have done some decorating and my shopping is done. I have Bunco, an annual Christmas get together, a cookie exchange with coworkers, Christmas Eve dinner with The Fieldings and I will be having Christmas dinner at home with Allison, Christopher and his family and I look forward to their company.

A moment in my time,

Kathryn Konrad