Huge Garage & Bake Sale This Friday & Saturday!!

Wow - we are really pumped. Our team is having a huge garage/bake sale this Friday & Saturday at our house here on Whidbey Island. We have a notice in the South Whidbey Record in Community Events (since the sale will benefit the 3 Day) - and word of mouth advertising.

The really cool thing - is our neighborhood saves up donations for a year for an annual sale and they are having theirs on Saturday - so our signs and advertisements will benefit both sales! Just to whet your appetite -here's a picture of some Norwegian Rye Bread that I baked for the sale:

This has been a difficult week. We learned from Nancy's oncologist that her PET scan showed multiple areas of metastatic disease. We have her signed up for Open Access Hospice - she can still get the treatments and have the cushion of care and needs met from this group of nurses and other caregivers. She told her doctor on Thursday - "I'm going to beat this!" She is still upbeat and working hard on staying positive -- Please continue to pray - we need all the help we can get.

We are also having a training walk on Sunday (6.5 miles). I know we will all be fatigued - but what better way to train for the 3 Day!!

Thanks to everyone for positive e-mail and feedback. EVERYONE DESERVES A LIFETIME!

16 Weeks Until the Walk!!

Got an e-mail from my "virtual personal trainer" and realized it's just 16 weeks until the 3 Day Walk. Training is going well. I walked 5 miles on Sunday, 6.5 on Monday and 3 today. My total miles logged is 160 so far. Monday Larry dropped me off at the Post Office in Freeland and I walked home. There is a great view at the start of this walk that shows Baby Island in the distance - wow did it look far. It took me 2 hours and 20 minutes. I sure love the camel backpack Mike & Jennie got me for Mother's Day. Not stopping to take a drink of water really helps.
Nancy had her PET scan last Wednesday and we see the oncologist tomorrow for results. Keep those prayers coming.
Our garage sale/bake sale is just a little over a week away. We'll take lots of pictures to post here . The fundraising is going well. I'm over 50% to my goal of $3,000 and our team is at 32% of our goal of $15,000. Thanks to everyone who has donated and to those of you who will. We are hoping to take a big chunk out of the goals at the garage/bake sale!

May 5th - Walked to Freeland Today! 6.5 Miles!

What a way to spend Cinco De Mayo! It was a beautiful day, perfect weather for a nice long training walk. A couple of my neighbors honked, waved, said "way to go, Gayle!" - it was great! At about 6 miles, my legs were feeling the effort, but I'm happy to report that my feet felt great.


Once again, having the right shoes is so important!

This beautiful horse always greets me on the route. I sure he wondered why I didn't come back - as this time my sweet husband picked me up for a ride home. When we do a 13 mile training walk - I'll see him both ways!

Today is Thursday and I'm headed up north to see Nancy to work on some paperwork and some other errands. Her PET scan is scheduled for next Wednesday. More later!

Inconclusive CT Scan - PET Scan is next.......

Yesterday was a full day. I got to Nancy's about 12:30 and we spent some time filling out her long term disability paperwork. She made some really pretty earrings to give the nurses at the Cancer Center as a thank you. I did a few chores. We didn't get in to see the oncologist until after 5:00 (He had a full day too).



We were able to get a formerly "ridiculously expensive" (that would be $700.00 for 30 tablets) anti-nausea drug - for a resonable price as the company has just come out with a generic. The copays for all this medical stuff is so high that it is difficult to keep up. Just hoping it really helps with the unrelenting nausea Nancy has experienced since her last round of chemo ended the first of March.



The oncologist told us that the quality of the CT scan was not good technical quality and he didn't trust the results. The original lesion on her liver is still there and unchanged (he and we think this is good news, because if it was a cancerous lesion - the chemo would have impacted it). The new study also showed two addition potential problems in the liver - but again - the doctor doesn't believe they are real- maybe artifacts or shadows. So in the next week or so, we will go for a PET scan.

I got home a little before 8 - the drive was gorgeous as always. I was able to walk 3 miles before I left in the morning. This weekend I want to walk 6 miles either Saturday or Sunday. I think we get to stay home so it should not be a problem. Thanks for all the calls and prayers - they are working!