Overdue Update

Hi everyone!
I know that it has been a while since I have updated the blog, so I'm sorry about that! But in our case, no news is good news! Doug just finished his 7th round of chemotherapy and is doing GREAT. The first few rounds that he had were really difficult on him and he was feeling really sick. However, we think that his body has adjusted to everything and he really hasn't felt nearly as sick or drained for the last couple of treatments. He still gets pretty tired and worn out during the three days he is being treated, but bounces back very well. He is even putting on a fair amount of weight! For those of you who saw him three months ago, it is a world of difference to now. At his lowest weight he was at about 117, and right now he is tipping the scales at 135-139 range! And of course, for those of you who know Doug know that deep down he is really just a big child, so bribery has been working really quite well to keep that weight going up! Basically, every time he hits another 10 pounds (130, 140, etc) he gets a present. Hey, whatever works, right?? Seriously---hes like a big kid, even down to sleeping with his stuffed "Mr. Met" (a present from me to him during his first consultation at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC). In all seriousness, he is eating everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, in sight, its great to have the problem of not being able to keep food in the house vs. the problem of not being able to keep food in HIM! :-) He looks great and besides the fatigue and some lingering nausea that gives him some trouble occasionally everything is going well. He's keeping all those chemo nurses on their toes too. He will have scans and blood tests done in April and we go to visit Dr. Sardi on May 1. Not getting nervous about it yet, but I'm sure we will as it gets closer.

Doug and I had a wonderful valentines day as an engaged couple :). Doug has been going to the casino pretty often since its only about 30 minutes from our house and its a good place to just get out and walk around. So he and his friend pete went there on Friday night to play some cards while I went out with my girlfriends, and he had a lucky night so the next day waiting for me was a beautiful new pink coach bag---perfect for Valentines day. I'm a very lucky girl to have such a thoughtful fiance---I told him he has great taste in purses, women, and diamonds haha. We had dinner at a local restaurant and besides some slow service, food was great. Tomorrow we are going to go to the UCONN v Pitt game in Hartford---we even have matching UCONN sweatshirts to wear even though its corny we love it. I'll try to get a good picture of us and post it on here so you can all see for yourself how good he looks! Besides that, we're just taking it easy, planning our wedding, and spending lots of time together and with friends having a great time.

I hope everyone is having a great February! I don't know about all of you, but we are definitely ready for some warmer weather! we had a teaser earlier this week with 60 degrees on Wednesday but that has passed us by unfortunatly :-). I hope everyone is well, and I'll post some pictures from the game on here later in the week!

Love, Lindsey