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Hey everyone, Jim here again. I just talked to Dad and he's doing okay. He wasn't up to hunting and pecking on his scaled-down keyboard (those sausage links don't move as quick as they used to), so he asked me to sum up our conversation for y'all.

The chemo has started to take its toll a bit more I'm afraid. Of course, we all know he's WH ("without hair") now, but the treatments have caused his mouth and tongue to crack and split, so there's some discomfort there. He also seems a bit more tired than when I visited.

He had an MRI on Sunday for the pain in his right leg. Dr. Chris suspected it wasn't due to the bone marrow biopsy, as we thought, since there was pain coming from several different areas. He's the doctor, and he was right. The pain seems to be generating from yet another disc problem in his back, so it looks like they are going to try a cortisone shot to get the pain under control. No word on that getting done yet.

The timetable for the "Day 14" BMB seems to have been pushed back for unknown reasons. Dad seems to think it's because they want his numbers to stabilize a bit, so we need to get that straightened out.

Last, there is a bit of an issue with the meds he's on. He has requested a meeting with Dr. Chris and his day-time nurse so he can get on a better schedule between the narcotics and non-narcotics, so hopefully this too will get straightened out. There needs to be more regularity with the delivery of the drugs and less asking (from him) to get them. Apparently the "myth" about everything moving slower in the south isn't so far off ...

That's all for now ... please keep the well wishes coming and give him a call when you get a chance.