Dan sees both of his oncologists today - Cary and Chapel Hill. In Cary he gets his weekly CBC, ProCrit shot, and port reaccess, along with (this week) Zometa and an extra tube of blood drawn for the monthly chemistry panel for the study. Chapel Hill is the monthly study checkup.

another clue supporting an ativan-lapatinib interaction as the probable cause of Dan’s loopiness

Changed out Dan’s bag this morning, did a few small errands. Two local friends arrived in early afternoon to help us out for several hours.

puzzling out why Dan’s been extra loopy at the end of the week for the past 3 weekends

See this news article from the V Foundation for Cancer Research (which was started by regional hero Jimmy V)

Quick overnight visit to VA, lots of people investing energy in exploring medical and dietary options for addressing Dan’s poor appetite.

Dan and I worked out a few agreements on the way to and from the dentist’s office today. Upshot of the appointment is that we’re going to leave well enough alone. And we have a strategy for when we get the new kitties Dan’s been wanting.

Dan remained in a moderate level of pain all night and is still there this morning.

Tonight Dan had more trouble with pain than is usual for him lately, in large part due to the fact that the batteries in his pump died before I got home from work … we’ve been playing catch-up all night …

We got an early morning reminder to recheck the taping of Dan’s tubing each time his port access is changed out.