Fall Updates

A Very Brief Status Update--and More

Life goes on and on and not much seems to be changing--which in my case is a good thing. Seven of ten chemo treatments are completed, my fatigue doesn't go away but is manageable, and there has been a slight rise in my PSA that will lead to an increase in chemo potency. That's about it.

On a much more pleasant note, my daughter Shelley and grandson Jeff are flying in from Connecticut and Colorado to run the Portland Marathon. I ran it five or six times but my marathon days are long over, unfortunately (but I can still dream). Shelley ran her last marathon, with me on Maui, when she was 14. She figures she's recovered enough to try another one nearly 40 years later. Jeff has run several recent marathons and hopes to qualify for Boston. A chip off the old block.

To add to the excitement, Shelley and Jeff set up a fund raising site to benefit the Oregon Health and Science University Knight Cancer Institute. Portland Marathon: Team Shelley and Jeff! Their website says: Shelley and Jeff are running the Portland Marathon on October 9, 2016 and, through that event, raising funds for Prostate Cancer Research in honor of Larry Axmaker, who has run the Portland Marathon many times in his running career. Shelley's Dad and Jeff's Grandpa, Larry Axmaker was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in 2003.    I am honored.

If you've got a few minutes, check out their web page. Here is a link to the Team Shelley and Jeff Prostate Cancer Research site.

Go Shelley! Go Jeff! Wish I was running with you!

axman