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4-12-10 As Ted and Tammy leave Hilton Head, Larry gets all the family together to tell Ted how much the family cares for him. The emotions fly. He prays for Ted...
As they arrive home they are exhausted. Ted is sick all the way home. They only stopped for bathroom and gas. Yet, God gave him the strength to work the next day.

4-13-10 That night was bad. Tammy was concerned but Ted went to work. When she called to check on him his patience was short. It is taking all his strength to just be mobile. He doesn't want to use his energy to express his feelings. When he returned home he was wiped out. Ted went straight to bed.

4-16-10 Today's treatment is a one hour treatment. "I thought it would be a piece of cake", Ted thought. "But I soon found out Gemzas is not desert." I was surprised how a small treatment made me feel worse than a large one. The nurse later told me that with the big treatment I was getting steroids. It makes a big difference. We finished up and headed home. When we got home Tammy accidentally set my lunch box on fire by placing it on the stove. "I don't know if she is giving me a hint that I can't have lunch or what".

Psalms 31:24 Be strong and take heart all you who hope in the Lord.

Our friends Larry & Phyllis sent this to us in a card.

What Cancer Can't Do:
Cancer is so limited
It can not cripple Love
It can not shatter Help
It can not eat away Peace
It can not kill Friendship
It can not shut out Memories
It can not silence Courage
It can not reduce Eternal Life
It can not quench the Spirit
It can not lessen the power of the Resurrection.

4-30-10 Ted said, "My sister, Darlene,and brother-in-law, Larry, arrive to help take care of me for the 2nd full day of chemo. They sat with me at the oncology office and cancer lab while I received the 7 hours of chemo. At lunch they brought me a hamburger". On Friday Larry cut the grass while Ted was at at work. Ted was so very happy because the meds had started to weaken his strength. Some ladies from church surprised them with some food. Ted thought all of it was very good. Tammy passed on the recipes to the family.
Ted and Tammy have been thankful for the help everyone has given them. They pray God will richly bless them, and maybe in the future, Ted and Tammy hope they will be able to do good things for others.

Galations 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Ted is impressed with the saying printed on the walls at each of the chairs in the chemo lab,"ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!"

Tammy thinks her emotional well being has been tested that week because she finally cried on her co-workers shoulders. She said they have been such dear friends.