Chemo Treatment

Patti, Robbin and I arrived on the 31st of August. I had done some research into the hotel opinons that we have. They offer 5 different ones so I thought since Patti was coming with us this time, we would stay in the "Illinois Beach Resort".....spa, swimming pool, hot tub, beach to take those nice walks on, and a beautiful lake view. This all sounds great, right? Let me tell you, don't ever stay there. It was the most disgusting, dirty, rude employees, place we have ever seen. For a hotel to place cancer patience in, it really should be very clean. I won't go into details because you can figure that out for yourself. We called the Candlewood Suites (were we stayed last time) and there came to pick us up in less than 30 minutes. We unpacked and went straight to bed. It must have been close to midnight. The next morning we got up and went to the big city, Chicago. Patti had never been there so we really wanted to show her some of our favorite spots (shopping of course). We were able to do that, have dinner ("Gino's Chicago Pizza"..YUM)and take the train back to Kenosha. Must have been close to midnight. The next morning, today, we had to be at the hospital for an appointment at 9am. I met with my nurse to get the port accessed then met with the doctor. Everything went well. It amazes me how thorough all the doctors and nurses are. My appointments always last at least 30 minutes. These people don't want me going home with any unanswered questions. They're always willing to spend as much time with me as I need. Next was my chemo and hormone shots. Ouch!! It took about 1 1/5 hours. Seemed very quick and easy. YEA!!! We brought all our things back to the hotel and went to the outlet mall. It is always good to walk and stay active after my treatments so that the meds will work through my body to prevent muscle stiffness. Shopping always does the trick. We went to dinner at a restaurant called Brat Stop. They have a little store there where you can buy the brats and cheese. Guess what we are bringing home? We returned to the hotel and packed our bags and will be going home tomorrow. Should arrive in denver around 2:30. Once again thank you for all the prayers. Time for bed, it must be close to midnight.