#167 / 2010 Winter: Las Cruces

DECEMBER 23

#167

I report online:

We are now working with two doctors in Las Cruces, an oncologist who specializes in cancer treatment and a surgeon who will help with pain management. Beyond what we are doing with alternative medicine Joe isn't really getting any treatment for his pancreatic cancer. 

We have opted to let nature take its course and just make every day count. Chemo therapy would just tie us down and it really doesn't add that much to your overall life span, a few extra months. It's really not worth all the hassle that such treatment entails as far as Joe is concerned. 

We are continuing to travel and Joe's top priority is to get his book "Backpack Slacker: A Flashback of the 60s" published. We'll be doing that online as soon as possible.We will stay with a friend in Placitas, NM, who has gone through the process and will help us out. 

Joe's first SS check just came in today so he is a man of independent means now.

I see his energy level dropping, but his appetite is good. The latest edition of Beatlick News is out and I will have that up online within a few more days. Joe is busy mailing out to all the submitters and subscribers.

So we have a great medical team with two caring, talented physicians dedicated to keeping Joe comfortable. There has been a wonderful representative from the State Health Insurance Loveless who has walked us through every crisis in getting medication.

I am here all day every day to see that Joe's every wish is fulfilled. No one is going to go out with more spirit and panache than Beatlick Joe. It's all good.

Happy Holidays

Pamela