Friday morning- January 21-2110

Good morning my DS friends, it has been a long week at our house. The phone hasn't rung much because my family (daughters, son-in-laws and grandaughter) went on a cruise this week. I sure have missed them.  Steve and I picked up his prescription yesterday at CVS. This first co-pay is always a struggle. In the past we have been able to get some help with it from various roganizations but this year all of the different places we tried were either out of funds or the grants were for different kinds of cancer, rather than kidney cancer. So our co-pay for January was $5,000.00. That was our part. His insurance paid the remaining.  Sutent has been steadily climbing in price since he started taking it. He takes two strengths. 25 mg and 12.5mg.Please don't thing I am complaining, beause I AM NOT. We are so grateful that he can take the drug, and thankful that it continues to work for him. God has always provided a way for the medicine and we are blessed to have the money for it. Steve went visiting with our pastor yesterday and I warned him about going into the hospital so he stayed clear form there. But he is really going to go where he wants. He enjoys going and usually our pastor protects him from going into homes where there is sickness. Steve will be scanned next Wednesday at CMC in Charoltte NC. He will know that day what the results are. Our doctor pulls up the scans that same day and lets us look at them. I am grateful for that. We don't have to wait for week to know the results. I would appreciate your prayers for us. All of you have become very special to me in this battle against cancer. My prayer is that I have helped some of you with our story.  With love  Wanda