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Subject: Hi Stacy


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Cliff
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Date Posted: 23:00:43 04/26/04 Mon
 Hope you had a good weekend. I did the March of Dimes walk in Baltimore yesterday (about 7 miles). Michelle walked with me--she somehow hurt her foot (before the 2-mile mark), and didn't tell me until the walk was over! She didn't want to "wimp out," as she said. My employer is a local sponsor, and we (home office) raised $48,000. The walk started and ended at Phillips headquarters near Ft. McHenry--each walker got a free crab cake after the walk! I felt great--I think I could have kept on going, and walked the route a second time if I'd wanted to. As soon as I got home, I went out and cut the grass (because Patrick had a cold). This coming Sunday is the Bay Bridge Walk. I'd like to do that, if the weather is decent. But now I seem to be catching Patrick's cold--I hope it's just a mild one.

My dad is doing ok, although after 3 weeks, the chemo is catching up with him. He's starting to feel the fatigue, and he's losing what little hair he has. But he's keeping his weight up so far, and the blood counts have been pretty good.
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Stacy
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Date Posted: 00:31:55 04/28/04 Wed
So how are you feeling now that a couple of days have passed? Are you sore? Did you catch Patrick's cold? How is Michelle feeling? I've checked out her website, pretty cool.

I'm glad to hear about your Dad that his counts have been good. Hopefully he won't have to get the shots to replenish his blood. The fatigue can be the worse part of going through the whole chemo thing. Did you say he's on a three on and one off regiment? If so, I guess he's on his break right now. This week is my third of this round then next week will be my break. I've been doing pretty good the last two weeks. I had quite a bit of fatigue today but otherwise feel pretty good from chemo.

However, I've been feeling a little achy this evening so I took my temperature. I had a little temp of 99. My normal is a little over 97 so that would be like the normal person having around 100 degree temperature. I took some Advil hoping that takes care of it. I sure hope I'm not getting some kind of an infection again.

I had a scare in the last few weeks about my health and life insurance. I was told by Human Resources before I went on Long Term Disability that I would continue to have my health and life insurance at no cost to me for the life of the LTD. I confirmed that numerous times since it was a deciding factor for me as to whether or not I would go on LTD. Well I started getting all these letters a couple of weeks ago and another one last week saying that my coverage would end as of April 30th and I would end up having to pay over $300 per month just to have insurance through COBRA. Needless to say I wasn't very happy. I couldn't get through to the Benefits Center and the woman in Human Resources wasn't returning any of my calls. I ended up calling her supervisor's right hand person since the supervisor was on vacation. I finally got this woman on the phone yesterday. Anyway, she researched the whole thing and called me back today to confirm that I do have the life and health insurances at no cost to me for the life of the LTD. The benefits center called me today to confirm it also. THANK GOD!!! I didn't know how in the heck I was going to pay for it each month. I'm glad that I still have insurance!!
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Cliff
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Date Posted: 07:36:06 04/28/04 Wed
I wasn't sore after the walk. I joked that I could have walked the route a second time that day. Michelle, however, still has a sore foot. The Bay Bridge walk is coming this Sunday, and I'm not sure we'll be able to do it. I DID catch Patrick's cold! I felt rotten yesterday, but much better today.

Yes, my dad is on the three on, one off plan. This is his week off. They were hoping to visit this week. As of yesterday, it was still a "maybe," depending on how he feels. I think he tries to pretend that he has a big "S" on his chest, but I guess it catches up with just about everyone.

I'm glad you still have your insurance! COBRA is NOT cheap! Sure, you get the group rate, but you have to pay the full cost--no employer contribution.

By the way--nice picture of you and Tyler!
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