Thanks guys :) really appreciate the good thoughts. Actually Maggie, I'm in radio, and we do talk about it a little on the air, the guy I do the morning show with is a big animal lover, so we do a lot of dog and cat stories etc..What I really want to do is get with my primary vet, I haven't really talked to him since the initial rupture...I know that he is inclined to reccomend euthanasia for these type cancers :( as they are so aggressive. I just want to show him Bob, and offer my number to anyone contemplating what direction they want to go in. I have no regrets on what we did with Bob. He really suffered no ill effects to speak of from the treatment...His quality of life is excellent at the moment...I am also thinking about starting up a message board for this type of thing. I joined a cancer group on yahoo, but they were sooooo restrictive, and moderated everything, drove me nuts. Anyway I may have to look into that. Thanks again for all the well wishes, I can't tell you how grateful I am that he is doing so well, everyday when we go for our walks in the pasture, I see him galloping ahead of me:) I raise my head and say a little thank you :).

I agree with Donna, make a written budget and stick to it. Allow so much for "fun" money out of it too because more than likely you're going to spend it anyway and you need to be accountable for it so you know where your money is going. I allot myself/kids $100 a pay period to just blow on whatever. So much for food, don't go over the amount so before shopping you need to write down what you plan to buy and keep a running total either with a calculator or by rounding off in your mind. I allot $200 a pay period for food and other household items like toilet paper, shampoo and other necessities. Movies, eating out comes out of the "fun" money. Up until I decided to give up sugar I was still buying an occational white chocolate mocha at Starbucks on my way to work. It came out of the fun money. It's amazing when you do a budget how much extra cash you come up with that you were just blowing. 2 1/2 years ago I was living paycheck to paycheck. I had a good paying job and so it was frustrating not having anything left after paying my bills. I decided it was time to get out of debt and started trying to pay off my debts one at a time. Then at the end of the first year I started listening to Dave Ramsey on the radio, I started doing a written budget and paid off as much in six months as I did over the whole previous year. I still have a ways to go and went off his plan a year ago to save for our upcoming trip, using the same budgeting principles. The whole trip is being done with cash. Get rid of credit cards and other loans because that's what eats away your money like it's nothing. I have 3 loans now besides my house payment and those 3 will be gone before the end of the year. Plan for birthday gifts and Christmas by saving for it each paycheck. Less likely you will have to charge those gifts at the last minute. Same with vacations. Oh, and if you blow the budget one pay period don't throw your hands up and give up saying it doesn't work, because you're going to mess up every once in a while. Have fun staying at home and enjoy your kids while you can. Sooner than you think they will be teenagers and heading off to college. ) :

Well Glenda..should've come by..I made biscuits and sausage gravy...I had a fried egg over mine..The big boy had two biscuits split and a pile of gravy over each piece...... The Daddy doesn't like gravy on biscuits, only rice..so he had his usual scrambled eggs with American Cheese and Chile Pepper Sauce in them..Then 2 homemade english muffins and 2 sausage patties... I haven't cooked anything else yet..Dinner..don't know yet... I've got Ground Turkey, Ground Turkey Breast, Turkey Italian Sausages in the fridge...(Turkey was on sale this week!) LOL We may just have gyoza and fried rice...hmmmm......I really don't know!

Rob I'm sorry to say that he has no ambition to change his ways. Every single change that he has made has been through slow mini mini steps. He talks about the things that he would like to do but can't enact them without a great deal a guidance in that direction. He's disabled and that includes emotionally and mentally and physically. Sometimes he needs more help than other people. No at this point it is not life and death for him to change his diet but I'm not asking for a complete shift. He can never stop eating or drinking sweet stuff and junk food completely anyway. I'm really hoping for more of a shift towards whole foods as well. His body doesn't work right. So things like magnesium have had no effect on him. We both tried magnesium for our migraines and cramps to no avail. Bananas which are rich in potassium works for me and nothing works for him. He does take a multivitamin but he has to watch which brand he buys. Some of them cause him to have reactions. I love the idea of a Fitbi! I'm getting him one of those! He has absolutely refused to do any exercise 2 days in a row. I have to respect him for that as he knows the reaction his body will have and of course I see the reaction his body has. he is not in pain today but yesterday he was miserable for several hours. people who have migraines don't need more pain! I figure if I can get him up to two hours three times a week we will be sitting pretty as they say. That is light years away from what we had a couple of years ago, which was he couldn't even do anything and it looked like he was bound for a wheelchair. He would have had to go into a home because I certainly can't lift him and my husband isn't here enough to help him. Forgot to add that yes we drink lots of water. Both of us have to watch how much water though, as if we drink too much we get cramps.