I'm a train I'm a train I'm a tracktrack train I'm a train tricketrain yeah......

As you understand we spend a lot of time "training". Each workday from Rijswijk to Amsterdam, takes us about 50 minutes. This first week we walked from the Amsterdam station to the hospital, 25 minutes, this is a very good excercise for both of us, but after radiation we take a taxi back to the station.

Talking about "training"..... yesterday I bought Panormitis "training/sport shoes, to stimulate him to walk a bit more. Let's hope he will do so, as it is very important to keep him on the move. Yesterday night he went for the second time on the bicycle, ten minutes!!

He is trying very hard to do his best, gained a lot of kilo's but now we are trying to control that a bit more. This is all due to the cortizone medicine, it gives the patient a huge apetite, unfortunatly. His physical condition is quite good, considering the whole therapy he is going through. Until now he does not seem to have any side effects from the chemo, it is only 4 days now, but let's hope he keeps on doing well.  Each morning at 6.30 he takes one pil not to get nausia, one hour later the chemo and then he is aloud to have breakfast one hour after the chemo. before that it is not allowed to eat or drink anything. I tell you it is very hard to be occupied the whole day with medicins, therapy, feeling tired etc.etc.  

Last weekend our friend Alex from Munich was here with us , and she had treated us to a wonderful weekend. We went to Delft ( 8 minutes busride) for lunch on a beautiful square, called the Beestenmarkt, full of plane trees and a very nice atmosphere, it felt like being somewhere in France, the only thing that was missing was seeing people playing jeue de boule.

Delft is sooo beautiful it is as Alex said; you step into the 17th century while walking around Delft. It is realy a place that I could live and feel comfortable. Next morning she treated us again on a "pancake birthday breakfast" as her boys became 16 years old that day!! Congratulations George and Johannes and a bit late but............to your health. The girls will be in Patmos in August to celebrate with you again, I suppose. All in all it was a wonderful weekend having her around. Efgaristoume poli Alex, filakia