Good evening here from Brannenburg!
Today was an absolutely beautiful day here in Germany. Mike finished most of his treatments today by lunch time. They were the usual treatments. When we came and met with the Dr. Weber, Mike was given a blue treatment book that has all the types of treatments available. They mark the types of treatment that Mike is to have each day and the time for each. The patient has to carry this book with them to each treatment. If you do not have it, they are asking where it is. They document that each treatment was done. There are a few things he can have done in between the scheduled treatments such as his injections and biomat therapy.
Christy, Mike from Tazmania, Mike, and I took the train up the mountain again after lunch. It was Christy and Mike's first time. The skies were so much clearer today than it had been last week. We wore shorts and sleeveless tops. Mike took along a long sleeve shirt, and I took a jacket but we did not need them. It had been chilly last week when we were here. We all managed to climb to the top of the mountain. It took about 20 minutes to climb. There were 120 actual steps plus all the inclines to get up to the top. It's funny, it actually seemed like a lot more steps than that. The 360 degree view was absolutely magnificent. I don't know how well my camera pictures will do it justice, I have taken a lot of pictures just so I get all the beauty that is here. I may have to delete some which is easy. If I missed taking something, I would regret it. I also took some video while we were on the train. We enjoyed the scenery and a beverage while we were waiting for the train to take us back down the mountain. It was a very nice afternoon.
We had to briskly walk back to the clinic after getting off the train at 4:30 because Mike was scheduled for his hyperthermia treatment at 4:40. He was a little late, but they flow very easily with it here. While he was having that treatment, I sat out in the garden with Lindy, Christy, Ivan & his wife Kate (they are here from Canada). It was a very nice setting to talk. The temperature was perfect. It was just very peaceful and calming.
Today's menu consisted of creamy thyme soup. Mike had Mushroom ragout with dumplings. The dumpling was in the center of a bowl with a mushroom type sauce around it. He said it was very good. I ordered the Tyrol goulash with dumpling. This was the same dumpling on a plate with a brown gravy and pieces of beef off to the side. I ate the dumpling and gave the beef to Mike. Dessert was chocolate mousse.
For dinner tonight we had "Bavarian plate" with Brezn. The Bavarian plate consisted of organic turkey sausage and a piece of meat that tasted like ham. I ate a little bit of the ham and gave the rest of my meat to Mike. It also had a medium sized potato that was prepared like a parsley potato. The Brezn was actually a soft pretzel. We had the same creamy thyme soup with dinner. I think this is actually my favorite soup so far.
We were actually able to talk on the phone tonight to Mike's bosses, Gary and Clare. To use the word bosses is only as an identifier . They are actually very dear friends who consider us as family as do we. We are so grateful to them (in more ways than one) as they were the ones who gave us the book that gave us the information about German Cancer Clinics. Without that, we would have never known that such an opportunity was even available. We are taking full advantage of this wonderful opportunity. We just wish treatments like this were available in the United States.
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