We knew he was "full of shit"

And that may be the cause of the "hot spot" of pain. The Velcade's side effect of peripheral neuropathy can effect the colon, which can lead to ...no movement . Since we all know that "what goes in must come out" they had him drink golytely, the salty drink that those of us who have had colonoscopys know intimately. Success! though it will take a while to know if it actually helped the pain source.

On the chemo front, Velcade is absolutely out, but they need to wait until he's stabilized and a little stronger before they subject him to the side effects that come with any chemo. Somehow that seems a little catch 22; he can't get the chemo until he's well enough, and he may not be able to be well enough til he gets some chemo to reduce his myeloma.

He slept 98% of the day, which is more than yesterday, but less moaning in his sleep, and the pain seems to have lessened. It's really hard to see his trajectory at this moment. He has continued to receive platelets and red blood cells as his myeloma keeps eating them up, but he's not going through them as fast as previously.

Unfortunately we're heading into a weekend when new interventions or tests are unlikely. We'll see what tomorrow brings, but I suspect we'll be in a holding pattern until Monday.

Meanwhile on the home front, we've be told 6" to 8" of snow are coming our way on Friday and Saturday. I asked a good friend if he could plow for us and our cabin renter is going to take care of chickens, eggs, dogs and goats.

And I'm going to just stay in town til the guy turns a corner. More tomorrow.