From Himself

This is a large excerpt from an email Dave sent to someone else in the CG. Its a bit jargon, but .. for those non-coasties, you can get the idea. Just thought I send you a note to let you know how things are going. I finished the 6 weeks of radiation/chemo on 6 July & the doctors are very pleased w/ the progress of the treatment & how well I had been tolerating everything. Unfortunately the past two weeks (especially last week) have been the worst for side-effects since the treatment started. The radiation-oncologist said to expect it - but it hasn't been too fun. I'm using lots of drugs (anti-diarrhea) to try & regulate everything - which have, been more or less, successful. As my mom's dr put it - he's suffering the after-effects of radiation poisoning. I should progressively get better & should be back to "normal" in about a week or two. Kerri & I have been down in the New London area for about 1 week now & I've been able to make it to work most days. (Although last week I was showing up late & leaving early, when I did show up). I have an appointment w/ the surgeon next Wednesday (25 July) and the surgery is scheduled for 5 Sept. I'm also scheduled for a CAT scan during the beginning of Aug to see how the treatment is going so far. Other than that the next couple of weeks are free from the doctors. K & I are planning on taking some vacation towards the end of Aug - one last rest period before the surgery - up at my folk's beach house in Salisbury again. This time I should be able to actually enjoy the beach/water. Since we sold our house last spring we had to find a rental for the upcoming year. We were able to find a place about 1 block from our old house at a very reasonable rate. We'll be near the friends/neighbors we like & the commute is only 5 minutes. K is happy moving back to that area & Liam has friends & baby sitters already. We even let him pick which bedroom would be his. Can't move in until Aug, so are house sitting for a friend who is in France for the summer.>There has been a slight mix-up w/ my orders. Although the detailer told me he was keeping me at the Academy & the solicitation msg for my job in NY has gone out - they haven't issued orders keeping me here. The medical board has been submitted & I received an email 2 days ago telling me I'm in the "Med Board Database". CAPT Hartnett wrote a positive endorsement to keep me here & listed out what my job would be. The SUPT (ADM Burhoe) came over to talk to me before he signed it & sent it up to HQ to see how I was doing.The O-5 board meets the end of the month & I'm in zone. Cautiously optimistic about that as my OERs here at the Academy have been really good. Also trying to knock out all the required training (have ISC-300 training scheduled at beginning of Aug), just to make sure everything is in order. I'm also applying for the MIT System Design & Management program again (msg dtg - 202015Z JUN 07). I applied last year but didn't even make the alternate list - so I'm going to try again. I meet all the criteria except I haven't taken the GRE w/in 5 years - I've signed up to take it, but not until after the submission deadline. Thanks for all your support & concern."