@naturegirl5 Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. I have a port placed next week, which my niece, a nurse practitioner, urged me to push for. My chemo starts the week after that. I will be sure to write back to let you know how things are going. In the meantime, I am walking a few miles a day while I still feel well enough to do so, and I'm listening to podcasts that are either educational or provide me with hope. I haven't looked yet at what podcasts Mayo has to offer, but I'm particularly liking MSK Cancer Straight Talk as well as Campfires of Hope by Epic Experience. They have a very good one on on living beyond stage 4 cancer. My world has been turned upside down like so many others here, but I'll move forward one step at a time. All the best.