Bill will begin his weekly BCG treatments on Friday August 7--8 am, ending in mid-September. That will probably curtail his weekend activities, especially after about the 3rd treatment, when he won't be feeling too good. Low grade fever, general malaise are the predicted symptoms. But that will mean the treatments are working. We plan a pre-treatment get-away Aug 3 to the 6th at Pt. Reyes National Seashore, staying at the Inverness Valley Inn. Cool ocean breezes, long walks and good food are the draw. A new restaurant in Pt. Reyes Station, Stellina, has gotten great reviews in the NY Times and SF Chronicle so that is on our list. In the meantime he is having fun on the golf course. He was okayed to start playing on Wednesday and shot a very good score, net 67.

Bill's doctor called today with good news. The pathology report came back "low grade, low stage," just what we wanted, he said. He said we will continue on the path planned with the BCG treatments beginning in a few weeks. He is taking off for a week's vacation tomorrow. Maybe we will too! Bill is feeling great. We walked almost 4 miles at the arboretum this morning. I struggle to keep up with him. We are planning to take the train to Berkeley tomorrow or the next day and meet Cousins Barry and Meryl Smith for lunch.

Bill is doing very well. No pain, no bladder spasms, no bleeding. We went out to breakfast this morning and to the farmer's market. The only problem is keeping him from lifting more than 10 pounds for several weeks! And no golf! Since we are in a heat wave situation, the latter is less a problem! Actually we could practice our putting early in the mornings. Maybe next week after the British Open ends. That starts here at 5 am.

We have just gotten home from the surgery center. All went well. Dr. Ferguson cleaned all the little tumors out of Bill's bladder and then filled it with Mitomycin for 30 minutes to kill any leftover cancer cells still floating around. Then we had to stay quite a while to flush that out--it is quite toxic. So he will be lounging around a few days very near the bathroom. In three weeks he will begin a series of 6 weekly treatments of Tice BCG. About the 3rd treatment he will probably not be feeling very well. So that will take us to the end of September. We expect this to take care of the problem. It is too hot here to do much right now and the British Open begins in the morning. So the couch will be busy!