We're Blessed

Today was a great day..
God has bestowed many blessings upon us. I went to my oncologist this morning and he said my labs were great. My wbc remains low at 2.4 due to the Revlimid I am and that is to be expected. But my hbg is 12.5 and my creatinine is 1.5 which is the lowest it has been since my kidneys were damaged when I harvested my stem cells in May of 06. I know that many of you don't know normal lab values but these are all very good for me. I then received my Zometa which I get every 6 weeks. As this is not covered with my current insurance and costs $1200 an injection I was pleased that Novartis Oncology Patient Assistance Program gave it to me free.
Many people have complaints about the various drug companies but Norvartis and Celgene have really been great helping me with expenses that I really could not afford. I will be going on medicare March 1st and my insurance will be much better, although the high cost of cancer drugs will remain to be a problem I am sure.
When I got home from the doctors we had a meeting with a man from our city and a contractor who doing repairs on our house. Do to our limited income in the last 3 years we qualified for a $10000 federal grant and also an interest free loan. We will be getting a new roof, some gutter repairs, new siding on the east side of our house, a new wall on the outside of our garage and a cement slab in our backyard with a 10' by 16' shed on it. It is part of a project Southfield has to keep up the appearances of our neighborhoods. I just happened to read an article in our local paper last spring. We qualified because I am permanently disabled. It was geared to the disabled or to people over 62 with low incomes. Now that Bob is receiving social security we would not qualify again. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity for us.