It has been awhile since I have made a post.  Only because there was not a lot to report.  Dad has been going through his radiation treatments in Wenatchee.  Mom and dad decided it would be easier to just stay down there instead of driving back and forth everyday.  It's good for them.  They need this time together.  It has gave them plenty of quite time to talk and discuss options they will be faced with.  None of us want to look towards the future only to find dad being the one that sees the light.  It has been just over 1 month since his diagnoses.  I never thought about it until I threw my feelings out on paper that within 1 month dad has went from having a little discomfort when he swallows to pain everywhere in his body, pain so bad that he can barely walk.  In one month he has went from Tylenol to Morphine.  They have a couple more weeks of radiation ahead of them.  The techs have really been focusing on both hips and the esophagus.  It has really been taking a toll on him physically.  He feels drained 98% of the day.  On November 17 he goes in to have a port placed (a small medical appliance that is installed beneath the skin. A catheter connects the port to a vein. Under the skin, the port has a septum through which drugs can be injected and blood samples can be drawn many times, usually with less discomfort for the patient than a more typical "needle stick".)  This will help when he is able to start the Chemo.  Things seem to be moving at an unmeasurable amount of speed.  I will continue to keep you updated as time goes on.