Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening All,

Straight from Chris…Hello Family and Friends!
   
    Good news…we are back home in Germany!
   
    First of all I would like to thank Chief Arnold for being our POC and keeping everyone updated on the status of myself and my family for past 2 months.  It made life a lot easier on Amoreena, she had a busy job keeping everyone posted.  Thanks Chief!
   
    All I can say is WOW!  Your thoughts and prayers worked!  We are back at home in Germany after 2 months of riding the emotional/physical roller coaster.  We arrived Frankfurt Sunday and have spent the last couple of days getting the kids back in school and getting our lives back to somewhat normal.  I am done with surgeries for now…I will eventually have surgery on my Achilles to repair/clean it up, but that won’t be for a couple months.  I will have to undergo radiation/chemo in about 6 weeks to make sure that the doctors got all of the cancer.  I don’t know if they will able to do that here at Landstuhl.  My doctor(the only military endocrinologist in Europe) is TDY to Serbia until 25 Sep.  If they can’t do the radiation/chemo here, they will send me back to Wilford Hall.  I am actually feeling pretty good…sore of course and tired…I have been in and out of the hospital bed a lot the last couple of months so my endurance is low.  The doctors said it would be about 4 more weeks before I can start working out again.  Right now I am spending a lot of time in the pool just trying to work out the soreness.  I am on convalescent leave until 10 Sep…then I am back to work!
   
    It is amazing how close the military family can be.  Our family was touched/overwhelmed by all of the cards, emails and donations we received!  Thank you all!    
   
    V/R,
    Chris