We're still between chemo and radiation.
I was in L.A. for three days for my mom's 75th birthday, back for a day, and then gone again for another three days for a conference at Stanford.
DKO has been slowly coming back from the last chemo. It's real slow going though. The main thing seems to be frequent fatigue from doing very small things. DKO is perpetually chastising herself: "I should be doing better....". I keep trying to remind her that she's just been through six months of chemo....
Radiation should be starting in the next week. This means going in every weekday for the next six weeks. My understanding is that it's much like a dental x-ray in terms of the immediate sensation, but over the treatment there's more fatigue and some skin tenderness. It's not fun, but it's much better than chemo.
4 comments:
Diane Ohala!! Stop chastizing yourself!!! Stop that right now!! You are EXACTLY where you're supposed to be, doing EXACTLY what you're supposed to be doing - nothing more, nothing less!! Let it go!! Relax in the nothingness!!
I know we can only imagine the boredom & the weariness & we don't know everything you're going through, but we're all here in support of you!! So, hang in there - we all LOVE you SOOOOO much!! You'll be back to normal before you know it. Keep thinking happy thoughts!!
I second and THIRD what patep says above, about no-more-chastizing and about the tremendous love and support we are all sending your way in the great cosmos (aka, the ether between arizona and the great states of texas, hawai'i, california).
your job right now is to work through these treatments, that's it. focusing on your health is your job. it's ok to let go of the other stuff.
Did DKO have radiation last time? I forgot, bad sis-in-law!
Oh go ahead and chastize as WE'RE NOT GOING TO!!! We love you!
Diane and Mike - This is Barb, mom of NW in your department. I read your blog when we were in Tucson from January thru March, and read the rest of it just this afternoon. What a challenge you are facing! What truth-telling you do on the blog. I hope and pray for all the energy and health you can possibly imagine to come back to you in record time. Just want you to know that I'm beaming energetic, healthy thoughts your way, regularly. I'll never forget how helpful you, Diane, and your Mom were when I had the scare that I might have ovarian cancer. I know everyone's well wishes helped me so much then. So when you're challenged, remember you have friends praying for you in distant places (IA among them). NWsMom
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