In one of my first blog posts I referenced an article titled “7 Rules You Should Follow When Visiting Someone With Cancer”, and discussed some of my thoughts. One of the things that article mentioned was being mindful of smells, and it recently occurred to me that some of our friends might not know about…
Month: January 2017
Baby Duck Hair
Karen’s completed two of the three treatments of her fifth round of chemo. The month break between cycle three and four allowed her to heal from some complications, but also seemed to reset her tolerance for the chemo, so she’s just now getting acclimated again. Fortunately, things seem to have settled down a bit now…
Cycle 5, Day One at the center
Met with Dr. Zangmeister (the Zang) today as it was the start of a new chemo cycle. Asked me how things were going, looked at my bloodwork. My white cell count and hemoglobin were a little low, but not terrible for a chemo patient. We also discussed re-visiting a debulking procedure after cycle six. Debulking…
An update on how things have been going
The last week has been an improvement over the prior couple. Karen has been up and around more, and even felt up to taking herself into town. We’ve had several forays into the big cities over the last week, and that includes Mt. Sterling, Washington Courthouse, Grove City, and even Columbus! It was heartwarming that…
No sir!
> copied from my 1/2/2017 Facebook post: Here’s something new that I have no experience with – being called sir. Mistaken for a gentleman. I know I may not dress especially femininely in general, but sir? Gah. Mostly, I have been going out without a head covering nor do I wear make-up on a regular…
It’s a whole new year already!
Karen’s energy is back up this week and we’ve been able to do a few things that we haven’t in a while. It’s a relief that the second week of being back on Chemo was easier than the first. This week it was only the Taxol, and though it’s no fun, it’s not like the…
Chemo for Christmas
Karen’s chemo has started back up after a few weeks off while healing from an infection. It isn’t great timing to have the first week of chemo right before Christmas, but we already put it off last week so we could make the MCR Medical annual holiday party, and with the chemo actually working to…