Weds, 26 April 2006
My Dear Friends,
Took a roadtrip to Pennsylvania with my two walking buddies and our eldest sons this weekend. They're Boy Scouts and they camped at Laurel Caverns. We girls stayed in a nearby hotel. Had lots of fun. Will spare the details so I'll have something to talk about. The hip provided a ready excuse for me not to go cave exploring. Truth is, I have nightmares about enclosed spaces. I have freaked out in the MRI machine more than once. Anyway, my hair was really falling out and getting on my nerves all weekend.
Shaved my head in military style on Sunday night when we got home. My oldest helped. Between crawling around a cave (yikes!) and shaving mom's head, he's the bravest kid I know.
Had trouble looking in the mirror. I felt like I had a beautiful flower garden in full bloom and someone plowed over it with a tractor and destroyed it. I was too sorrowful even for tears. Wanted to cry but the tears just wouldn't come.
Had the Abraxane chemo again on Monday. The nurse has put me on a rotating and overlapping Tylenol and ibuprofen regimen for the pain. It is helping. I hope tomorrow will be the last day, if it goes like the previous time.
Blew a 14 on the white blood cells. No shots this week! Figured I could drink from a sewer with a white count like that but the nurses advised against it. :)
Found out a tenant in our building at work is a survivor of liver cancer. He was given one year to live back in 1998. He didn't know about me until he saw the headwrap. It was uplifting to hear his story.
That's the scoop for now. Please continue to pray for me. I see the doc this coming Monday. No new test results or anything, just a routine checkup but my stomach has been churning all week.
Love,
Jeanette
Took a roadtrip to Pennsylvania with my two walking buddies and our eldest sons this weekend. They're Boy Scouts and they camped at Laurel Caverns. We girls stayed in a nearby hotel. Had lots of fun. Will spare the details so I'll have something to talk about. The hip provided a ready excuse for me not to go cave exploring. Truth is, I have nightmares about enclosed spaces. I have freaked out in the MRI machine more than once. Anyway, my hair was really falling out and getting on my nerves all weekend.
Shaved my head in military style on Sunday night when we got home. My oldest helped. Between crawling around a cave (yikes!) and shaving mom's head, he's the bravest kid I know.
Had trouble looking in the mirror. I felt like I had a beautiful flower garden in full bloom and someone plowed over it with a tractor and destroyed it. I was too sorrowful even for tears. Wanted to cry but the tears just wouldn't come.
Had the Abraxane chemo again on Monday. The nurse has put me on a rotating and overlapping Tylenol and ibuprofen regimen for the pain. It is helping. I hope tomorrow will be the last day, if it goes like the previous time.
Blew a 14 on the white blood cells. No shots this week! Figured I could drink from a sewer with a white count like that but the nurses advised against it. :)
Found out a tenant in our building at work is a survivor of liver cancer. He was given one year to live back in 1998. He didn't know about me until he saw the headwrap. It was uplifting to hear his story.
That's the scoop for now. Please continue to pray for me. I see the doc this coming Monday. No new test results or anything, just a routine checkup but my stomach has been churning all week.
Love,
Jeanette
posted by Mark Kappe @ 6:31 PM
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