Red
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Glad to see you and your wife had a relaxing time. Your mom’s place looks like the perfect place for that. And here’s hoping for more wins.Thanks @b_line , I really appreciate it. It has been rough, but she is taking it all like a trooper.
I guess I might as well give an update. She had her 2nd chemo treatment this week on Monday. She ended up having a reaction to one of the chemo drugs, I think it was the taxol they said. Well they had to pump her full of benadryl because it acts like an allergic reaction, even though that isn't exactly right. Well that continued for much of the week so far. She has been tired and lethargic and nauseated. Luckily none of it has been severe by itself, but together it is pretty miserable. Luckily the doctor agreed that growth factor shot was not worth the pain so he isn't giving her that one right now, but rather watching until her blood tests warrant it, then giving her a different one that is typically milder as needed. Glad about that for sure. Celebrate the small wins.
Not sure if I mentioned it above, but we went to my mother's house last week for a quick trip to get away before her 2nd chemo treatment. Glad to have gone, it was a great trip. My mother lives in a house on one of the many small lakes south of Seattle. The setting is right out of a storybook. Very relaxing and fun week. We did the Seattle Underground Tour, which is really interesting, highly recommended, would go again. And we hit Pike's Place market to watch the idiots throw fish around. But mostly spending time just floating on and swimming in the lake was great. Let me see if I can get a picture of the lake from the deck of their house in this post. Yeah I could only find one from last year in the rain. This year was 85+ degrees, the water warm as a cool bath, fantastic weather for it. I am trying to find a picture with my wife at the lake but I took pictures off my phone recently and I think those went with it. lol
Ok here is one, but it isn't the best one. My wife and her sisters and my mother going down to go swimming while I enjoyed just sitting on the deck reading. If you can't tell from her new hair-do, she is the one in the back. She lost 10 pounds with the first chemo treatment and didn't have that much weight to lose, so the goal on this trip was increase her activity with a few small hikes and plenty of swimming along with lots of good food. And it worked, she gained 6 pounds back, so we were happy about that. The problem is with her weight issue we are buying nothing but really fattening foods that she likes, and since I am basically a bear looking to gear up for hybernation, I am constantly on the prowl and eating her food too. I am probably going to gain 50 pounds with all this. Wish I could donate it to her, that would be great!!
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Keeping you and your family in my thoughts…
