My treatments last week went well. I had my Zometa infusion on Thursday and Gemzar on Friday. My blood counts were still good, although my hemoglobin stood at 10.2 on Thursday -- only 0.2 above the "you need a shot" point. I was feeling very fatigued on Sunday and Monday, so I'm keeping my fingers tightly crossed that the count holds at 10 or above for Friday's treatment.
Saturday afternoon I went to a baby shower for Lydia G's daughter-in-law (DIL for those who prefer abbreviations). It was wonderful to see some of the women I usually only get to see at Lydia's house. We had a lovely time chatting, but I was exhausted by the time the shower was over at 5. I don't know how Kristen had the energy at 8 months along to open gifts for two hours, but I know I was tired just watching her!
Starting on Thursday (and pacing myself), I got all my flowers planted into pots and got the herbs and tomato plants in the ground. I did a little weeding and moved a few small plants from the backyard to the front, but I just ran out of energy Sunday and it didn't really come back. I still need to pick up basil, oregano and cucumbers, which I might do Friday morning before chemo. Then I'll have the weekend to get them planted.
There is still so much to do outdoors, and I just don't know how we are going to get it done before summer is over. At least the pool is open and the water is clear. I added chemicals over the weekend, but the pool guys added so much chlorine (to a pool with clear water!!!) that the level is three times the safe level. Duh! The sun will probably burn most of it off in the coming week if it hasn't already, since we didn't get the rain we were supposed to and instead enjoyed sunshine all weekend long. Our automatic pool cleaner is acting up -- shutting off after running for 20 minutes -- so that's another thing Ed has to try to repair. It's always something, isn't it??
Ed had taped "Farrah's Story" for me to watch after he had seen the original broadcast and found it much better than he anticipated. I don't know how many of you saw it, but I would recommend it if you see it in reruns (it was rebroadcast on Bravo last week). I don't anticipate that she will be alive much longer since her doctors were not able to stem the tide of liver mets (or prevent two local recurrences of her primary tumor). I feel sorry for her, but I wonder if she made the right choices early on in not being more aggressive in her chemo treatments at UCLA (she didn't want to lose that famous hair) and then waiting again to use more aggressive chemo when she developed the liver mets. She was able to fly to Germany for treatments there that were not approved here, which gave her about an extra 18 months of life, but even those treatments couldn't save her. Obviously money can't solve every problem, as some people believe.
Just wanted to say hello to Laura (hope I'm spelling it right), one of my chemo nurses in New Jersey. I gave her this blog URL, and she might make it here one of these days. Hope I didn't write anything critical about her before this. She IS the one who sticks me with the needle. :)
I still haven't gotten the Paris photos up on Webshots. I promise to work on that next weekend. Really...
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Was wonderful having you at the shower and so glad you were able to share with the ladies! You are a trooper! I was exhausted by the end of the day so I can only imagine how you were feeling after a treatment! Thank you for the lovely gifts but more importantly, for sharing in Jon and Kristen's joy! I love you dearly! Love Lydia
As usual, another great day spent with you. I was so happy that you could make it..We will have to plan another visit after this week.
Love,
Kay
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