Adrienne is very excited to start her one week spring break from college. She is going to Santa Barbara for the week with her best friend from college. Her plan is to stay with her dad, help the local Team In Training manager, and have fun shopping on State Street. Along the way, they hope to catch a few tasty dinners and watch some good movies. Sounds like a good way to relax and unwind. It's so wonderful to hear Adrienne sounding so happy after the last few years of nonstop treatment.
Last Saturday, Adrienne started her new heart medication. Her heart races a bit from time to time and she is very fatigued. It takes a few weeks to get used to it and, hopefully, she'll be feeling back to normal before we know it. She is on an extremely low dose, which will increase as she gets used to it. She'll probably be seeing the cardiologist every 3 weeks until the dose is right.
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Adrienne was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in 1996 at age 9. She had multiple relapses, two bone marrow transplants, and a range of chemos and radiation therapies, and passed away on October 1, 2009. We are heartbroken.
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About Adrienne
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- Adrienne was very much like others with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, the most common cancer in teens and young adults. What was unusual is that she had it for more than half her life and ultimately, it took her life. Hodgkin's is curable for about 80% people, but Adrienne was one of the 20% for whom a cure was elusive. She considered herself lucky since treatments had been there for her with each relapse but she ran out of treatment options and her body just couldn’t take any more. As she said, "Though I’ve now had cancer for most of my life, I no longer plan my life around it; instead, I try to plan cancer around my life." We hope you can take inspiration from her and how she lived her life.
2 comments:
Have a great time Adrienne, I have never been to Santa Barbara. Heard it's beautiful there. You deserve some R and R.
I'm glad to read that Adrienne is still dealing with everything that is thrown at her. I hope you are both getting along okay. We are doing what needs to be done day by day, but it is so hard. I appreciate you checking in, even as we only update occasionally.
Karen, Clare's mom
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