Yep, cancer sucks. My mother in law is doing okay right now. She's currently in a nursing home trying to rehab her arm while she receives palliative radiation for tumors in her arm and spine. There is no curative treatment for her and the doctor thinks chemo would likely shorten her life rather than lengthen it. I could go on and on about the perils of smoking but that falls on deaf ears when talking with an ardent smoker (you know who you are). She isn't that old, just 77, but will likely live out the rest of her life in nursing care or hospice.
Adrienne was neutropenic last week with low grade fevers and an apparent infection in her mouth and sinuses. She got a shot of Neulasta last Friday and is finally feeling better today after a crummy weekend. The timing is never good as she's trying to finish up the semester. She turned in her last paper today and now has a few days off to study, oh, and to get scans. It turns out that City of Hope can't get the PET scan scheduled so we're trying to get a PET/CT done in New York this week. Needless to say, I'm exhausted and frustrated with all this cancer stuff.
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Amen to that . . . I hate cancer too.
Sorry to hear about your mother-in-law . . . that is not an easy journey to start on right now, and your family has travelled far enough on this particular road.
Best to Adrienne too . . . good luck with end of the semester stuff. You deserve a break.
Karen, Clare's mom
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