Adrienne got the first dose of Vidaza this morning. She has no nausea and feels okay but is very tired and sleeping as I write this. Today's visit was fairly long but hopefully the rest of the week will be quicker.
Last Saturday, Adrienne and I stopped at Whole Foods to get a bite to eat while running errands. We thought it definitely sounded healthier than the fast food alternatives along the way. Adrienne got an 8 oz container of Horizon Organic Milk. She thought the milk tasted slightly different than usual but assumed that it was because it was organic. Then she sipped some lumps through the straw. Yuck. The expiration date on the milk was Oct 13 2007. When we got home, I called the on call doc at Nevada Cancer Institute. It turns out that "old" milk is really just buttermilk and not full of bacteria as we might think. Adrienne felt fine the rest of the day but it was all still a very unpleasant incident. Today I wrote a letter to the national and regional offices complaining about their "quality assurance" procedures. It will be interesting to see their reply.
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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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- 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.
3 comments:
Watch those expiration dates! I can't believe the amount of expired food on the shelves...! Bought a Violet Crumble TWO YEARS past the expiry, but that can't compare with lumpy milk. UGH!
YUK! That's incredible that that container sat on the shelf for so long! Glad there were no problems besides the yukky taste!
Hope this week continues to go smoothly for you Adrienne. So looking forward to spending some time with both you ladies in Boston. It will be great to meet others in our "forum family" for real.
More cyber ((HUGS)) for now until a week from Friday : }
Susan
Okay, that is horrifying . . . I'm so glad no long-term effects, though. I hope things continue the way you want them this week.
Karen, Clare's mom
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