In case you haven't figured it out yet, we LOVE the theater. We're really spoiled here in Las Vegas now because there's always something going on. After last week's really long clinic week, we decided to catch Jersey Boys on Saturday night at the new Palazzo and we thoroughly enjoyed it. If you have an opportunity, I'd definitely put it on your "must see" list. Then on Sunday, we were shocked to hear about George Carlin's death. We just saw him a few weeks ago and he looked great. We feel lucky to have seen one of his last shows.
Adrienne is actually doing quite well on the trial. Besides what seems like quite a lot of fatigue, she's had few other side effects. The biggest issue we've heard about on the trial are GI side effects and she hasn't had a lot of those so far. Her foot is also healing nicely and she's walking with a boot and no crutches as of this morning.
My mother-in-law has amazed everyone with her ability to bounce back but things sound imminent now. Hopefully the next few days will be filled with peace.
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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
- Adrienne
- 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.
1 comment:
I'm so glad that the foot is healing so that you can get out and about. Thanks for the theater reviews . . . we never get out to see anything and we always say we will.
I wish your family peace and strength as your mother-in-law's journey progresses. These are difficult times no matter what--take care.
Karen, Clare's mom
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