Mom’s having more difficulty with balance and stability of late –really, ever since the bout with sepsis. Could be the tumor, could be her new chemo, perhaps a combination of all three, or could be residual effects of a late night tilt-a-whirl bender we aren’t aware of. Whatever the case, she tends to bob around like a Bobo doll [...]
Alright, so my last solemn post for a bit…
A few weeks back, Diane and I had to sit through an agonizingly slow discussion on death and death’s symptoms, while Craig had his second Hickman put in. Unlike popular belief, people go quietly, or so we were told. I was surprised D sat through it, because [...]
I’ve been thinking about this as well, and partly because I’ve been having a few heart-to-hearts with Craig’s Pathways nurse (PN). His nurse is practically the only person talking about C’s short and long-term prognosis (this goes back to the whole idea of wanting to be pleasantly surprised rather than have the rug pulled out). [...]
Well, we went back to the doctors today for C’s weekly check-up, and it turns out he has bronchitis, if not the beginning of pneumonia. He’s been running a fairly high fever for the past week or so, and had recently developed a wet cough. We alerted Craig’s doctor, and after listening to C’s chest, [...]
We had a threat of ’severe weather’ this evening. Clouds rolled in, things looked quasi-ominous, rained a bit, then wahla storm front passed us by without much action and we never paid it any mind…at least this night. It dawned on me, though, what DO we do if there was a tornado and we needed to [...]
And we’re off with mom, as well!! She began her new chemo yesterday. It’s a two-fer, one-fer, two-fer gig where she “takes two pills one day alernating with one pill daily”. Wuhhhh? Confusing to anyone else? Is that three pills in a day? Is there another pill to alternate with the two pills? Fortunately, there’s [...]
In an earlier post, Craig aptly referred to his new ‘tenants’ as squatters. Back in the day, when this cancer scored a “low” to “guarded” on the Craigland security threat level system, I made an analogy that the cancer was like burglars new in the “B & E”. They picked the lock, crossed normal defenses [...]
Round one of Maryland-Oklahoma-Denver rotation series has begun! I am now in Oklahoma after driving 22…eerrrrr, 27ish hours over the weekend. (Who’s counting?) It seems that when you talk shop of all things cancer with the twin, you tend to miss critical exits and wind up closer to Canada than Oklahoma. It had been oh [...]
And we’re off. Fed Ex delivered Craig’s new chemo around 8:30 this morning, and by 9, the first dose was in his tummy. It’s still early, but so far, no complaints of headaches, chills, or nausea, which are common side-effects. Other less common (and more severe) reactions include: rash, blisters, oozing or severe pain in the [...]
Happy B-day, D-spot! I can’t believe this day is finally here. It wasn’t too long ago when we were turning in Craig’s big 3-0. I sent him a Samurai sword as a gesture for, well …you know. But, I figure with your luck on the bike, you probably won’t need any props. ;)
All kidding [...]