Say Ah!

It's Nadir Time

Rene is noticing that her typical symptoms are beginning to occur from this batch of chemo medicines;

1. Taste buds are moving to "chemo mouth"
2. Early signs of pending mouth sores/ulcers
3. Blood counts are "bottoming out"

She is not upset about this because she anticipated this and there is a standard strategy for addressing each item.

Speedy Gonzalez

It seems that the blood booster shots from Monday improved her overall strength on Tuesday. She was able to do her usual long walks around the floor without any problems. She still thinks its either a NASCAR track or the Autobahn highway!

Not Lonely

Monday she was kvetching that she was bored because she didn't have visitors; I don't count in this!! Tuesday was a different story, she had many visitors and one was complete surprise for her! She was very happy even though she lost a game of Scrabble to one of her friends! My job was to find chocolate covered raisins in the hospital which didn't exist! Chocolate whoppers calm the "beast", I was lucky!

Analyze This!

Her oncologist asked her to speak with one of his patients about intrathecal chemo; he was very nervous and since Rene is becoming a pro with it, he thought it would be better to speak with her. As usual, she was there to speak and comfort. Later that day, he was much calmer about the pending process. She didn't think a consulting fee was necessary with her oncologist for this one!