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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
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Hiya Ruth!

-> ->  HN> really great! Anne will get her
-> ->  HN> tattoos when the Radiologist has
-> ->  HN> studied her CT Scan and made up
-> ->  HN> her treatment plan..and he says they
-> ->  HN> will be really really REALLY small.!
-> 
-> -> They are small, trust me. Hardly visible unless you know what/where
to
-> -> look.
->
Well I guess that rules out her getting 
colorful dragons tattooed on to camouflage them! (grin)
 
->  HN> I was kinda thinking they would be larger,
->  HN> like arrows pointing to the "spot" or targets
->  HN> with the bullseye where focal point was...I'm
->  HN> almost disappointed that it is going to be so
->  HN> miniscule!
-> 
-> I think Anne would rather have small ones. (G)
->
yeah...probably...sometimes she CAN be a bit
of a spoilsport! 

-> -> This is the time I had meals done up in the freezer ahead. I'd read 
that
-> -> fatigue was a common side effect so wanted to be ready. Most of the 
time
-> -> I was able to cook so we didn't use many at first. Near the end the
-> -> fatigue set in so I was glad I had the meals done up. It lasted some
-> -> time after treatments (I think I had 38) ended and still bothers me 
once
-> -> in a while so I still like to have some pre made meals on hand.
-> 
->  HN> Both Anne's radiologist and her primary oncologist
->  HN> are saying the fatigue will be much less during
->  HN> radiation than it was during chemo. Chemo has
->  HN> been kicking Anne's posterior quite a bit! One
->  HN> chemo infusion keeps her wobbly for a couple of
->  HN> days and just plain "tired" the rest of the time.
-> 
-> OK, I didn't have to go thru chemo so I was looking at it from the
-> viewpoint of just radiation. Will she need Tamoxifin as a follow up?
-> Mine was non estrogin responsive so I didn't need it but from what I
-> hear, it's not a fun med to be on.
->
We won't know for a bit yet, but her's IS 
er ++ I think, so it's a likelihood.
 
->  HN> She needs extra naps during the day and will often
->  HN> sleep 12 hours at a stretch sometimes even longer!
-> 
-> I understand; I still have times when I can sleep the clock around.
-> OTOH, there are some nights when I'll toss & turn for hours, finally
-> getting to sleep around 5 or 6 am for a few hours. Most days tho, I
-> don't have to be up early so I can get some rest. Funny, those days I
-> seem to be supercharged and actually get quite a bit accomplished.
->
Her chemo mix is a cocktail of strange 
stuff; the toxins, the buffering agents, the
steroids, the calcium, and magnesium, a
nausea med, and several more that I can't 
remember right now...and that's just the ones
I know about!!
-> 
->  HN> SHE is planning to go back to the classroom during
->  HN> Radiation treatments...half time at least...me? I'm
->  HN> not so sure that she'll be able to keep up the pace.
->  HN> A classroom full of rambunctious first graders is
->  HN> nothing to sneeze at!!
-> 
-> And she doesn't want them sneezing on her. Let her set a pace she's
-> comfortable with; it helps that you're retired and flexible in your
-> schedule.
->
She's already corresponding with her principal
and making plans to meet and discuss the transition
back into the classroom.
 
-> Is Amanda coming up for Thanksgiving? We're getting together with
-> several families from church for a semi organised pot luck. Steve will
-> smoke a turkey the day before and we'll bring part of it as there will
-> be other turkey there. He also volunteered me for a couple of pumpkin
-> pies and I'll probably do an assortment of pre meal "hold me over" type
-> munchies. Probably pull out some of those pickles I put up over the
-> summer. Nice thing about having it at the church is that there will
-> probably not be a tv hook up. (G)
->
Amanda is very busy trying to get her 
exit seminar scheduled and trying her 
best to get everything and everyone lined
up and ready. She's not going to make it
up for Thanksgiving and more than likely 
will not make it up for Christmas (for
the first time) either. She'll be starting 
a new Post Doctoral position sometime after
the first of the year and she may need the time
to begin moving from where she is to where she's
gonna be for the next year. Anne is hoping (as am
I) that we'll get to go down for the seminar (which
currently is scheduled for 19 Dec) and stay for a 
week and "Do Christmas" down there. But we'll see
how that shakes out.
 
chat with you soon!
ha
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