[Magdalen] Chemo tomorrow

[Ginga Wilder]

Molly and Eleanor,
I am thankful chemo day is done for this round.  Prayers continue for each
of you.

Ginga

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 10:47 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Eleanor and Molly, you're in my thoughts and prayers and on my heart
> tonight.
> love
> Lynn
>
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>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
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> From: "Molly Wolf" <lupa at kos.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 7:08 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Chemo tomorrow
>
>
> Loperamide is my friend.  Gravol is going to get pretty cuddly too, as one
>> of my anti-nausea meds cross reacts with another drug.  Hope you have a
>> safe trip home and an easy time with side effects.
>>
>> Yours in chemo land,
>> Molly
>>
>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>
>> On Jan 9, 2017, at 5:26 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> It's still going !  The team took 2 1/2 hours from the time I talked to
>>> the
>>> doctor to get the treatment started. I have about 30 minutes to go. Then
>>> I
>>> have a 2 hour drive back to the Cape. I'm feeling ok now, but if it goes
>>> like last time, I'll start in on diarrhea in a couple of days. Hopefully
>>> I
>>> can control it better this  time.
>>>
>>> And then on Friday I'm bringing home a Shih Tzu puppy named Harold. That
>>> will definitely brighten my day.
>>>
>>> Eleanor
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 4:31 PM Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Eleanor, how did your chemo go?  I seem to have done splendidly,
>>>> although
>>>> side effects await.  Lots of protective meds on board, though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Molly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in
>>>> no
>>>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 9, 2017, at 10:11 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Praying for you also, Eleanor.  Hoping that the doctors will have just
>>>>>
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>> right medication to stop the diarrhea.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Ginga
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> While you are at it, you might double up on chemo prayers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> I'll be going in for the second round of chemo+immunotherapy.  The first
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> round was not fun, as I ended up with about 3 weeks worth of diarrhea.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> We'll see if that repeats, and if I'm better at controlling it the
>>>>>>
>>>>> second
>>>>
>>>> time around.  Like Molly, I have a kit to keep me entertained, although
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm
>>>>
>>>> usually inclined to nap during at least some of the infusion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> Eleanor
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> The first of four rounds of chemo on a 21-day cycle.  Packing up for
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>
>>>> session (two prayer shawls, book, iPad, knitting, lunch bag,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> medications)
>>>>
>>>> feels like packing a suitcase to go in for delivering a baby.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> I shall report on how it goes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> Molly
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> no
>>>>
>>>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>