[Magdalen] Chemo tomorrow

[Jay Weigel]

My favorites among smaller dogs, although I am still iffy about most, have
become those of the Asian breeds, which clearly have different
personalities from other small dogs. It began with my parents' rescue pug;
S/O claims they are the clowns of the eastern canine world, and I believe
that may be the case. Lady Pugsley, for all her attempts at dignity, was a
funny girl at heart. Then I met Georgia's late Shih Tzu, and then my
doctor's dog, who is half cocker and half Japanese Chin, and these guys
helped revise my opinion further. My doc's dog seems to have nothing of the
cocker about him except for his size; other than that, he is a wise and
benevolent Asian gentleman. I once told her that if he were human I'd want
to marry him. She just laughed and said I'd have to get in line.

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Home safe, and everything under control, for now.
>
> Pictures of Harold will probably dominate my FB page starting Friday,
> probably including his "cousins" -- dogs from the same breeder who are part
> of some friends' families.
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > I hope you are home safe and everything is under control!
> >
> > I'm eager to hear regular Harold reports!  This is a sweet breed that I
> > first met in a home in England in 1960 (eek!) when they were a genuine
> > rarity, unlike their numbers today.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/9/2017 5:26 PM, Eleanor Braun 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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
>