[Magdalen] Chemo tomorrow

[Ginga Wilder]

Good news, Eleanor!
Ginga

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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
>