August29
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Week 16, August 9th-15th is the beginning of the end for us. There’s just one more treatment left before surgery at the end of September.
This is the time Trish is most fatigued, so it takes extra fun stuff to keep her spirits high.
We need to turn Cancerpalooza up to 11. So, in addition to the usual fun stuff, we have the greatest surprise ever coming up this Friday.
There’s not a chance in hell that she knows she’ll be re-enacting cancer surgery as a crazy doctor in front of an huge audience of friends. Cancerpalooza is awesome.
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August18
Today Trish is craving hard boiled eggs. Her chemo-day comfort food changes each time.
Miraculously, the little convenience store at the medical center has them at the coffee counter. I pick up a few with tiny packets of salt and pay for them at the cash register.
Among the trinkets for sale are Silly-Bandz, in all shapes and sizes. They remind me of our girls, who are having a great time at Grandma and Grandpa’s – away from cancer for a few weeks.
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August11
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Week #14 should be a doozy, even by Cancerpalooza standards. We’ll be in New York City for numerous events, fun, and excitement that include helicopters, rock climbing, roller coasters, speedboats and more. And the Pickerings, my mother’s side of the family, have a big reunion.
To top it off, we are dining at one of the worlds finest restaurants and beginning a Green Day extravaganza. Hold on to the roll-bar, this blog is going off road!
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August2
Trish is feeling pretty damn good on Monday (July 19th) because her fourth chemo treatment was the easiest of them all. It’s still hard to do the dance class on Monday evening, which helps cleanse her body. It’s even harder to get to the office on Tuesday, which helps restart her brain to shake off the chemical bath it’s been soaking in.
The one-two punch combo of dance class and office work is her show of defiance to the cancer and chemotherapy. She does it even though it hurts. But she knows it’s more important to do it than to do it perfectly, so she goes and tries her best. And it helps get her ready for for two more glorious weeks of Cancerpalooza before she takes the poision again.
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July26
It’s Tuesday, July 13th and we’re in a chemo week again, her fourth of six treatments. And like the other cycles, the experience of chemo brings us back down to earth. Yesterday’s Cancerpalooza seems so long ago.
I can’t help but get depressed again. Watching her with needles in her arm makes this real in a way I can’t ignore. I’ve been trying to shake depression for a few months, even before the cancer started. Seeing this makes my head spin.
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