Monthly Archives: July 2010
Week #12: The fourth chemotherapy treatment is good for Trish, hard on me.
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 … Continue reading
Week # 11: The Costs of Cancerpallooza
It’s hard to have as good a week as the last one. In fact, we start the week, July 5th with a rest day. The girls find a few play dates with friends, and we play Warhammer most of the day. We take naps too. Trish doesn’t nap every day, but she is increasingly … Continue reading
Week #10: Cancer is sentenced to death by Rock ‘n Roll
. We’re halfway there. Trish has completed her third of six chemo treatments and gotten through the nasty after-effects. She starts her second week with a bang, doing a 90 minute dance class Monday night, and going into her contractor job at Voice of America on Tuesday morning. I’m proud of her for pushing to … Continue reading
Week #9: Why the Leading Breast Cancer for Husbands Book is Wrong. (And this post has boobs!)
It’s Monday, June 29th and chemo week again. Monday of chemo week is bittersweet. She feels great, because it’s been 3 weeks from the previous treatment. But we both know that tomorrow, Tuesday, her life turns to hell again. On this Monday, Trish and I crawl along the beltway in rush hour traffic to a … Continue reading
