It's been 3+ days since the chemo and things have been going very smoothly. Knock on wood!!! Aside from some swelling from liquid retention, which has pretty much gone away, I have not had any real reactions. Of course, right now I'm taking a huge daily dose of prednisone (100 mg) which has me buzzed with energy and flying along. The last dose is tomorrow, so Thursday or Friday I may crash big time. After hearing about all the horrible reactions you can have, it turns out that most people go through it fairly smoothly these days. You hear about all of the terrible stuff, which still can happen at any time, but usually it's not too bad. One day at a time.
Ben came over yesterday, he is done with school now and free till his summer job starts. He is a big help, cut the lawn, spread mulch and compost, did stuff I'm forbidden to do right now. He promised Emma (his girlfriend) that he'd trim his gigantic beard when school was done - we're waiting to see this happen. Emma and Ben are going to take over the garden this summer for me. Zach calls almost every day from Montana, I don't need to hear about the huge fish he is catching (and I'm not!). He is coming in Memorial Day. Ellen is relaxing a tiny bit, gets her glass of wine every evening whether she needs it or not! Florence Ellengale is her new name.
So that's all for now, stay in touch!
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