Chemo Treatment #2

Susan's sister Ann and her mother were in town this past week to chaperone her second chemo treatment, which by all accounts went well, no anaphylactic shock, no 10-hour inpatient wait. Her white blood cell count is still good, as well. She's got a surprising amount of energy, working 8-hour-plus days most of last week. She gets tired more quickly, but otherwise looks and acts quite healthy. She's been really vigilant about supplementing her medication with a lot of immune boosters and vitamineral greens.



We bought a juicer and have been going to town on it. The best mix so far has been celery-carrot-radish-spinach-parsley-cucumber-apple. You could throw and old shoe in there and cucumber would still balance out the taste.

Susan's sister has been a great source of advice since she went through Hodgkin's Lymphoma and chemo four years ago. I'd love to make some sort of sibling rivalry joke here, but can't think of anything particularly clever. Ann had two young kids and a job while undergoing chemo, so she kinda wins this round anyway.

Friends have been dropping by on a pretty regular basis, which has been a great help. To those of you that have been thinking about it, give Susan a call and stop by. I'm sure as the treatments progress she's going to need more and more support.