LOVE the tattoo idea!! Definitely post a pic of it, and absolutely wear it proudly....
Our weekend was pretty nice, overall. Surprise 40th birthday party for my sister, and we were there about 30 minutes and MAJOR diarrhea hit Larry. What in the world is that about? On day 12 of the chemo cycle?!?! So,we left early and come on home. But had a good time while it lasted!
Wonderful church service yesterday. We are so blessed to have the church family that we do. They just....take care of us and love us and support us in so many, many ways....we are very blessed, indeed. Great food and fun at a friend's Super Bowl party. 'Kay, I'll admit it...I only go for the food, commercials and half-time show. I'm kind of embarassed to admit that I had to ask hubby, on the way to the party, who was playing this year. Didn't want to look like a COMPLETE idiot when we got to the party...
Round 2 of Folfox today for Larry. Doc wasn't very.....open to listening to Larry's concerns this time. He did cut the Oxi dosage back a bit, and stated EMPHATICALLY that he WOULD NOT recommend Xeloda for Larry. He said the side effects are MUCH worse than 5FU, and the problems Larry was describing were related to the Oxi....sigh. Who knows? We also couldn't get a mechanical pump today (last round his "ball" pump infused the entire dose of 5FU in 30 hours rather than 55, and Larry wanted a mechanical pump) because, get this. They are LEASED from a company and we have to fill out and submit the paperwork to this company, receive the pump from them, and then take it in every round and have the Cancer Center fill it and set it up....sounds crazy to me...but we did get the paperwork submitted, so hopefully it will be available for Round 3....
Overall, we are doing well. The 2 youngest are mostly recovered from the flu that they had last week. Youngest is in a play tonight at the PTA meeting at his school. He is a Union Soldier (they are studying the Civil War). He has 6 lines in the entire play. He knows 2 of them....
And he's my child with a pretty noticeable lisp...and has been receiving speech therapy for several years now. He is getting better, but not perfect yet....so when he tries to say the word "secede"....it's pretty adorable!!!
Hope everyone has a good day. I will definitely be lurking this week....if it's anything like last round of chemo, I won't have much time to respond though... please, say a prayer for Larry. He only got 3 really good days out of this last cycle....10 crappy days, and 3 good ones, and today starts the cycle all over again....sigh....
Anji