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Originally Posted by Debby
Tomorrow I start daily radiation for 6 weeks. I keep hearing its not so bad, it just makes ya tired. I am still nervous.
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Big hugs to you Debby....I hope it all goes well.
Wanted to come in and give you all an update....
Mom is home (I know....surprise!), with lots of help including a visiting nurse daily, a CNA/home aide for 3 or 4 hours and a friend spending most of the rest of the time. She's glad to be out of the hospital after spending virtually the whole summer there...and even though it's temporary.
She's still waiting out the timeframe for the Avastin to clear her system...once it does they'll go look and see what this other mass is and make a determination about next steps. If no other procedure is needed, she'll come down to me in Florida at that point. If another surgery is needed, then she'll be back in the hospital for that and until she recovers.
They cut her loose since she was able to demonstrate the ability to manage her own TPN (which is in a backpack arrangement), and they're monitoring her blood pressure and hydration very closely. Her weight is up to 112....still very thin, but much better than the 96 in her clothes that got her admitted last time. And she's eating....all soft foods and in small quantities....but she's handling soups, yogurt, cooked cereals, soft fruit, etc.
In the meantime, chemo continues every 2 weeks, and will through the rest of the year.
She's decided to sell her house, and is home talking to realtors and boxing up things she wants to send to me, my sister and our kids. I'm glad she's come to this herself rather than being hustled into it by my sister....and she feels good about it rather than pressured and rushed. Her decision, come to with counseling....is that the remaining item on her "bucket list" is that she's always wanted to live in NYC, have a little apartment, and enjoy all of the cultural "stuff" that she enjoys so much when we've been there for short periods. So....assuming she recovers....she may transform herself into a snow bird, spending winters with me and the rest of the year in a short term furnished rental in NYC. It feels right to her, so that's the plan.