Good Week

I was in Olean this week, but what I heard from Julie and Olesia is that they had plenty of help this week. Olesia kept sending me text messages ... OMG more food.

Olesia called to report to me that her mom was running around like she was on an adrenalin high, "or just loopy", she added as an after-thought. Bad news came back that the cancer was in the bones. Radiation may be considered at some point, but for now the plan is just chem. This week Julie has off from chemo. I got the schedule wrong. It is the hard chemo (3 drugs) in the first week, two easier chemo the next two weeks (2 drugs), and then a week off, then repeat the cycle. I will get the calender fixed up as soon as Julie gets me updated.

Julie is resting today, recovering from a busy week. Her brother Jeff is visiting from San Francisco tomorrow for a few hours. He is on a business trip to Washington, D.C. Hopefully he is not selling, and our government is not buying, something else that we can't afford.

This week is an easy week for Julie. They are going to do an ultrasound on the breast that was removed. The current theory is that the cancer reoccurred behind the breast that was removed. This is very rare apparently, so much so that when she had mammograms and UTS every six months for the last five years they never once checked underneath the rebuilt breast. Sounds like the doctors still have a lot to learn. I can understand how anger can arise from all the "could have been's" when you realize how a few good decisions could have changed this story. Julie says it has been sore under her arm with the rebuilt breast for a year. She just thought it was muscle soreness from all the surgery she had on that side of her body.