November 22, 2022
I have been meaning to update you all about Gaye. She is actually doing well. I went up there last week to spend some time with her, otherwise she has been on her own and doing good. She has returned to several of her Bridge groups and enjoying it. She continues with her 5 days of chemo (oral) per month and is finally weaning off of the steroids. She discontinues the steroids this week, and will contact the oncologist if she sees any symptoms returning. Her blood work looks good too. There were some concerns about her low platelet counts previously but those counts have come up as well. She does start a round of chemo this week, but she doesn't seem to be adversely affected by these rounds so, even though it is Thanksgiving week, she will probably sail through this round again. And the best news, in her mind, is that her hair is growing back in - so it looks like the radiation was the major culprit for the hair loss.
When I looked up this painting by Norma Rockwell "Freedom from Want", often associated with Thanksgiving, I found some some people had done parodies of this...made me laugh and think.... if you have time you might enjoy them too: Rockwell parodies
This is all great news. I am so glad that Gaye is able to resume enjoyable activities and will have her children with her for Thanksgiving. I understand about how comforting it must be to have her hair growing back in. Thank you so much for the update. I really enjoyed the Rockwell parodies too. Laughter is the best medicine.
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