February 4, 2012 –another pretty good week
Just a few updates, since less time has passed between postings this time.
Last Sunday continued the pleasant weekend, adding to Melissa's presence an afternoon visit from Margie and from Ken Nosse, a longtime friend from our Shaker teaching and Unitarian church connections. Monday Melissa left in late morning, and in the afternoon we played bridge at Rankins' again.
On Tuesday, I went back to school; Steve enjoyed his Reiki session at The Gathering Place, and has scheduled another for next week. On Wednesday, this week's chemotherapy seemed to go smoothly. The hemoglobin count was up to 11.2—further progress, and enough so that at the nurse's suggestion the doctor okayed reduction of the amount of additional fluids administered in between the meds, which reduced the total amount of time we spent at the infusion center. We got to go home around mid-afternoon instead of at rush hour (such as it is in Cleveland…). :-> Thursday evening we went dancing again, and had another short but pleasant outing—some waltz, foxtrot, and tango, and chatting with good friends. Friday Steve felt somewhat tired, but he thought not quite so much so as last Friday. So, conditioning and pacing may be improving as well.
We seem to have a quiet weekend ahead. I have plenty of school and home projects to work on, but all can be handled on a flexible schedule.
Ongoing thanks to everyone who continues to send responses and good wishes. We appreciate every one of those messages and all of your supportive thoughts and prayers.
Wishing a good weekend to all of you,
Carol (and Steve)
