Treatment Begins

The day has finally come... TREATMENT STARTS TODAY! (or... started today).

I spoke with Mom on the phone this afternoon and it sounds like she's feeling well after the first bout.

She went in this morning for Chemo. They started with a saline drip and then gave her some nausea medication and after that they started the chemo drugs. She said it took them about 2 hours from start to finish. She will be having Chemotherapy once a week while she's doing radiation treatments.

Then the superhero went back to work for a few hours and then left again for radiation in the afternoon.

The radiation in the afternoon was much like a CAT or PET Scan. She laid in a tube and wasn't allowed to move, the radiation itself was about 8 minutes all in all the session took 30 minutes. She said it was very painful laying still for that long because the Mass tends to give her extreme arm pain. She said she was almost in tears from the pain, but once they let her get up and move around the pain subsided.

She was still feeling a bit of pain when I spoke with her, but was planning to take some Tylenol PM and get a good night sleep.

It's good to hear that she's doing well, and continued prayers are appreciated as we begin this long journey together.

On the Relay front, our t-shirt design was created by Tara Vojta or as most of you know her from Summit South Dakota, Tara Sumner. Tara's come a long ways from our bracelet making and crafting on the bus and she is one talented lady. She has her own design website so you can check out her portfolio here. They're pretty great and I'm excited to get a picture of them for you once they're printed and post them.

On the literature front, I picked up a new book meant to help people who are family and friends of a Cancer Survivor, I haven't read much of it but, it's called "Help me live; 20 things people with cancer want you to know" by Lori Hope. I will report in a few days how it's going.

Hope this finds you well.

All the love in the universe, Abby