The weather is always the same in the hospital.
Being on a floor where everyone is a sarcoma patient affords a unique view of the world. On the plus side, the nursing staff is deeply knowledgeable about this class of very rare cancers. They know the chemo regimen and are brilliant at anticipating and mitigating the side effects. On the other side, being amongst 30 or so other patients with my form of cancer can be unnerving. In the halls during my thrice-daily walks I see other patients pushing IV towers with the same "cocktail" of chemo drugs. Sometimes we make eye contact, sometimes we avoid it. Almost no one stops to talk. As Lin says, not everyone is into "group cancer."
I'm back home for two weeks of recuperation, and the effects of the chemo are quite different this time.
As always, we are so very grateful for our friends' generosity and good wishes.
Suzanne, the numbers are legion of people who have you on our minds. As always, just say the word and there will be many folks willing and able to give you a hand.
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