The trips aren't nearly as bad as they could be probably because we miss the crush of the morning and afternoon commutes. It takes us about 1 1/2 hours to and from MGH and the radiation takes about 20 minutes. If we leave at 8:30 we're back by 12:30.
Shelly does have more pain than she did but she seems able to manage it reasonably well with the help of some serious medication. We're hopeful that the pain will decrease as the radiation begins to have its effect after another week or so. Of course the radiation itself can produce its own pain so we really don't know what the future holds.
The bone lesion on her spine that we mentioned last time is quite small but it does mean that Shelly will be stopping the radiation after four weeks instead of seven weeks so she can receive chemo for it. There is a possibility that some pretty new technology might be possible to irradiate the bone lesion but we don't know just yet.
Another wrinkle is that next week the radiation dosage will be increased which will mean that Shelly will have just four days instead of five for the next two weeks. Three days in a row of no commuting - it's a vacation!
And of course, thank you all for your kindness and concern.
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Thanks for the update...My Shelly Beth is such a trooper and I am confident that her discomfort will be rewarded in the end...SO glad that the driving is not as bad as you thought it would be.Also I am concerned about Judy's hip problem that I just heard about and of course Harvey's cough is still ever present..Jeez between all of us, with my prostate cancer, and Sally's CIDP aka Chronic Inflammatory Demylienating Polyneuropathy and now her kidney biopsy tomorrow...we do not make one decent person between us, even if we tried to just take the good parts...Oh well, tomorrow is another day...got to keep hoping things will improve, and I am sure that they will for ALL OF US...I am praying for that and the (lottery) on the side....Love to all Unk E...."Hang In!!!!!!!!!!!"
Dear everyone. I mean that. Dear everyone. You are all so dear. What a continuing challenge. I wish I could come up with some sort of light-hearted message but tonight that just doesn't seem to be in the cards. (Must be because I woke up at 5 AM after only 5 hours of sleep.) I applaud the way each of you is soldiering forward, each in your own way. You are a remarkable family. (Oh right - you're my family. That makes me very lucky.) Shelly (dearest of all) I wish I lived closer so I could come tickle your funny bone and give you a hug. Much love, Alice
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