Monica had been feeling sick last night but had a good night's sleep. She felt pretty good this morning and had a pretty good breakfast. No radiation today but following breakfast she took her anti-nausea pill and then later her daily chemo dose. She went with Jesse and Greg to the Trout Lake Farmer's market where we got in a bit of a walk and bought some organic fruit, some plants, fresh bread and some organic turkey.
Unfortunately, by the time we got home Monica was starting to feel quite naueous and spent most of the afternoon and early evening feeling ill. On the advice of the nurse at the Cancer Agency hotline, we got some gravol to supplement the anti-nausea medicine and shortened the time between pills. Later in the evening, Monica felt well enough to get up, watch some T.V. with us and eat a bit of dinner.
We are going to work hard tomorrow to try to keep Monica sufficiently medicated with the gravol and the other medicine so that we can minimize the time that she feels ill. Otherwise, it will be a long 6 weeks.
During Monica's time in the hospital for the operation, we met another family going through a similar situation. In that case the wife (who had been holding down a full-time job as late as March 1st) was diagnosed with the same type and grade of tumour. Greg and that lady's husband have connected by email and are exchanging information/experiences. She is about 1 week further into a similar treatment regimen and, while tired, is having no problems with the nausea. Greg and her husband hope to meet for coffee next weekend.
Good news today- it looks like Daniel will be able to get away for a visit home from June 26th to July 1st. We are looking forward to seeing him.
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