Who gains weight after receiving three full cycles of chemo and daily blasts of radiation on her esophagus? MY MOM DOES!!! Mom's dietitian told her today that she wants to get a poster made of my mom, because she is the poster patient for not only maintaining but actually putting weight on during chemotherapy. The dietitian also told her that she does not at all look like she is undergoing treatment for cancer. It is true. Mom looks wonderful and takes very good care of herself.
Tomorrow Mom has to get more blood work done, gets another zap of radiation, and meets with Dr. Ritch, her oncologist. Next week Mom is scheduled for one more round of chemo. I am thinking this is going to be a tough one because she might start feeling some pain from the radiation. The really sucky thing (pardon my French) is that Mom's 70th birthday is on Monday -- the day that she has to do the marathon eight hour chemo treatment. Not exactly a party environment. But, hopefully soon we'll all be ready to have a little celebration.
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