Well it has begun, one treatment of cisplatin and two radiation treatments. I was not prepared for the total wipe out of my system. So far I have not experience the nausea associated with cisplatin but I have developed terrible ringing in my ears, which apparently is a common side effect which has been linked to permanent hearing damage. And the fatigue, today I took a nippy-nap on my aero-bed at my office and slept for over two hours, I swear I thought it was only 30 minutes. It is very hard to concentrate and focus but I am forcing myself to read a Anne Rice novel which I really have to bear down on and try to recheck and retrace everything I do at work. Everything is a fight just to maintain a normal me. I've continued to swim at the YMCA at 7 am which is a huge pleasure, though if the radiation therapy causes skin breakdown I will of course have to stop, so until I can't - I will.
Darling daughter is coming home late tonight after seeing her beloved boyfriend Charles off to Afghanistan. This morning we heard of the shooting at the Frankfurt, Germany airport and all I could think about was Charles on that bus as his group was making a morning connection there. We we lucky and it was not our Charles. It is good and sad to have to worry about someone else. We all love him very much and pray for his safe return to Taylor and his parents and his adoptive family here in Fredericksburg, Va. Please say your prayers for him and his men, he is gentleman and a Marine and he makes us all very proud.
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