Round 2

Well, its been a good few weeks. Mom has been feeling pretty well, it being more than 6 weeks since her last treatment. She is still fatigued, but being back in Connecticut seems to be good. She actually gets more exercise there because she has to go up and down the stairs in the condo.

Yesterday I picked her, and Mort and Beck, up and we droive forever to North Adams, MA for a shiva call. Mom's best friend in Florida, Norma Freedman, died last week after fighting cancer and heart problems for 9 years. Mom wants to know where she can go to sign up for another 9 years. Norma was a wonderful and sweet woman and we will all miss her. Her widower, Mort, is moving to an assisted living facility near White Plains, where his son lives. It was hard to see him leaving the house he shared with Norma for more than 30 years to start anew, in a new place with no old friends around.

Mom just got back from the Doctor where they walked her through the nbext round of Chemo, which starts Monday. In Florida she was on Taxol and now it will be a sister drug, Taxofere. With pills before and after the treatments, and shots a few days after. Treatments will be every 3 weeks.

Last week she asked the Doctor about taking vitamins and other natural stuff. He told her not to take anything as they don't know if it interferes with the chemo.

I am not pleased with that answer and will call him to discuss. Had he said that sturdies have shown interference, or had he said in his experience... then I would be mnroe satisfied. But I have no patience for those who say "no" out of ingorance or because they just don't have enough infomration. It is his job to study the information and give and educated opinion, and that is what i will ask him to do.

Anyway, that's it for now. My kids and I and 25 tohers including the whole family will be at Phil's house for the first seder. For those of you who are Jewish, may you ahve a meanigful Pesach and we'll see you again in the desert.

Joshua