Donna how is Saundra doing?

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Registered: 09-12-2003
Donna how is Saundra doing?
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Sat, 02-21-2009 - 6:13pm
I was just wondering..
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Registered: 03-14-2007
Sat, 02-21-2009 - 7:38pm

How nice of you to ask, thank you! Saundra is a remarkable woman..my kind of gal..she has good days and days when she doesn't feel very well, but she keeps forging on with little to no complaints. She has seven more chemo treatments to go still. She has lost some weight, which was a good thing, and hasn't lost too much. She has not lost her hair. She throws up sometimes and gets unexplained fevers. The docs think the fevers may be coming from the implanted portacath and we're hoping she does not have to have it removed as that would mean getting treatments through an IV, which tend to infiltrate when given these treatments. She'll do whatever is needed though. She is a RN, so she knows what's what.


The difficult thing is that the poison, for that is what chemo is, makes her skin hypersensitive to cold. She has to dress warmer and be careful with drinking cold drinks and wear gloves when taking something cold out of the fridge or freezer. Sometimes when she steps outside on a cold day, even though bundled up well, her upper lip kind of scrunches up from the cold. It makes her fingers and feet hurt too as it increases neuropathy. She doesn't let it stop her though..love that woman!


Thank you again for asking, appreciate it very much.




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Registered: 12-09-2003
Sat, 02-21-2009 - 7:42pm
Sounds as if things are as good as could be expected under the circumstances Donna ::sigh::
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Registered: 03-14-2007
Sat, 02-21-2009 - 8:20pm
Thank you Hilary and I wish your friend's son the very very bestest of the best also.
Has to be even harder on a young man. Life is hard sometimes.. ::sigh::




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