What’s Opera, Doc?

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Ok, it was between the Monty Python and the Barber of Seville with Karen playing Elmer Fudd to my Bugs Bunny while I massage her head.

But I didn't think I could quite capture the music with:

Da da da duna. Da da da duna. Da da da duna da duna da duna da. Da da da duna da duna da duna da. Da da da duna duna duna da. Da duna da. Da duna da....

Ok, got it? All together now.

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Life of Karen

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Yesterday's random thought for any Monty Python fans.

"Chemotherapy? Good. Out the door, to the left, one chair each."

(from the crucifixion scene near the end of Monty Python's Life of Brian)

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3 out of 4

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Third out of the 4 toughest chemos are done. Not much for news.

Looking over her blood count history, we noticed Karen's white cells were at "critical" again. The printout we were handed last week marked it as "low," but was a different format than we normally received. Turns out it the overall number was identical to two weeks earlier. So we'll have to look carefully at next Monday's counts to see what her window for interaction looks like.

The doctor is not happy with her hemoglobin level, so she will get a weekly shot to help with that (Aranesp). They gave one today and she'll get one when she goes for blood counts next week, then each week until she's done. That could be causing the fatigue she feels the first weekend after chemo.

That's about it. Settling in to see how she does this time.

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Ready for Starbucks

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Karen in her new dress just before our anniversary mochas and espresso brownies. Ah, Largo, always an elegant, exotic destination. Not quite the level of sophistication one finds in St. Pete, but then, where is?

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13th Anniversary addendum

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I will say with Karen's avant-garde style and her new, black lace dress, we are ready to set some trends and turn some heads, though we might have to blow this burg to do it.

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13th Anniversary

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Of all the things I never expected to be doing on my thirteenth wedding anniversary, shaving my wife's head has to top the list.

As awkward as it is to say, she looks better clean than with the male pattern baldness she had going the past couple days. Not that she looked bad either way, but I might be biased.

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No Longer a C Student

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Went for blood counts again this morning. No criticals this week, only lows. Which means Karen isn't in the isolation ward from visitors for the week, she just has to cautious. She may even get into work later in the week if her energy is better than today.

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