End of radiation, first week of chemo

Okay, healthwise, this week was horrible -- I had high doses of radiation on my gut up until Thursday, and then the first dose of chemo was Friday -- so my gut misery and the chemo combined into one big wretchedness.

But my family really came through. Mom, Mindy, Allison and Julia did the Relay for Life; Shelly and Lissa sent us a care package: boxes of Alaskan goodies; Mindy made me the coolest lap quilt ever -- soft, and just the right weight; Mom dispatched Collin to acquire us a new lounger, once I started spending most of my waking hours horizontal; Viv took it upon herself to make sure that my candy Fridays (cancer likes sugar -- so you're not supposed to eat it; except on chemo days, where you *want* the cancer to be active so the chemo can swat at it) were well supplied…and then Mom and Viv came by Saturday and did yeoman's work in our sadly neglected garden.

I have a good famdamly.