A tough week

March 16, 2009 eileen 5

Since Chuck’s cancer diagnosis, we have both traveled though a world of emotions: fear, uncertainty, anger, doubt, fear, uncertainty. Early in the process, soon after he was diagnosed (lo these many months ago, back in Nov 2008), we were told by more than one person […]

The road goes ever on and on

March 9, 2009 eileen 0

Today marked Chuck’s fifth chemo treatment. It was also the day we got the results of the PET scan he had last week to measure the effectiveness of the chemo on his lymphoma. It wasn’t the slam dunk we had hoped for, but it wasn’t […]

The cost of chemo

February 24, 2009 eileen 5

Literally: $23,000 per treatment on average before insurance. Okay, I’m exaggerating. $17,000 of that is for the immunotherapy drug, Rituximab (which was denied by our insurance as not necessary at first; thank you to the City of Hope for fighting that fight for us!). But […]

The Little Prince

February 16, 2009 eileen 1

Chuck had his fourth chemo treatment today. Phew! It’s hard to believe that nine weeks ago we had just started this journey. It seems like years have passed since then. He’s held up really well, and this time was no different. His blood count was […]

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