Here are Ed's recovery socks that I knit for him. Nice comfy wool, promised way back in the summer, and worked on in secret on the bus commutes, until the last night before he went in for his surgery, when I stayed up and finished them.
They are hugs for his feet while he's in the hospital. The multiple colors are not due to my knitting skill. The yarn is multicolored. But what is very cool is that the two socks have the same pattern of stripes. I am so impressed. :) Ed loves them.
He's needing those hugs this week. The PET scan showed that the cancer has spread to his left hip. This means that they can't beat it, just delay it. It is amazing that between Sept 15th and Oct 20th it has moved that far. We talked to the oncologist on Thursday and got to see the scan on his monitor. It's an amazing 3D image with colored organs, that can be rotated with the mouse. But spots are now glowing on the esophagus, spine, and hip. We have a treatment plan, that we call plan A - the aggressive one. Ed will have 5 weeks of radiation daily, with weeks 1 and 4 adding chemotherapy. The chemo is cisplatin by IV drip for 4 hours, then 92 hours of 5-FU drip. They will also give him steroids to keep down the swelling in the spinal tumor. After these 5 weeks, he gets 5 weeks off before re-evaluation to see how well it worked. The radiation and chemo continue working for some weeks after the treatment stops. At that time, we decide next steps.
This week, Bergen got quite a bit of earlier-than-normal snow, but tomorrow is supposed to be sunny. We will head to IKEA to get a guest bed. We are really looking forward to seeing son and daughter Neal and Deanna on Thanksgiving week! Ed will probably not be feeling too well, since that will be week 5 of treatment, and their visit will be a definite boost.
I got into the Livslyst course at the cancer association. It is about coping, and starts next Wednesday. Friends here and at work have been helping me find the support resources and showing they care. My bosses have been very understanding, too. I want to say thank you again, for your e-mails. Keep them coming!
He's needing those hugs this week. The PET scan showed that the cancer has spread to his left hip. This means that they can't beat it, just delay it. It is amazing that between Sept 15th and Oct 20th it has moved that far. We talked to the oncologist on Thursday and got to see the scan on his monitor. It's an amazing 3D image with colored organs, that can be rotated with the mouse. But spots are now glowing on the esophagus, spine, and hip. We have a treatment plan, that we call plan A - the aggressive one. Ed will have 5 weeks of radiation daily, with weeks 1 and 4 adding chemotherapy. The chemo is cisplatin by IV drip for 4 hours, then 92 hours of 5-FU drip. They will also give him steroids to keep down the swelling in the spinal tumor. After these 5 weeks, he gets 5 weeks off before re-evaluation to see how well it worked. The radiation and chemo continue working for some weeks after the treatment stops. At that time, we decide next steps.
This week, Bergen got quite a bit of earlier-than-normal snow, but tomorrow is supposed to be sunny. We will head to IKEA to get a guest bed. We are really looking forward to seeing son and daughter Neal and Deanna on Thanksgiving week! Ed will probably not be feeling too well, since that will be week 5 of treatment, and their visit will be a definite boost.
I got into the Livslyst course at the cancer association. It is about coping, and starts next Wednesday. Friends here and at work have been helping me find the support resources and showing they care. My bosses have been very understanding, too. I want to say thank you again, for your e-mails. Keep them coming!
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