Hello Everyone!
Where have the days gone?! But in this case no news has been good news. Anita is doing well after her latest Rituxan treatment. She is feeling a bit groggy-headed today and has gotten really tired because of it, but she is sensibly going to take a nap and get some rest this afternoon.
Apparently yesterday she experienced some chest pain ("a sudden aching pain") when she got up in the morning. She took some aspirin which helped considerably, the pain went away, but returned around 2:00 p.m. However, it was less severe at that point and some more aspirin did the trick. Today it has diminished even more. She attibutes the pain to the Rituxan treatment and as with its other effects, this too will diminish in time.
This morning she had her weekly blood work done and afterwards she and John headed out for a drive along the Salton Sea. She really enjoyed getting out and away on an excursion. On Monday the workmen arrive to install the new French doors into the living room wall and the new dog door into the kitchen. She and John have been looking forward to this for months. It is going to be a very welcome and "enlightening" change to the house!
Anita's appetite is good and she has had no nausea. She has only two more chemo treatments and one more Rituxan treatment to go! Her next chemo-therapy session will be on Wed. Sept. 12 and the next (and hopefully last) Rituxan treatment will be on Sept. 14. So her spirits are high and she's thinking and talking REMISSION! Talking about the effects of positive thinking, well, I think Anita is Exhibit A!!! We can all certainly learn from her example!
Melissa
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So happy with all the good news. How did you like Salton Sea? I was there this summer but I think I went to the wrong shore.
Can't wait to see the improvements to your house. The French doors are really going to make a big difference.
Love, Fritzie
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