NovUpdates

Updates from November, 2004

Sunday, November 7, 2004

Maria's side effects have become excruciating as she enters her LAST full week of treatments. When the doctors told her that they were going to "beat you up pretty badly" with the radiation/chemo treatment regiment, they were not exaggerating. Although this past week has been an horrific ordeal, Maria is drawing on her phenomenal reserve of inner strength and resolve and is focused on her LAST day of treatments: Monday, November 15th. She has nearly reached the other side of the mountain and, no matter what the coming week may hold, she knows that she can endure it with the confidence that this most difficult leg of her journey to recovery is nearly complete!

Monday, November 15, 2004

Maria completed her LAST of 28 radiation treatments today and also had her chemo unit -- to which she had been permanently attached for the past five+ weeks -- removed. Although today was a momentous milestone, a HUGE accomplishment, and a true testament to Maria's extraordinary strength and resolve, Maria is still suffering the cumulative effect of the last five+ weeks of radiation and chemo. She knows, however, that these excruciating side effects will begin to slowly subside...a little more each day...in the coming weeks and that she will be able to look forward to the holidays with the knowledge that this difficult portion of her journey is behind her!

Sunday, November 21, 2004

Maria returned HOME to Union, KY today! Maria's recovery really "turned the corner" over the weekend as the residual effects of her five + weeks of treatment FINALLY began to ease somewhat. Although she continues to suffer the effects of the treatments that ravaged her system, the side effects are slowly becoming less debilitating. With her pre-surgery treaments successfuly completed, and her three kids home from college this week for Thanksgiving break, Maria and Wayne agreed that the best medicine in the world would be to make the trek from Belleville to Kentucky so she could take advantage of the opportunity to spend a full week recuperating in the company of Wayne, Christopher, Lindsie, Lauren and Charlie, whom she has missed terribly (and vice versa!) Maria's primary motivation through her entire treatment regiment -- what kept her going when she didn't think she could take any more -- was the goal of going home to celebrate Thanksgiving.....a home she had not seen in over two months! Congratulations, Maria, you accomplished your goal like we all knew you could!



		Updates from November, 2004

	Sunday, November 7, 2004 Maria's side effects have become excruciating as she enters her LAST full week of treatments. When the doctors told her that they were going to "beat you up pretty badly" with the radiation/chemo treatment regiment, they were not exaggerating. Although this past week has been an horrific ordeal, Maria is drawing on her phenomenal reserve of inner strength and resolve and is focused on her LAST day of treatments: Monday, November 15th. She has nearly reached the other side of the mountain and, no matter what the coming week may hold, she knows that she can endure it with the confidence that this most difficult leg of her journey to recovery is nearly complete! Monday, November 15, 2004 Maria completed her LAST of 28 radiation treatments today and also had her chemo unit -- to which she had been permanently attached for the past five+ weeks -- removed. Although today was a momentous milestone, a HUGE accomplishment, and a true testament to Maria's extraordinary strength and resolve, Maria is still suffering the cumulative effect of the last five+ weeks of radiation and chemo. She knows, however, that these excruciating side effects will begin to slowly subside...a little more each day...in the coming weeks and that she will be able to look forward to the holidays with the knowledge that this difficult portion of her journey is behind her! Sunday, November 21, 2004 Maria returned HOME to Union, KY today! Maria's recovery really "turned the corner" over the weekend as the residual effects of her five + weeks of treatment FINALLY began to ease somewhat. Although she continues to suffer the effects of the treatments that ravaged her system, the side effects are slowly becoming less debilitating. With her pre-surgery treaments successfuly completed, and her three kids home from college this week for Thanksgiving break, Maria and Wayne agreed that the best medicine in the world would be to make the trek from Belleville to Kentucky so she could take advantage of the opportunity to spend a full week recuperating in the company of Wayne, Christopher, Lindsie, Lauren and Charlie, whom she has missed terribly (and vice versa!) Maria's primary motivation through her entire treatment regiment -- what kept her going when she didn't think she could take any more -- was the goal of going home to celebrate Thanksgiving.....a home she had not seen in over two months! Congratulations, Maria, you accomplished your goal like we all knew you could!