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Aging early from the effects of chemo
Dear Friends:
Now that Colleen appears to be out of the woods and the radiation, chemo, and surgery are all over with, I should be grateful that Colleen is alive and healthy, and to a large extent I am.
But yesterday, I took Colleen out for lunch and he sun was shining through the window onto Colleen's face and I was really pretty shocked. Colleen looks like she aged ten to fifteen years in the last year in a half. Maybe all of this is temporary, and I hope it is, but she looks a lot older and a lot more fragile than I have ever seen her.
Mind you, I still think she is beautiful and I am still going to spend the rest of my life with her, but what happened? Maybe some of the other caregivers have noticed the same thing. If you have, I would like to hear from you.
Lee
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This happened to Colleen:
Diagnosed in September 2007
ER-/PR-/HER2 Neu+++ 2.1 cm x .9 cm spicluted tumor with three fingers, Stage 2B
Sentinal node biopsy and lymph node removal with 3/18 positive in October 2007
4 TAC infusions
lumpectomy March 2008, bad margins
Re-excision on June 3rd, 2008 with clean margins
Fitted for compression sleeve July 16, 2008
Started the first of two TCH infusions August 14, 2008
Done with chemo and now a member of the blue dot club 9/17/08
Starting radiation October 1, 2008
life is still on hold
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