Sharon finished up her tenth round of chemo on Saturday. Sharon has done better after ten rounds than Rocky Balboa ever did, but she has taken some blows. Like a boxing match, each round of chemo has been a little bit harder than the previous one. Sharon seemed to be at her most weary on Sunday and has bounced back some since then.Sharon had a phone consultation about her medications with Nurse Cathy at UAB this morning. Sharon will be increasing her Topamax dose and decreasing her steroid dose. We'll see how that goes between now and her next UAB appointment toward the end of the month. Sharon has already warned me that the change in her steroids will make her grouchier and more irritable. It sounds like my trips to Starbucks will change from being acts of kindness to being acts of self-preservation.
While Sharon was taking chemo, I was off in Chicago at a convention. I greatly enjoyed the chance to see some folks that I rarely get to see. For example, I laughed until it hurt at both Friday night dinner with Anthony and Saturday morning breakfast with Jim and Michele. There were a bunch of other people that I wanted to see but did not. Major major bummer there.
Like every convention, there were some shenanigans. There were no reports of any Tailhook-caliber antics, but I witnessed some 'interesting' events. These included a guy making loud R-rated statements in a bar not realizing an uptight lady professor was seated right behind him (and later going R-rated again in the lobby as the same lady walked, yep, right behind him), some mutual flirting between a waitress and a fairly famous professor (never happens to me, but I'm not 6'5" with an exotic euro-accent), and two guys sniping at each other over who is more henpecked (I know who 'wins' that contest, but I ain't saying). Then, on my ride to the Chicago airport, the cabbie thought it was important to tell me (unprompted) that black guys such as him check out a woman's rear end before they check out her face or chest.
I have given the ladies a hard time in this blog a few times, but the four stories above make me wonder if the person who first said "men are pigs" was being demeaning to smelly swine. Then again, we can always depend on the world's most famous woman to remind us that obnoxiousness readily crosses gender lines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uip7OZFGxxY
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We both owe a huge debt of gratitude to my dear friend Ivy, who drove all the way from Baton Rouge to "babysit" me while Dave was in Chicago.
Hope you had a good visit w/ Ivy. Ten down, only two to go -- much to give thanks for this Thanksgiving!
It was an honor to be asked to come visit Sharon. She treated me like a king, and I couldn't have had a better visit. Dakota and Moose were great pals too. Thank you for everything!
Ivy
Are good friends great to have!
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