Meg continues to slowly improve

Meg's endurance and appetite continue to slowly improve. At her most tired, she'd be snoozing on the couch immediately after dinner. These days she lasts till 10 PM or so, before she nods off, then goes upstairs to bed to read for 30 minutes or so. We've also managed to watch whole TV shows (typically "Foyle's War" from the library) at one sitting: previously used to involve a lot of dozing and rewinding!

She's also commented several times that her appetite is returning to normal: she actually feels hungry, and does not find all foods to be unpleasantly sweet or strongly flavored, as she used to. I've even managed to get a few triangles of Toblerone into her after dinner!

Another sign of improving health is the appearance of new hair on top of her head: after radiation and chemotherapy lots of it fell out, leaving her with a  very bald top and right side to her head (that on the left thinned greatly but never all fell out). The photo tries to capture the view from the top: the new hair is smooth and soft and Meg's had to endure my repeated stroking of it (note from Meg- now I know how a cat feels).

What we don't know is whether these improvements will persist, or whether they will be reversed by the next round of chemotherapy (it's 5 days on, 23 days off, and starts again on Wednesday). At the patient support group I'd asked about this and got conflicting answers: one patient reported such cyclic changes in vigor, another noted that each month was different!

We'll be going back east, for Nick's graduation and a visit to Washington DC, immediately after the chemotherapy cycle starts - please keep your fingers crossed on our behalf.

We had a pleasant weekend in Seattle, enjoying the sunshine while Andrew had his (pre-graduation) haircut, and Meg searched for books for the trip. On Sunday we enjoyed a performance by the clarinet choir that she's been a part of since its inception: Meg greatly enjoyed visiting with all the choir members after the performance.