Meg soldiers on

Meg continues to walk to and from the lab most days, and puts in a pretty full day there. She often comes home for a nap before dinner, and then tends to nod off while reading on the couch after dinner. Some days she has more energy, other days less - there's no obvious pattern.

The physician's assistant found no obvious reason for the fatigue: it's probably a result of the ongoing cycles of chemotherapy. There's some hope it may improve in a month or two. I recently attended a brain cancer patients/caregivers support group, where several people related experiences that confirmed the chemotherapy & fatigue connection. One patient related how she recently started slowly regaining her vigor after her year of chemotherapy ended.

Finding acceptable food continues to be a problem, as the chemotherapy-induced changes in her sense of taste render Meg acutely sensitive to sweet, salty or spicy foods. She's become an excellent monitor of the sugar that finds its way into all manner of prepared foods that you wouldn't think need sugar. I've just returned from a careful reading of a lot of food labels in the local co-op, bearing bread and crackers which I hope will be palatable to Meg. If not I will, at least, get an interesting change of diet!

Meg spent a few days at her parents' house last weekend, visiting with them and with her sister, who was also down there for a visit. They enjoyed chatting, walking on the beach and assorted family pleasures. She found the flying unstressful, which augers well for our trip back east for Nick's graduation, which will be coming up in a couple of weeks.