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Diary #752

Posted in Diary, tagged , , , on November 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The old cliche says, “When it rains, it pours”, and sometimes that’s literal.  Bad teeth are worsened by chemotherapy, with possible dangerous results, so they need to come out beforehand; Grace will get dentures afterward, but for now she has none at all, so I’m making only soups, mashed potatoes, small pasta, scrambled eggs, chili, and other things she can eat without chewing.  The last eight came out Tuesday, but about six that evening, in the middle of drying my clothes, we lost power due to something called a “bomb cyclone“; the generator kicked in, but it isn’t quite big enough to run the dryer in addition to everything else.  So that meant I couldn’t restart it until 3 AM, when the power was restored; I understand some parts of Seattle were out for much longer than that!  Anyhow, I just never caught up after that; I was a day behind on all my chores until Friday, when we again lost power just as we were about to head out for an appointment with Grace’s oncologist (fortunately it was restored that time before we got home).  We now have a tentative date for the start of her treatments: Monday December 9th.  Tomorrow she goes to Olympia for a CAT scan, which is used to make a mask to protect all the tissues of her head from radiation during the treatment; only intermittent rain and no “bomb cyclones” are predicted, so at least that’s something.  And Grace and I are very, very grateful for all the support and well-wishes after last week’s diary column; I’ll keep y’all posted on any important developments as they happen.  I just hope the weather mostly behaves itself during the period when we have to drive to town five days a week.   

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