She is at week 12 of radiation so they did an ultra sound scan to see how the cancer was.
One spot (the largest) is dying and smaller, the other two spots are the same. Her doctor and her looked at this as good news as it was NOT spreading.
So the next 3 weeks she will be on chemo alone. Since she has bad veins they are doing a "nasty make you puke horse pill" ... that was her doctor's words. She will be taking Abrarane.
THEN she will take Abrarane for 3 more weeks with daily radiation.
THEN another ultra sound scan and IF there is any cancer left they are doing surgery. This puts her through everything about the same time her granddaughter will be born in April instead of July.
This plan is replacing the 12 wks radiation, 4 wks off and 16 wks chemo and then possible surgery.
There is concern for her immunity system as her lupus along with her bipolar is starting to flare up. Her county is extremely high on covid.
SO since she is not working at all and trying to social distance and stay in her bubble.. she decided to figure out how much food "we" needed in the pantry for next year. She also decided the majority should be in by mid September instead of late Oct (or Dec this year with tomatoes and I don't have the pumpkins or dried beans dealt with yet)
Please notice the WE as she really meant ME and our pantry but she was counting in feeding her as she doubts she will be able to find enough work to pay her bills and feed herself. Her goal is to be able to at least pay her own bills by August where we budgeted supporting her until end of Dec 2021.
Here is what she came up with...
Fruit 1643 pints
Veggies 2190 pints
Grains 822 lbs.
Protein 548 lbs. ( legumes is 1/3rd of that weight)
69 gallons of milk
69 gallons of yogurt
104 lbs. of cheese
I did ask if she had a broke down account of per fruit or veggies etc.
She said no. She figured if I didn't grow it or the Amish didn't grow it, we could go without it or find a seller that supplies it.
She stayed with pints since it is two of us in this house and her in her own house. That way if she didn't need our help, it was canned in a way that worked for us.
Makes me wonder what other things she will be figuring out for me
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I feel so bad for her. Poor darling. You are such a good mom.
ReplyDeleteSomehow kids assume that Moms never get tired and can just keep going and going. Good to hear that her cancer is not growing.
ReplyDeleteOnce, I figured the same for myself and I figured someone else might eat with me, I figured for two adults. The only thing I would can in quarts would be tomatoes for making soup. I hope to get some canning done this next year. It sounds like everything is going well with her cancer treatment, thankfully.
ReplyDeleteShe only drinks a pint of tomato juice at a time and the same with pasta sauce. She does a lot of bone broth for soups... she is her mother's child. LOL
DeleteThat's a lot to go through but she seems to be meeting it head on. I'm so glad she has you to help and depend on.
ReplyDeleteSo glad the radiation is helping and shrinking one spot. Hopefully the chemo and radiation will take care of the rest. It is good news that it isn't spreading.
ReplyDeleteYou are a good mom. That is a lot of pints to can. Has the radiation/chemo affected her appetite?
radiation makes her "starve" but she has to eat the size of a saucer AKA baby snack according to her at a time. She eats often. Chemo usually kills the desire to eat so she's made soups so instead of sipping coffee or soda pop , she can sip soup.
DeleteI can't tell if you're glad or sad that she figured this out. Probably a little of both.
ReplyDeleteHer daughter flipped out on that amount of work (the one whose toes I stomped on) Told her mom they (she is willing to help) need to learn to can and take some of that load off me. Daughter came back with they can come up here (get out of the house) and can in our barn (canning stove is out there) and that keeps them out of my home and yet not spend more money on supplies. PLUS then they can do the canning part while I process stuff into the jars LOL... I am not sure that will happen as there will be an infant and also HOPEFULLY Daughter will be back to work full time
DeleteI am glad she has a good support system in you and the rest of the family. Planning for the future is a good sign she is planning on surviving!
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