Eleven Days

Today marks Karen's 11th day of her 133 day chemotherapy regimen. There's nothing magical about 11 days. But when you're fighting cancer, you find reason to celebrate just about anything. And right now, I suppose we could celebrate that Karen is 8% of the way through her chemotherapy. Eleven days closer to the end of chemo. I'm a glass-is-half-empty kind of guy, so the fact that I can see the positive in 11 days when 122 more lie ahead is quite impressive.

The first 11 days have been relatively good ones for Karen. She's had some side effects and a few more reveal themselves every day. And so far she's been able to continue to work a full schedule. Don't get me wrong, this isn't a "kinder, gentler" chemo protocol. It will get harder. She hasn't lost any hair yet, but we've just entered the "10-14 day" period when hair loss is most likely to occur. Maybe the laughs she got from the "Hair Retrospective" will carry her through those difficult several days. Or not.

Eleven days down and 122 more to go. With cancer, you take every good day you can get and enjoy it. And for now, that's exactly what we'll do.