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Tomorrow's the first day of a new chemo regimen, one I don't entirely understand, but it involves something called 5-FU. We have all made the inevitable goofy jokes about giving his tumor five F.U.'s, because the side effects are daunting enough, anything that lightens even a moment of the anticipation is welcome. Then, there's the anxiety about whether the drugs will beat back the cancer. And, because we humans are such complicated creatures, there's bonus fear of the fear itself. Zach's sent out the prayer request, and here's my humble blog post to help amplify the signal.

My brother-in-law's current predicament does work wonders for my sense of perspective. I picked up a bit of a germ, possibly at Lunacon, and have been notably inconvenienced by it since Saturday. It got bad enough that I actually asked for help (Thank you, [livejournal.com profile] sabrinamari!). Tonight, I complained about how long the bug was taking to clear up, but hey, nothing I'm going through is dire enough that anyone would consider dosing me with toxic levels of platinum about it.

Date: 2010-03-25 09:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] showingup.livejournal.com
Day 5 of me and T being made away with colds and having fluctuating temperatures; we both felt better yesterday, and woke up an hour ago feeling gross. It's now all firmly in perspective.

We send Zach love, reiki, and juju. He has made so much progress. He is clearly someone who knows what to do with all 3 of those items.

If anyone can come up with a 5-FU song, I will happily sing it.

Date: 2010-03-25 12:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jeneralist.livejournal.com
Hugs to you all!

5-FU! 5-FU! Eff-up the cancer, that's what we do!

Date: 2010-03-25 02:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] showingup.livejournal.com
I love you!

I'll bring the pom-poms

Date: 2010-03-25 06:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kistha.livejournal.com
Ditto that. Awesome.
Edited Date: 2010-03-25 06:03 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-03-25 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kistha.livejournal.com
Sending the good juju. Go Zack!

My wish for Zach's cancer

Date: 2010-03-25 11:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jasminewind.livejournal.com
F-U!
eff-yu!!
ef-ewe!!!
FF-yew!!!!
F*&^-YOU!!!!!

Date: 2010-03-26 02:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jmward14.livejournal.com
Sending good thoughts, wishes and juju to Zach--and to everyone in his family. You are all in this together. Healing hugs,
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