I'm of the philosophy that the Wives Know best! Leaving the cuttings from grass on the lawn, helps to continually reseed the lawn, keep it healthy (unless you've grown your blades of grass so tall, then it's just a real mess when mowing).
Donna, my DD's teacher told me he had Hodgkins lymphoma (or non) can't remember which, when he was younger, and had since married and had a family. I wasn't aware it was a cancer that can't really be gotten rid of. I pray your DH never has a recurrence of it. Yes Chemo is a Nasty Nasty, but unfortunately much needed therapy. My daughter had a name for one of the Nasty kind she had. It's real name was Vincristine, but DD nicknamed it "Mean Christine". It was a drug that made every joint in her body HURT LIKE HECK for several days after getting that through her port. One drug, call PEG, short for Peg-asparaganase, (we called it Asparagus, LOL), she became severely Allergic to. But the first reaction didn't occur till 7 days after she had those injections, so the doctors had no clue what she was reacting to. The next time she got it, she reacted 5 hours after it was injected. This was a drug that MANY people are allergic to, so they monitor you for 1/2 and hour after getting it. My daughter, unlike other people, always reacted to everything DIFFERENTLY than the normal person's body would. The reaction she experienced was swelling lips the first time. We gave her Benadryl and took her to the hospital. They monitored her for a few hours. The benadryl had worked because by the time we got there, the swelling was gone. The next time was funny (in retrospect) because that was the night we had a friend over to shave DD's head. DD had had a treatment day earlier that day. Her hair was really falling out in clumps, and her hair was long. So she decided it best to get the rest all cut off, as she hated waking in the mornings to find clumps of hair left on her pillow. So the friend came over, and shaved her head. DD later went to see her self in the bathroom mirror then yelled for me to come to her. When I got there, it looked like she was crying. I thought she was crying for the loss of her hair. Then she said "NO, I'm Laughing because it LOOKS like I"m Crying, but I'm not!" Thats when I noticed her whole face was really red, her eyes were swelling, her lips were now really swollen and I recognized she was having an allergic reaction. I rushed downstairs to call the Oncologist On Call, and as I was talking to her, DD came down the stairs and said her Tongue felt funny. OH MY GOSH, NOW I was SCARED
We were told to NOT go to the Children's Hospital but to get some Benadryl into her ASAP and rush her to the Adult Hospital which was closer. All turned out well, Benadryl worked.
But now the doctors were wondering what in heck she was allergic to. I kept telling them it was the PEG. But they kept saying she would react within the hour of getting it if that were the case. I told them that they should know by now DD doesn't react normally, lol. So they decided as a precaution, that they would admit her overnight for the next injection of that stuff. Good thing they did too! 4 hours after getting the injections, she began with red dots appearing on her arms. She started coughing and vomiting (which is normal after chemo of any kind). She then started to complain that "it hurts" as she pounded her chest. Both the nurse and I thought it was heart burn from the vomiting, so Nurse went to get her some Antacid tablets. When she came back, DD was really complaining that it hurts then she shouted, "IT"S HARD TO BREATHE". WELL, say that in a hospital and see howm many Nurses and doctors come flying into the room! THey quickly stuck that do-hickey thing on her finger, that reads oxygen levels. Her level was WAY DOWN LOW. I knew then she was in trouble, the nurses knew it, so I backed away against the wall and let them do what they do best, save a life! They had epipens and bendadryl for the IV and Oxygen mask and wow, it was a BLUR of MOTION. I think I just Froze, it was like I was watching a movie, and there was nothing I COULD do but watch. THis time the reaction had skipped the swelling lips and tongue and had gone straight to her lungs, seazing them up!
They worked on her and the medicines counter acted the reaction and then she broke out in Hives from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet! WHAT a night that turned into. She was in SO much discomfort (that dosen't even describe it) that night from the hives. She had them EVERYWHERE, even on her eyelids and inside her eyelid and Everywhere else that skin exists on the body. THe next day, the Chief of Oncology came in and shook her head. Yes, DD Reacts the Opposite that normal people do. (TOLD YA SO!)
So big decision to make. Obviously this drug now will cause an anaphalactic reaction in her, so she can't have it. But it was deemed to be such an important part of her protocol. The team at CHEO once every so many months meets with similar teams from all across Canada and the U.S. DD's case was brought up there. There was another form of this drug, that they might try but it's only available in the U.S. but would arrange to get it for her if deemed necessary. In the end the whole Combined teams decided that her reaction was so bad, it woudn't matter What form she was given the drug in, her body would reject it, and thus it's not going to do her any good, and the risk to her life was also too great. So they pulled it completely from her protocol.
I look back on that night and I think, thank GOD they made the plan to admit her for monitoring that time, because if they hadn't, I would have sat at home thinking for too long that it was heartburn, and probably wouldn't have even thought to call an ambulance till it was too late. I honestly don't think she would be here today, if they had NOT admitted her that night!
Sorry for the long story, sometimes I get carried away with the memories. I can somewhat laugh at the incident now. I regret not having my camera with me that evening (I ALWAYS had my camera with me throughout her treatment), but not that night. I Wish I had a photo of her lying in that bed with the hives. I've never seen anything like it, and probably never will again. To show her what she looked like, how bad it was, she was curious as to what I saw, and words don't realy do it.
A friend was just over to visit, and DD came home early from school. She walked in the door, and wow, I don't know if it was the way she has her hair today, or her makeup, or her the clothes she had on, but just looking at her I thought WOW, she really IS Beautiful. Then I said to my friend "you know, I just don't get it. I'm not that gorgeous and heck neither is DH, so HOW did we get such a Beautiful Daughter?"
Yes she can drive us nuts some times, but When she's grown and gone off on her own, I'm really going to miss those driving me nuts moments!
I'm sure if my future son-in-law is reading this he will all too readily agree.
Hello, everyone!!
Looks like it might rain here some today. But that's ok we can always use the rain. 
Yep, you got it we got exactly ZERO rainfall yesterday. And, you know the weatherman personally promised me we would get some rain. Hhhhmmmmmmmmmm...............me thinks weatherman didn't keep his promise. Oh well........whatcha goin' to do!!!! 
Hope all my fellow Dad/Husband cruisers got their DW's something special for Mother's Day. I even got something for my 4 year old grandson to give his Mom for Mother's Day.
I wouldn't want to upset you so close to Mother's Day
... She is actually in the process of trying to glue me together, we will see how far that goes. 
