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Dear Friends,
So many of you have called to ask me how I'm doing. Sorry, if I haven't been able to get back to you all but right through here it's not so good.
I haven't actually felt sick on the chemo which is a blessing since I hear dreadful stories from others going through this, but it has attacked my bone marrow and I'm in a lot, a lot, of pain in my legs and back. I am assured that when the chemo is over - late December - the pain will abate.
Of course I could take pain killers but I'm deathly afraid of them - the thought of having to come off painkillers eventually, seems worse to me than the actual pain.
Emotionally it's been challenging: up-and-down, up-and-down. I'm on steroids which are a mood changer and are affecting my weight - I'm so much heavier - which is depressing and taxing on the heart. Also, although everyone says I have a great shaped head, I find it hard being bald, it's such an obvious sign that I'm not well.
I'm going to Kentucky this coming weekend to conduct an auction for The Gilda's Club - clubs set up by the Gilda Radnor Trust for people with cancer. It's so strange that I was asked to do this auction long before I was diagnosed. So even if I have to crawl to Louisville, it's an appointment I will not miss. I also hope to make some contacts to do thorouhbred horse auctions at some future date.
Sorry this is such a moaning update, but it's what's going on now - I do hope my next check-in will be more upbeat.
Thank you all so much for your notes, your calls, your flowers, your concern, especially from those of you abroad, it means so much to get your calls.
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With Love,
Lorna |
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11/11/2007
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Lorna Kelly
"Write that book for the Glory of God
and the Good of people"
- Mother Teresa
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