bertine ([personal profile] bertine) wrote2010-08-27 10:49 am
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The Good and The Bad

The Good:

Zach got a job. He will be doing some sort of lab job at the U. As my dad put it "cutting pieces of people up in a cube". Anyways, it is good because it is at the U so it is close enough for him to bike to work most of the year and when he can't he can take the bus/light rail. The U has good benefits and it doing something that he wants to do. Plus it is the first step to our master life plan. Woo!

The Bad

My dad started chemo and radiation on Wednesday. It is hard to see him like this. I know cancer fighting drugs are poison but you really don't get that until you see someone you love getting them. He is having a hard time sleeping and has no interest in eating at all. Zach is going to get him fast food (which my dad loves) for lunch and hang out with him this afternoon if he can't sleep. I am glad it is the weekend because it means he has a two day break from radiation. Though right now the chemo is much harder for him.

Other

Zach and I are trying to figure out what to do for Labor Day weekend. We need something cheap. I sort of want to go camping but Zach doesn't seem to want to. It is Zach's last weekend before he goes back to work and I hate "wasting" three day weekends. If I stay at home I'll just putter at home the whole time. So I need to have plans.

[identity profile] absenthine.livejournal.com 2010-08-27 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
One of my favorite coworkers is going through another, more aggressive round of chemo this summer. His office is right by mine. It's tough to watch him be so tired, and to lose his hair so quickly. I'm sorry your dad is going through such a tough time. I bet he's glad to have you and your brother to care for him!

[identity profile] polyranger.livejournal.com 2010-08-27 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Best wishes for your dad. Aquafore (SP?) creme is good for the skin where the radiation is entering. My mom swore by it for her patients.

Yeah for Zach getting a job! Bonus that it's something he wants to do.

I hope you figure something out for Labor Day weekend.

[identity profile] pallid-regina.livejournal.com 2010-08-27 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I love that you guys are building this life together...like that he's hanging out with your dad. Just. Yeah. Love that.

[identity profile] slyefox.livejournal.com 2010-08-27 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't realize your dad was battling the big C. :( Hopefully things turn out for the better in the end. Chemo is rough - to go through and to see.