From bob shalowitz

Hello to all of our friends and relatives. Marti had some minor surgery yesterday and a port was inserted by Dr. Kew, cardivascualar surgeon. She was starting to run out of good veins and Dr. Mehotra advised getting a port at this time. Sara and Anna are here for a couple of days and this was very helpful. Marti slept like a log from after supper until today. Having Sara and Anna here really cheers her (and me) up.
Sara has become quite an accomplished cook, by the way. By the time Nick gets back from AFganistan, he will be eating gourmet meals three times a day!
More soon
thanks to all
Bob S.

Mom's new look! Makeup all done and doo-rag on :-)

She started chemo again yesterday and said she's hanging in there. She has Zofran to help with the nausea and is resting a lot to combat the fatigue. My Aunt Kathleen is there now and I will be going up there next Monday night for the week. Thanks everyone for your support!

from Bob S.

Marti saw Dr. Mehotra (medical oncologist) yesterday. He thinks she is doing better and he is going to restart her chemo this monday. She is switching to mondays so that hopefully she can feel better by each weekend. The skin burns are 95% healed and the shingles are resolving very nicely. She is still weak and gets tired easily. She can sometimes use a cane around the house but most of the time uses a walker. Short term memory is a problem and can be somewhat frustrating. She has a appointment with Dr. Pollack on 3/22 for evaluation of how successful the radiation treatment has been. We can see that the chest mass is essentially gone, but for the right shoulder and base of the spine, she may need an MRI or CAT scan.
Barbara is leaving today and Kathleen is coming. We really appreciate the amount of time and effort that Barbara has put in to help us.
Thanks to everyone for the moral support.
Bob S.

From Bob S.

Marti is doing fairly well. The skin burns and the shingles are both healing nicely. Her hair was fairly tattered so she had it all buzzed off and it feels and looks much better. She actually has a very nice skull! She got a beautiful wig on monday and has 2 others that Marsha loaned her. She also got some nice scarves and a really cool bandana that is like a pirate hat. She is doing more walking to get her legs stronger and Barbara is trying to get her out of the house every day to do something other than just watch TV.
Thanks to all our friends and relatives.
Love
Bob S.