One In a Million
Entry 1 3:28 p.m. Jenny is lucky--to the extent anyone with stage IV pancreatic cancer can be identified as having good luck. This is month 13, soon to be month 14. The number of chemotherapy treatments she has had now are somewhere around 30. She is tolerating it. She was out all day today, again. Went to her acupuncturist, watched the service for her friend Lien who died of pancreatic cancer some days ago, picked up her Chinese herbs, was home briefly, and now is out with her friend Jeanne. Lien's illness went fast, and is much more typical of this illness. I am grateful and happy for all of the luck we have had, with regard to her longevity throughout this ordeal. I read journal articles occasionally, which is essentially several times a week. I stumbled across an article quite recently which reinforces what I mean when I say Jenny has good fortune. Here are relevant excerpts: Porto Biomed J. 2020 May-Jun;...