30 June
Day 2 of chemo. So far so good. We had a bump back to earth with the lovely oncologist, Dr Keo Mafafo, reminding us that it is stage 4 melanoma that we're dealing with. It's so hard to absorb and we seem to forget inbetween. We had omitted to mention that we would be going to Mauritius, but admitted it happily. She was pleasantly surprised to hear that I'd been snorkeling and playing tennis. My white blood cells had recovered so well that they were perfectly normal, so Mauritius every third week seems a sensible idea! No one in this family can flaw the logic.
I had an interesting email which resonated strongly with me. It's a new analogy about highs and lows in life. They're like paralled railway lines; you deal with them both simultaneously. The sheer delight of a magnificent family holiday, great university results, Ali , James and Nic teaching the Salvazione children, with competence and such kindness. This combined with the oncology centre, where there is a 28 year old man fighting lymphoma and Ben, aged 24, in Aus is preparing for a bone marrow transplant and Tim and I sit and watch this poison drip in. I certainly can't sustain the dark thoughts which do creep in, with so much wonderful stuff around.
We feel tangibly supported. Thank you.
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