It was good of so many to take time on
so busy and happy a day, to send good wishes to our niece F. at the
beginning of her cancer story. Lou, I hadn't even thought about a
chemo cap, and will certainly keep the possibility in mind. My track
record isn't very good – when I knit a chemo cap, they live just
about long enough to write the thank-you letter. But, hey! we're not
superstitious around here.
A shawl is another good idea. I knit
one for her elder sister after their mother's death, lacy, bright
red. Maybe this is the moment for that lap rug in Jared's new
collection.
Chemotherapy may not come into the
story this time. F. said in her first email that some tissue will be
taken on Monday as well as the lump (?lymph nodes?), and if the news
comes back good she will go straight on to radiotherapy. Does that
affect hair?
Shandy,
walking is a good idea, too, although it's hard to get up half an
hour earlier in these dark days. Was it just a year ago? or two? that
we met in Islington for Franklin's class at Loop? It seems forever.
(It is worth following that link to see Shandy's very
beautiful cabled throw.)
It sounds as if Lizzie had a grand
Thanksgiving with extended family. It was feared that storms would
make her journey east prolonged and tedious, but even that didn't
happen.
My brother-in-law is on the right above; the others are Extended Family I can't name.
I got some space cleared for Christmas
card writing yesterday. It's a start. My husband has taken over the
dining room table – he says it's warmer in there than in his study.
That is my usual card-writing-spot. The lack of it will be even
trickier in January when I do the income tax.
Suddenly Christmas has reached the
screaming stage.
Knitting
Not much, but forward on both fronts. I
am starting the panel of upside-down yowes, on the Rams & Yowes
blankie, and knitting the upper front of Milano/Relax3. A man is
coming today to show my husband some pictures he owns by his [=my
husband's] artist. That will be interesting for him, indeed for both
of them, but I must tidy the sitting room somewhat this morning
before his arrival, The knitting of simultaneous projects each using multiple
shades/colours of wool makes for a lot of balls of yarn.
A shawl is a very comforting thing to both give and, it seems, to receive. I am behind on my "thinking of you" shawls but I usually make a Shetland style "hap". They make good "mindless" knitting for times when concentration is just not possible - and that can be difficult when travelling on trains and visiting people in hospital etc.
ReplyDeleteIn general, radiotherapy does not make the hair fall out. It made me very, very weak, but that may have been because chemo preceded it. I'll keep your niece in my prayers. Donna
ReplyDeleteMy sisternot only did not lose her hair during radiotherapy, but really did not have side effects at all. Hoping that is all that is needed for F. and that her experience is similar.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Lizzie and Extended Family had a wonderful feast!
Beverly in NJ
Thank you for your kind comment on my cabled throw. Yes, November 2012 saw us in Loop listening to Franklin. Incredible.
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