Random Thoughts

As Carmela and I met with the various doctors who would be treating my cancer, we became more aware that our schedule would evolve over time. Nothing was set in stone. But our first stage of treatement was radiation therapy, and it was pretty much set in stone: 14 treatments over 3 weeks.

Just prior to the first treatment, we lucked out and rented this wonderful little 1930’s one bedroom, one bath cottage, the “Rose Cottage” in the Watts Hillandale neighborhood in Durham. We are grateful to our good friend Peggy for spreading our housing needs over the local listservs. And not only were our landlady and landlord full of life and joy, they were both nurses. They told us to call anytime we needed them, and they surely meant it. We were in good hands all around. (more…)