Taxol and request for help (ETA: OMG THANK YOU!)
On Friday, I got my second Taxol treatment. I've got 10 more to go, one a week for the next 10 weeks. As promised, this IS less arduous than the A/C treatment, but it's EVERY week and it supposedly builds, so it's all a bit...ahhhhh for me right now.
I've got people coming to stay with me 6 out of 10 weeks left. And I can't thank those people enough for volunteering to come stay with me and help me out, some of them for the second time. But here's the thing: I've got no one staying with me for the other 4 weeks, and, honestly, I'm kind of scared about how I'm going to be able to handle it?
The biggest thing, I find, is food. And everything to do with it: PLANNING it, and grocery shopping, and cooking it, and washing up, and just...everything. Add food and kids and chemo exhaustion together and I'm close to tears most nights.
So, I've found a thing. It's called Factor75, and it's a food delivery service. Completely prepared and cooked dishes, delivered every week. And I've consulted with people about asking for help, because it feels kind of...weird? But, like...if my community were geographically-based, like a church community or something, this is precisely what would get handled, right? So...asking people who might be so inclined to contribute a few dollars to helping me buy some food is kind of like asking them to make me a casserole dish I can put in the freezer? No one's obligated, no one is required, and, bonus, I don't have to worry about my allergies?
ETA: I can't begin to express how much the outpouring of support and love and, well, gift certificates means to me. I've got enough now for food for myself and my kids for all of my treatment, and I can't even begin to thank everyone enough. Thank you thank you thank you.
And the folks at Factor75 are taking amazing good care of me. I can't recommend them highly enough if you ever need them, too.
So thank you to EVERYONE. <3
I've got people coming to stay with me 6 out of 10 weeks left. And I can't thank those people enough for volunteering to come stay with me and help me out, some of them for the second time. But here's the thing: I've got no one staying with me for the other 4 weeks, and, honestly, I'm kind of scared about how I'm going to be able to handle it?
The biggest thing, I find, is food. And everything to do with it: PLANNING it, and grocery shopping, and cooking it, and washing up, and just...everything. Add food and kids and chemo exhaustion together and I'm close to tears most nights.
So, I've found a thing. It's called Factor75, and it's a food delivery service. Completely prepared and cooked dishes, delivered every week. And I've consulted with people about asking for help, because it feels kind of...weird? But, like...if my community were geographically-based, like a church community or something, this is precisely what would get handled, right? So...asking people who might be so inclined to contribute a few dollars to helping me buy some food is kind of like asking them to make me a casserole dish I can put in the freezer? No one's obligated, no one is required, and, bonus, I don't have to worry about my allergies?
ETA: I can't begin to express how much the outpouring of support and love and, well, gift certificates means to me. I've got enough now for food for myself and my kids for all of my treatment, and I can't even begin to thank everyone enough. Thank you thank you thank you.
And the folks at Factor75 are taking amazing good care of me. I can't recommend them highly enough if you ever need them, too.
So thank you to EVERYONE. <3