Chemo, and the start of radiation

Anna had heavy rounds of chemo on both Saturday and Sunday. Her body handled it reasonable well, but she definitely had the normal side effects. While the medicines they can give to treat nausea, etc are very helpful, the side effects are definitely still there. Being the weekend, i was able to spend quite a few hours over there on both days. We had a really nice time together. We had a few good laughs, a few sad moments, and a few conversations we really shouldn’t need to have at our age. She's definitely getting more comfortable over there, but it still doesn't yet feel as comfortable as St. Barnabas. I'm not sure if it ever will, but Hackensack is the right place for this procedure, so we'll have to make it work.
 
Today was the start of radiation. She has two sessions a day of total body irradiation from now until Thursday. Then Friday, is one more round and then the actual transplant. She was in a fair bit of pain today, more than I’ve seen in quite a while. She’s been battling the nurses a bit for the type of pain meds that she prefers. The Doctor’s prescribed her with something else, which is helpful but not as good as the other stuff. Hopefully, they’ll get that sorted out tonight or early tomorrow, as she definitely needs something stronger and quicker. The current stuff is administered as a pill, so it takes a while to work its magic, and sometimes waiting isn’t really an option.
 
TJ’s been handling things pretty well. He talks to her on the phone a few times during the day, and we try to use video Skype most nights. Unfortunately, it’ll be a little while before he’s able to see her in person again, so the video chat is the best thing for everyone.
 
Thanks everyone for the support.