Sunday 27 October 2013

Day 47 (Sunday 27th October): The countdown chain

Nick left at noon today for a week in lovely Cedar Rapids, Iowa for management meetings. Best to get that travel in now, we agreed.  He travels frequently enough that it was somewhat routine, but I did have a distraction plan to keep the kids occupied.

We took out construction paper, scissors, a pen a tape and began making our "countdown chain" to the end of my treatment. We dated and colour-coded the days (yellow, blue and green for the next 4 weeks, black for the weeks of chemo, red for radiotherapy, etc.) and got to work. After a few tries, we worked out the production line of me cutting and writing, Alex making the rings and Remie cutting the tape. We discussed what's likely to happen based on the treatment, timing and colours (how I might be feeling). The chain snakes across of 6-sweater dining table 6 times. I suspect it will wrap around the kitchen and dining room. Hopefully it will help make us all feel that there is an end to it.

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