Day 89-91
Super Bowl weekend. I guess this weekend was exciting. My sister came over to spend time with us. The Super Bowl was on and was semi-entertaining. I just didn’t find the enjoyment this weekend as good as before. I’m not complaining about me current situation, but I guess it is harder to show 100% excitement during this time of our lives. Jackie is doing great right now. This week she is going to have chemo#5, which means she has complete 2 cycles already, halfway done!
We have been talking about children this weekend. Both of us agreed that we wanted children in the future. Jackie and I knew that we didn’t want to have them right away and now I understand why this decision was made so peacefully. If Jackie were to have gotten pregnant right away then she would have had to postpone treatment. I have heard testimonies about people with Hodgkin are who were also pregnant at the time. They had to postpone treatment to ensure the child did not receive side effects from infusions. The big concern we have now is once Jackie is done with treatment how long do we wait to have children. The prognosis for Hodgkin’s is high but one is not entirely announced “cured” until 5 years afterwards. During those five years there is more chance of relapsing. So how long do we wait until trying? Jackie wants to be sure her body rids all the toxins before trying. She also does not want to wait too long before trying. There are no statistics on what percentage are chances of relapse. It is all such a risk. This is like a long term chess game. Each day is planned carefully and each move has to have its risks and benefits carefully calculated.