Kathie started having a little reaction from the chemo in her hands on Thursday. The tips of her fingers look burned and she has a little bit of peeling skin. Oh the joys of chemo. Luckily, in the stages of this side effect, she's only on stage 1... stage 3 is the whole hand (or whole foot... or both), and a purple red - we're trying to prevent that. While Lauren was in Chicago yesterday she bought Kathie some moisture cotton gloves and socks to wear at night (one of the recommendations in the literature about this side effect).
If it doesn't go down by next week, the doctor will discuss changing the dosage of the chemo. Hopefully, it will clear up.
On the plus side, she was feeling up to a game of bridge... the first time Bob and Kathie have made an appearance to couples bridge in four months.
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