The phone rang and a distinguished, authoritative voice on the other end quipped; "This is Hunziker and Delano Catering Service, and we are planning a dinner delivery to the Peck household". Shawn and Sue had decided to bring us a huge bag of prepared foods from the Saratoga County Vocational Culinary Program. This motherlode included mac & cheese, split pea soup, antipasta salad, clam chowder, stuffed mushrooms, chili, date nut bread, cookies, and brownies. Delicious! People always seem to know when a meal and a hug are needed.
Ed is still trying to cope with the nueropathy in his feet with vitamin/mineral supplements, cocoa butter, and capsaicin lotion. A Brookstone catalog arrived today with an intriguing high tech foot massager. Ordered! Very slowly Ed can see slight improvement in his feet. His current treatment includes his medications, and bloodwork once a week. We will know at the 100 day mark (end of December) whether or not he will have another stem cell transplant. Although it is a 50/50 chance that Ed will have to go through this again, studies have shown that a second treatment is more effective to avoid a multiple myeloma relapse. A second transplant will be less intense than the first one because the rest of Ed's stem cells are safely frozen at "New York Blood Center" located in NYC. As long as there isn't a power outage in NYC, Ed will be fine!
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