LF, yes, that food/weight rhythm thingie is part of the chemo rhythm.

A body needs the strength/weight gain to balance the weakness/weight loss, so you do not come out of chemo like an emaciated stick-figure unable to keep building toward health.

Gary G modeled this well, in his battle. Leslie D did not. I don't know if she was worried about weight gain, per se; but I recall that the only regret I ever heard from L was that she had to make up a lot of weight at one point, with massive caloric intakes. (It was like your platelet-count determinant.) They had different cancers (from each other and from you), but is it a coinkydink which one did better?

Your body got you to the doc quick (as you have posted was so important)-- and it has not gotten any less trust-worthy since.

We recorded most of last night's service BTW. Sandy L has taken on the weekly job, freeing me up to list "available resources" on the website. Also remember the service is short enough to listen to via cellphone call-in-- were you there the week Ed "attended" the service that way? How to arrange that: call during 6-7 PM rehearsal (Hardi's cell), A callback at 7 can be arranged on either a cell or the church landline.

Also-- there is a lap-companion next to the easy chair set for your use, in a fabric that matches the chair. I keep forgetting to suggest you take it home for the duration, but every time I see it, it "calls" to me (for you). It can be a pillow, a faux-pet to stroke, and maybe even a gently-warmed heating pad. Louise Brown gave the chair and stuffpet (when the church received her house), and she was probably smarter than I ever realized.

~Susan