December 14, 2000
Hey! I know it's been forever since I've written.
Let's see what's been up. For about all of November my
counts (white blood cells/platelets) stayed abnormally
low, so I was pretty restricted from regular activity,
like I wasn't already! I have to say this whole thing
is starting to drive me mad. I'm used to being super
busy and way stressed out (working, going out, and
always freaking about the band) and suddenly; no work,
no partying, worrying every time somebody sneezes, no
playing or touring, and a fairly enormous upcoming
thing to worry about (transplant). Oh, and like 50
odd hours a week of being by myself (while everyone's
working -Suzy Social heart attack here) roaming around
my apartment. I hope I don't sound like I'm whining,
but I figured I might as well give an accurate account
of how its been lately. I think the beginning of all
this was so fast and shocking that I just went with
the pace, "Ok, I have this shitty thing, so go ahead
with the chemo, GO!" And now the slower life taking
over properties are kicking in. I do know that this is
all temporary and soon enough we can all sigh a breath
of relief, gulp down a juicy vodka tonic and hit the
road. So I'll keep my mind on that.
I'm also trying to think of things I can do when I get
out of the hospital. The plan is go in for the bone
marrow transplant next Friday, Dec 22nd. First I get
nuked for six days and then I get the transplant
(donated from the lovely arm of my sister Sonya -
perfect match) and I'll be in the hospital recovering
for about four to five weeks. Then I go home to
recover for another four to five weeks, in which I
believe I can't really leave the house much. So, here
in comes the ideas for sanity part of the program. My
friend Tim Parker has brought over his four track
recorder for me to fiddle around with, and I'm looking
into taking Spanish lessons, possible graduate level
correspondence courses? and FILL IN THE BLANK. Any
ideas you can come up with on how one could amuse
themselves for six weeks in a 700 foot space will be
greatly appreciated!
On the fun tip, Jon and I went to Key West, Florida
(thanks to Jack Weaver FF miles) a couple weeks ago to
chill out before the transplant. It was fabulous! We
rented bikes and biked around the island every day,
laid out on the beach, and ate tons of gorgeous food.
I also was able to go out to bars at night because
it's all outside and open I didn't have to worry about
smoke or people having colds, etc. It felt great to
have a drink and shoot pool again. Key West itself
was a little on the cheesy side of the wheel, kind of
like South street on a Saturday night, but it's
beautiful and warm and you can always find away to
avoid the hoo-hah if you want to. I recommend going
off season (May through December) for a little
privacy.
Well, that's it for now. Thanks for reading this and
again for all the support. I've got an amazing group
of friends not to be taken for granted.
Rock on,
Sara
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