Kristen adjusts to Taxol, the drug used in the second phase of chemotherapy, which brings bizarre side effects requiring special booties and mittens to prevent permanent nerve damage in her hands and feet.
Her beachfront living arrangement is upended, and while moving is stressful, her home is replaced with an even better beachfront home through the generosity of a friend.
Being single, having cancer, and wondering if you’re going to die alone is scary. As the days go by, it becomes clear who’s really in her corner for the long haul.
Links:
Read about Taxol
https://chemocare.com/chemotherapy/drug-info/taxol.aspx
Chemo mittens and booties shopping list:
Best chemo cooler/backpack
https://amzn.to/3nXD4lT
Ice mittens
https://amzn.to/2ZQA7eu
Ice booties
https://amzn.to/3CLAOof
Ice booties refill
https://amzn.to/3H00SP5
Meet Kristen’s doctors:
Surgical oncologist Dr. Louis Rivera
https://www.scripps.org/physicians/31924-louis-rivera?tab=overview
Hematologist and Oncologist Dr. Sonia Ali
https://www.scripps.org/physicians/8669-dr-sonia-ali?tab=overview
Plastic surgeon Dr. Salvatore Pacella
https://www.drpacella.com/
Radiation oncologists Dr. Anuradha Koka and Dr. Kenneth T. Shimizu
https://www.scripps.org/physicians/4516-anuradha-koka-md?tab=overview
https://www.scripps.org/physicians/5313-kenneth-shimizu
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