Re: OT: Hat patterns needed and referral help too



Batik Freak wrote:

hey y'all. Well, we had the first chemo for mom yesterday. thought it would be a huge big deal, but all that happened was, we went in, sat in a chair, they plugged her in through the portacath, and we sat there 3 hours.

Yeah, I went with my mom to all her chemos. I always took along my knitting and we just talked. In retrospect all the knitting was a bad idea; I spent so much time knitting at my mother's bedside while she was dying of breast cancer that now I can't knit without thinking about it and starting to cry.

I will never regret being there for her though. Right up to the end. I miss her terribly but that gives me some comfort.

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