The Good, The Bad and The Weird

I had such high hopes for 2010...

Let's start with the Good: I am doing very well on my treatment, my oncologist gave me a 5 week vacation from chemo! I don't see him until the end of February. My blood counts have been low and I've been feeling well enough, he thought it would be a good pausing point. His thoughts were that he wants to stretch out this treatment as long as possible. And he also wants to see how my counts react with some time off from the chemo.

He was surprised that my hair was growing back. He even asked me, "Why is your hair growing back?" I looked at him, "I don't know, why are you asking me, you're the doctor!" So I guess it's abnormal for hair to grow back while still on chemo. Maybe I've developed a super-strain of hair that is resistant to chemo? I don't know! I am not complaining by any means.

Now for the Bad: Thom found out that he will be losing his job on March 12, and so will the 340 other employees at Charles River Labs. They decided to shut down his site because they were an non-profitable business model.

When I found out, I freaked out. This means that we will both be out of jobs. I don't know how we will make it. My biggest fear is insurance. We have a very good insurance policy right now, and I'm afraid that if we have to switch to another insurance, the coverage won't be as good. Chemo is EXPENSIVE, and if it was not for the insurance, I'd be a dead woman walking because there is no way we could afford it otherwise. We will find out what his severance package will include by the end of this month.

Thom has a lot of friends in similar companies, so he has a good chance of finding a job. No one has called yet, which makes me nervous. I hope he finds a job soon. His company offered some people jobs in their other sites, like Maryland, Reno and Chicago. Thom is one of those people, but we don't have much information, nor an official offer. So we'll see.

As far as the Weird is concerned: All I can say right now is that the FBI showed up at my door a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully, I'll be able to write more on this later.

So our lives are a little upside down at the moment. Not sure what direction we are headed in. I will keep you updated.

Much love!