Donna in Hollywoodland

Laundry Lady

After volunteering this afternoon, I was coming in from the underground parking to the elevator.
One of my neighbors was doing her laundry. You know, this is one of the few times I see someone in my building.
Its either when you are out emptying the trash or doing laundry that you run into someone who is your neighbor.

She and I had talked previously about my medical problems. So she knew I had been operated on for a cancerous tumor in my breast.

So she asked how I was doing, and had I stated any of the cancer treatments yet?

I told her "I don't think I will be doing chemotherapy. I only have one kidney, and I think it will be to hard on my body."

She said "Oh, I am so glad to hear that."
She then told me about her best friend, who had breast cancer. When she went in for her first chemo treatment, she almost died. She had one of those "reactions" and her lungs shut down. They had to stop her first chemo treatment and rush her to emergency in an ambulance.
When the oncologist insisted she still come back for more treatments, her family doctor called him up and told him off.

My neighbor said she didn't want to tell me this story before because I was still making my decisions.
Now that I had decided, she felt it was okay to tell me.

Well, I guess that confirms my feelings on the entire subject.