A tough few weeks
Days without a serious fall: 70 Weeks since last chemo infusion: 12 Zelda : We’ve been dark for a few weeks now. Want to bring folks up to date? Zach : Fuck no. Zelda : OK, I’ll do it. After all, I started this rag. Zach : Damn straight. It’s all on you. Zelda : Fair enough. So here goes. It’s been a tough few weeks. Zach still has no feeling in his hands and feet, thanks to chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy: Big words that basically mean his feet and hands are numb —dead. It makes doing little things, like picking a quarter up off the counter, or opening a beer, nearly impossible. And he’s losing his fingernails—they turned purple and they're gradually lifting off his fingertips like the hood of a car. He keeps Band Aids on them until they completely let go. The new nails underneath are all ridges and rough edges. And he’s still bald! It feels like it’s taking forever for the hair on his head to grow back. He has no eyelashes and just a few stray eyebrow hairs. But last week we ...