Victoria Kennedy's e-mail to family and friends
Dear all,
At the end of this week, Teddy will be half way through the radiation and daily chemo phase of his treatment, and I thought it was time to mark that upcoming milestone with an update.
 Victoria Kennedy |
The news is really all positive and encouraging. My incredibly strong and resilient husband is handling the treatment very well. The only side effect is fatigue, and that word has never been in Teddy's vocabulary before. But he's learning to cope with it. As I have mentioned to many of you, he is tackling cancer with his trademark grit and determination, and he is doing everything he needs to do to regain his strength and health.
He exercises every morning before we make our trek to Boston, and sails almost every afternoon when we get back to the Cape. I have drawn the line at sailing in thunderstorms, but other than that, he's out on the water just about every day. He's making calls, staying in touch with his office staff and colleagues and still pushing all the issues he cares about.
For those of you who don't read the Boston Globe every day, here's a link to the lead story on the front page of today's paper. Don't you love it?
And tomorrow, July 3, is a special day for us -- our 16th anniversary. Because we need to be traveling to Boston, we won't be making our usual sail up to the Cape from Sag Harbor (with stops in our favorites places). We'll save that for next year. This year, we'll be very happy to have our anniversary sail in Nantucket Sound off Hyannis Port, and our children and grandchildren will be with us during the Fourth of July holiday.
I thank you all for your many cards, letters, emails and calls of care and concern. We are blessed to have you in our lives. As Teddy says, this disease is a bear. But hey, my guy's a lion. I'm betting on the lion.
Love, Vicki
