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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / August 2004Need help with a thank-you note!
I hope I'm not out of line posting this here. Two days ago, I received a very lovely fruit basket with a get-well card from my boyfriend's mother and sister, both of whom I barely know. Unfortunately right now I am *so damn sick* from chemo that I cannot eat a single bite of it and won't be able to in the foreseeable future. I am trying to compose a nice thank-you note *that will not sound insincere*, but I cannot get beyond "Dear L. and J., thank you so much for the lovely fruit basket and for your good wishes." Can someone give me another sentence or two, please? I desperately don't want to offend these folks. Much obliged for any suggestions! Eva Ugh, Thank you so much for the lovely fruit basket and for your good wishes. This treatment has been difficult and it helps to know that you are thinking about me. in the meantime, at least you have some nice fruit to offer visitors! On a related note, are you taking any Zofran? It is much better than Compazine if you are having bad nausea. Your nausea should be able to be controlled better than this. Chris > I hope I'm not out of line posting this here. Two days ago, I received a > very lovely fruit basket with a get-well card from my boyfriend's mother and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Much obliged for any suggestions! Eva > I hope I'm not out of line posting this here. Two days ago, I received a > very lovely fruit basket with a get-well card from my boyfriend's mother and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Much obliged for any suggestions! Eva ... I am truly touched that you are thinking of me in this difficult time. I look forward to getting to know you better in the near future. In the meantime, thank you once again, all my love Eva I am trying to compose a nice thank-you note > *that will not sound insincere*, but I cannot get beyond "Dear L. and J., > thank you so much for the lovely fruit basket and for your good wishes." > Can someone give me another sentence or two, please? Eva, I wouldn't let them know you can't eat the fruit because then they'd feel bad. Your first sentence is fine. Maybe you could add something like: "To know I'm not alone and that you're thinking of me helps more than you know." or: "Your gift lifted my spirits. Chemo isn't any fun, but it's easier, knowing there are thoughtful people like you who are thinking of me and wishing me well." Good luck with the chemo. I know what you mean about appetite. There was time during my own chemo that I could get nothing down except Ensure. Shirley K. " Thanks Shirley, Chris, and Maria for your terrific suggestions. I was so focused on my own misery and the bitter irony of the beautiful fruit I can't eat, that I couldn't see what you all saw, that it was their *kindness and caring* I should be grateful for, not the material gift. Chris, I do take Zofran, and it's quite effective in preventing actual vomiting, but doesn't seem to affect the feelings of revulsion, the alteration in my senses of smell and taste that make everything taste spoiled, or the feeling of being overly full after eating only a small amount. What's preventing me from eating right now, though, is a new siege of these mouth sores, which make chewing, swallowing, or even holding food in my mouth very painful. Basically all I can eat is stuff like yogurt, applesauce, and overcooked noodles. Hopefully they'll be gone in a few more days, like they were after the last cycle. Only one more round of A&C to go, thank God! Then it's on to the unknown horrors of Taxotere and Herceptin. Eva Glad to be helpful. What terrible symptoms you are having. I am glad Zofran is helping a little, although it certainly has helped other people a whole lot more. I have heard people mention Kytril, but never bothered to find out about it because Zofran does great by me. Maybe that would be something to look into. Hang in there! The good thing about changing chemos is that you will get a whole different set of symptoms, although I think much less nausea. Chris > I hope I'm not out of line posting this here. Two days ago, I received a > very lovely fruit basket with a get-well card from my boyfriend's mother and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Much obliged for any suggestions! Eva Perhaps you could bear to cut up the fruit and put it in a container covered with gin, vodka, brandy or some other spirit. Then you'll be able to enjoy it later. It's a dreadful waste of a kind gift and the fruit itself to dump it. I hope your nausea doesn't last long. Hugs, Mary > Perhaps you could bear to cut up the fruit and put it in a container covered > with gin, vodka, brandy or some other spirit. Then you'll be able to enjoy > it later. It's a dreadful waste of a kind gift and the fruit itself to dump > it. ------------- Oh, I won't dump it. I'm sharing it with my friends and neighbors. I won't be allowed alcohol until I'm done with chemo which will be another few months. Nice idea, though! -------------- > I hope your nausea doesn't last long. -------------- Thanks, Mary. Eva |
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