amk -- what kind of chemo is your sis having? I'm currently going through chemo and radiation treatments, using Cisplatin as the chemo drug. I had all these fears of side effects going in as well, but I've yet to get sick or anything so far (i've had two infusions -- the second one was Tuesday)... Basically, it takes my stomach for a queasy ride for 2-3 days (whereby food doesn't look or smell at all appealing to me), then I slowly return to normal...

Glad to hear she is giving chemo a go... you both are in my thoughts and prayers... I'm 33, a little older than your sis, but can identify with fighting this "young."

I don't know all the theology behind cancer and God, but I do know that God promises to never leave us nor forsake us, and that He loves us much more than we can ever ask or imagine (even though our circumstances sometimes don't reflect that)... I've taken great comfort in that over these past months and such...

Eric

Tongue cancer (SCC), diagnosed Oct. 2003 (T2 N0 M0). Surgery to remove tumor. IMRT Radiation 30x in Dec 2003 - Jan. 2004. Recurrence lymph node - radical neck dissection June 2004. Second round of rad/chemo treatments ended Sept. 2004.