Round One is Done

Today I had my last Remicade treatment. Six weeks and three infusions. They give it intravenously so I had to go to the hospital for each of the three infusions. After the next doctor's visit, we will have to see how long I will have to be on this. Probably for some time. So I will get a couple of months off, and then have to start it again. I feel fine, though after the first infusion I was really wiped out.

My baby is really being supportive and loving. I just wish we could be together, especially now that it is summer. I love her so much.

Being Indian can be tough when you grow up in the US. Here the parents consider their children as friends, in India you are supposed to respect your parents and ancestors. You would never view them as equals. I remember seeing Indians actually stand up to show respect when their father walked into the room. People would ask what is your father. Not what he does, but what he is. It all goes back to that caste system, where you have earned you are over many lifetimes of reincarnations. So Indian children don't have close relationships with their fathers. With the mothers, although respect is still there, they have close relationships. So my dad and I barely talk. He just wants the essentials, like how studies are and what I am going to do with my life. Even though my parents have been in the US for 30 years, they are still conservative. Some Indian parents do become a bit more liberal--but not my parents...