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Mo, just saw your post. hope you have the answer by now. am glad you ended up having an okay time with your family and friends over the holiday.
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Peggy, didn't know anyone could stay in the hospital that long anymore. I thought everyone got kicked out after 60 days of medicare.
So glad he seems to be doing better. My Buddy always kept the nurses on their toes too. they were all so kind to him and me.
Glad you hubby is doing better.
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Ray, I know you are feeling down right now but I am still hoping that the Iressa starts to do it number on you along with the chemo. Go for whatever your body can tolerate for what is there to lose...will be praying for you.
I know how hard it is on the family so if your wife needs someone to talk to pm me and I will give you my phone number.
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Oh my, looks like I will have to pack my bag again and head "whichway".
Debi, helppppppp.
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Curtis,
Am so happy for you and Katie. I know the move will not be easy with a small child to have to worry about but I feel everything will work out good for the both of you. You have diffinately got a great head on those shoulders. Come back and lets us know how you two are doing off and on.
Ladies, just spill some Tide on your blouse and it will wash itself. No need for kleenex's. Buy stock in P & G, - - not the water company. We manufacture our own water....
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Andrea,
So glad you had a nice three day trip. sorry about your grandfather though but 96 and mostly healthy is great. If we all could only be so lucky.
My son and his family are heading for California in July and wanted me to come with them but not this year for me. would love to see it and have a guided tour guide too.
Hope your mom is feeling somewhat better..
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I am ready, what town did you say? Does I-75 go through it? If not, will have to get out the ol map or just put the car in drive and head north, - - it is north isn't it....lol....
Fay, you can come camp out at my house with Debi and me and the three of us plus Debi's little one will head for Michigan together.
I am going to go look at the map now so I am ready when the day comes. What town??????I'll pay for the tent, ya all come......bring blankets, its cold at night in a tent in Michigan.....
I will leave the whole month opened. I will leave my door opened for the half way point to rest for the journey north.
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Andrea,
So very sorry to read this post tonight. I know you are hurting real bad because of all the love you had for your mom. She is in a better place now and no more suffering from this dreaded disease.
All my Love,
Norme
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Karen, Buddy had whole head radiation and I am a true believer in it. The cancer, three mets, went away and never came back.
Phone me when you feel like talking. Hope you are on chat tomorrow nite.
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Goodbye and good luck with the research. I read in yesterday's paper that lymphoma has a 50% chance of survival. Hey, that is a good percentage. Good luck to your uncle for he has a great niece...
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Shirley,
Am so sorry for your loss. Am glad the family was there to help him cross over. He will be missed dearly but we all have a day and wouldn't it be nice to have it at 80 and healthy up to that point. He had a good life I am sure from your post.
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Thanks, it touched home.
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If it were me, i would seek a second opinion. No if and buts about it.
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Fay,
If word gets out you have a need for chest players, your neighborhood will be overflowing with volunteers I am sure so watch your step or should I say watch your chest.....lol.
Buddy had two different treatments of radiation and never did I have to redraw on him.
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Francine, what great news you first reported. That sick feeling can be a drag but maybe it will go away again and for good. Hope the spine is going to be okay and as Don said, maybe you can stay on the meds if it helps. Pain you don't need...
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I just got a PM from Peg and she wanted me to thank all of you for your prayers for her and family.
She said that Bill went into the hospital over a week ago. Since they had put a filter in one of the major veins to catch blood clots his legs have swollen to twice their normal size and he cannot walk. He also continues to have nausea and can't keep food down. They fear the cancer has gone to the lining of the brain but can'd do an MRI of the brain since they put the filter in (must wait 8 wks after the procedure to do an MRI.)
I pray he gets some peace and back on track again soon to fight this monster....
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Oh my, the tears are really coming down. It was great Don, thanks...I will copy and keep.
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I can't say enough for hospice. I knew that Buddy was failing and failing fast day by day. He was getting harder and harder to help him move from the chair to the port a potty and back. What he could do one day he could not do the next. He really didn't want to deal with the hospital bed either but I had no choice. there was just him and me and I could not keep lifting him from the reclining chair to the pot. I knew I was going to get hurt or he was going to fall. Before the hospital bed came I decided I wanted him right with me in the family room so that is where the bed was placed. Once I had the hospital bed, I could manage to change him, feed him what ever little he would take, prop him up to watch TV with me and hold onto him with all my might.
Hospice nurse and aids came in separately MWF for the two weeks before he passed. I did Sat and Sunday without much prob with him being in the bed. Had he been in a chair I could never have done it. We had great people helping us. The nurse was outstanding and the aids were terrific. I had to call twice off hours and they were here within a matter of 1/2 hr. I gave Buddy the meds for he was in a lot of pain and discomfort and I would do it the same way again to ease his suffering.
It is not easy to make all the decisions for the care of our loved ones but someone has to do it.
So sorry you are not having this experience.
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Andrea, if I could I would be there to help both you and your father through this. These are very hard times in one's life. YOu watch and you wait and all through that you hope and pray for mercy for your loved one. No one wants to be there but "we" must. We could not have it any other way. We must help our loved one cross that bridge as peacefully as possible. That is why they have relied on us all these years to be there and to help them when needed as they would have helped us.
I will pray hard for your mom, you and your father....
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Sandy, glad to see your second post for I to thought 6 months was way off base. One must constantly keep up on ck ups.
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Shelly,
Oh my dear, my heart is sad for you at this time. I to know what you are going through for I lost my mom, uncle, grandmother, father and two dear friends in a matter of 15 months back when I was 36. I lived in the funeral home every 2 months. I thought it would never end but it did and I got stronger for it. It was a very sad time of my life but I had my Buddy and our son to fall back on. My Buddy was so very strong minded when it came to things like this. I know it is only you left and that will be hard but you can make it work.
Right now your father is going through not just cancer but the loss of your mom, his partner. I surely know that feeling. It is unlike anything I have ever experienced in 67 years. To have that and cancer would be enough to drive one into depression but you know, I think he is grieving as I am plus he is dealing with the cancer. In his heart he probably would rather be with his wife now then deal with having to wait until the cancer consumes him if it does. We really don't know that answer, that is for God to decide.
We all have our day and like Becky's uncle said, some of us would like to check out the last chapter. I for one don't think it is written as yet so why go that far. You are young, going through a very hard time but you will survive for you are a survivor. You know what that word really means and you live it each and everyday. Try and find someone to go out and get some enjoyment for yourself with and then deal with the sadness as it comes along. one needs both sides to keep in the game...God Bless
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Peggy, thanks for posting about Bill. My heart goes out to Peg and her daughter for the rough time they have been having lately. I pray God will make Bill better for them.
Prayers for my dad please
in HOPE
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He is in my prayers every nite.....sometimes i put you in to when you get all nervous and flustered.....