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Shelly, best of luck, I'm counting on it just being a benign cyst thing.
God Bless,
Karen
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Dave's radiation oncologist is Christopher Johnson with Massey Cancer Center, part of Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center here in Richmond. It's a pretty major cancer research/treatment center and he's pretty darn good, except he did guess wrong on the bonkitis. But he did send Dave to the ENT for a biopsy so at least he didn't assume anything, which is a good sign.
By the way, educate me, I'm too wrapped up in the world of small cell, but what does BAC mean?
Best of luck, you are a real fighter.
God Bless,
Karen
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Dean took the words right out of my mouth.
Just because your mother has lung cancer does not mean she is dying ANY TIME SOON. (hey, aren't we all dying, if you really want to look at it that way, but I prefer to remember that we're all living!)
Find out more about her staging, the location of her tumors, and what treatment her doctors have recommended for her, and come back and post that. She could have small cell lung cancer, or non small cell, or a few other more uncommon types. that makes a difference as well.
as for telling your children, they are so very young, I would just tell them that their grandmother is sick so things may not quite be the same with her for a while, or that their mommy might be a bit preoccupied or on the phone alot helping grandma, but they don't need to hear the whole story, they wouldn't understand it.
we have a daughter who is almost 3 (picture attached to the post - isn't she beautiful?) and my husband is the one with the lung cancer - she knows that daddy has a big boo boo and sometimes she can't play as much with him as she usually does, and that's enough for her to know.
come back and tell us more and let us help you. you can get through this and be a great source of strength for your mother.
God Bless,
Karen C.
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I love the photo and I love your family!
Karen C.
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Well here we go, another leg of my journey begins. I go to the Hospital this moning to start my chemo regime for my bonkitis cancer. This really sucks but I am ready. I have my laptop filled with good music to listen to amd I also have some movies I rented yesterday so the time will be filled. We are going to both take Faith to Nursery school and then Kaen will drop me off at the hospital around 8:30. The chemo is supposed to take 6 hours but I will be working on hospital time so I may get discharged by midnight, Just Kidding. Keep me in your prayers please.
David C
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Karen aznd I saw Jesus in Hazard KY!!! We were there for a ralatives wedding (Karens side) and when we got there we had to drive up a small mountain to get to the Hotel. It was a small windy road and on the way up we passed this guy wearing long flowing white robes and sandles with long black hair and a beard. We saw many interesting things while in Hazard, Like the Pampas'Trees along the stream and the his and her houses where the wedding was held. I will let Kareb elaborate if she feels so inclined.
As for the 80's I don't remember much about TV, I was in school at Va. Commonwealth University or on the road playing music going up and down the east coast, I went out on Cruise ships to play music in the late 80's. Did not watch much TV during this time.
David C
David C
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Jamie, for the life of me I can't remember either the character or actor names of the two "hunks" on the show, I do remember that Daisy is Catherine Bach. I think there is a wealth of information on this great piece of American culture on the internet. Go to www.cootersplace.com for everything Cooter related and I bet there's links to other wonderful Dukes websites.
We never did visit the Virginia Cooters Place. It is not far from a beautiful farm called Graves Mountain, which is primarily, I think, an apple orchard. Every fall they have an apple harvest festival and my folks go every year and my brother and his family go sometimes because it's not far from University of Virginia and they are rabid fans so they'll go up to a football game then swing by the farm the next day. we've gone twice, last year Dave's folks were here, we took our travel trailer and they took theirs, Graves Mountain also is a big place for horse back riding they let people camp near the stables for free (dry camp, no hookups) so we did that which was good for Dave since he had just finished PCI so he could rest in the trailer when he got tired. It is big time Good Clean Fun. Ok, I digress and ramble . . . . go to www.gravesmountain.com. ANYWAY, Cooters Place was not far from there and we meant to go last year before ole' Ben closed it down but Dave did not have enough energy for the festival and a breathtaking visit to such a cultural hot spot. but the next time we're near Gaitlinburg TN it will be on our top ten list of things to do there.
Fay: I would LOVE to at least drive by Boss Hogg Ranch. I can't tell you how much I love cheesey stuff like that! that sounds great! wonder if he has a website with a photo?
like I have time for this, geez.
this is fun.
karen
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Nuts, Ry, Nuts in the brownies!!!!!!!! jeeze.
Wish we could be there but I'm allergic to nuts.
David C
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Connie - Dave said he's going on the trip to Glacier even if I have to push him on the airplane in a wheelchair. I'll let you push that wheelchair at the Minneapolis airport from gate to the next, how about that for bonding?
His first chemo got moved up from Friday in the oncologist's office to tomorrow in the hospital. No room at the oncologist Inn, so to speak, but the hospital is better, he'll probably be in a room by himself, he'll be able to stretch out in bed and nap, he'll have a TV, and he might even be able to plug the laptop in the phone line there. How about that for a day of pampered luxury?
Karen
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Ok, ya'll - the red dodge charger on the Dukes of Hazzard was called the General Lee.
Cooter - or rather the actor that played him, Ben Jones, was a congressman from Georgia in the late 80's until Newt Gingrich beat him. Then he and his wife moved to rural Virginia, just an hour or two from D.C., and opened up a Cooters museum (no lie). They closed it recently to devote more of their time to the Cooters Place museum in Tennessee. Somehow I am thinking that a Cooters place museum in TN might get more traffic than one stuck in the middle of Virginia horse country.
Anyway, just thought I'd add my two cents worth for '80's TV trivia.
Karen
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Jane, I'm so sorry for you.
I had a cousin I was very very close to. We were the same age and for a while sorta the black sheep of the family (the only two cousins out of 16 who didn't have a college degree - then he bested me and went back to school while working and got his degree). Anyway, he and I shared depression which probably explained alot of things, like our black-sheep-ness and our struggles that made us bond - and he took his life two years ago this past Easter.
Our relationship was so much like a close brother and sister and my heart ached for months and months, but with time it got better and now I think, and write, about him with a smile.
take care,
Karen C.
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I don't blame you, I'd feel awfully violated if that happened to us. Your home is literally your sanctuary, how dare someone do that.
We have two big barking choc. labs and there's no better security system in the whole world. I will never ever again live without dogs. they can be a pain to take care of and tie you down a bit, but they're great companions and the best security ever. these two usually can hear anything that doesn't sound right outside the house, sometimes down to a footstep. it just depends on how loud they are snoring . . .
best,
Karen
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You're pretty funny, I like your style!
glad you're back!
Karen C.
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Yipee!
I thought I had learned about all I wanted to know about colons through my mom's colon cancer (we just saw her colon and rectal surgeon this morning, now what would make a person pick THAT speciality?) but this beats all - nerve damage?
So glad he's eating, hip hip hip hooray as Faith would say!
Karen
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Ellen, losing my hair was a pretty traumatic experience to tell you the truth. It signalled that YES I do have cancer. When I had hair I could just pretend I had the flu or something. Actually it was a big step fowad in my attitude because then I could really concentrate all my might on fighting. IK would look in the mirr6r and see 0y d60e sh5n5ng and say Yes have cancer and YES I am going to beat it....and keeping it shaved and looking nice instead of all stubby and brittle signalled to me that I was in controll not this d@mn disease. All things are possible through the power of positive thinking, that along with many prayers!!!!!!!
David C
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Renee, big prayers coming your way>
David C
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Nancy glad to se you are doing better. I never had your problem, in fact I gained A LOT of weight while on chemo. I have to echo everyone else who said to make sure you are drinking. I kept a quart bottle full of water with me everywhere I went and made it a point to drink at least once every 5 minutes. I visited the little boys room a lot but did not have any problems with dehydration or kidneys. You are in my prayers
David C
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Jen, I am so sorry you have had this kind of a side effect. I was on Carbo and VP=16 last yea and the only side effects I had was Fatigue which got progressively worse and loss of hair. I am starting Cisplatin and CPT-11 tomorrow and am scared of te possible hearing loss associated with this drug but would rather be alive than have perfect hearing so will go through with it. I have been wondering how you have been doing. This explains why you have not been on the board much. Let us know how you are doing, you have many people here who care about you. You are in my prayers.
David C
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Jen, I had a hot spot show up in my groin on one of my PET Scans. I had the scan shortly after I had a proceedure to retrieve my catheter from my port which had floated up into my neck. They went into a vein in my groin with a wire all the way up into my neck and "fished" and pulled the catheter back into place. I think a PET scan will pick up any area with trauma to it.
David C
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Ellen, great news indeed. Enjoy the time. I found that the side effects were cumulative but gradual. A also got my head shaved and am going to get it shaved again here probably in a week or so. Bald is beautiful and a lot less trouble. Do you have an electric shaver. My hair continued to grow out even after it fell out but I did not want it to since while on treatment it would probably not grow right. The electric shaver worked great in keeping the dome shining!!!
David C
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If this house is rockin'!!!!!!!!Sure wish we could come, sounds like a blast. We will have our own little party here an the banks of the mighty Mattapony river and toast you all.
David C
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Cheryl, glad to see you are at home!!!!!! I bet you are happy. You know, we live in VA close to the chesapeake bay, where seafood is a very regular part of our diets and the very best lobste I have ever had I had in Dallas!! Sounds like you have things planned and under way as fa as the plan of action. I hope all works out and that you get back to 100% soon. Say hi to Jack fo me. You are in my prayers.
David C
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Ha,ha,ha. Thank you all. I thought I was funny with the re-ported thing but you guys take the cake. I needed that. I was released from th hospital around 11:00 am and we went to get my pain prescription filled and had lunch at the "counter in the drug store. It is like an old timey drug store with a lunch counter. There are a bunch of old ladies working it and the regulars just get up, go behing the counter and pretty much help themselves. The drug store is great they always have my drugs no mattter how obscure. Anyway the surgeon gave me a prescription for Lortab which is the same as Hydrocodone evidently, well that stuff does not work but my surgury area was starting to hurt pretty bad after finished eating so I took a couple around noon, we were still approx. 25 minutes from home. Now I have to wait until 4:00 before I can take some Percocett which I still have a couple left. Karen and I came home and we both had a little nap, in in fact Karen is still asleep. We had to get up at 4:30 am to get me to the hospital. We had a note to our Onc. we were going to tape to the door of thier office on our way to the hospital this morning but we were running late so Karen faxed it to them while I was getting re-ported. After we got home Karen called and they are going to move my chemo up to this Wed. and I will have it in the hospital. I was scheduled to start on Friday so this is nice to get it a few days early. They also will give me more Percocetts which Karen will pick up this evening when she goes in to pick up Faith. The people who kept Faith overnight are fixing us dinner which Karen will pick up tonight as well. They are such nice people. We dropped of Faith last night and then Karen and I went out to the Outback Steakhouse for dinner. On the was home Karen called to see how Faith was doing and they Thanked us for sharing Faith with them, thaey were having so much fun with her (she is really fun....most of the time) and that she was doing great and was behaving herself. The thing that gets me, actually makes me madder than H#LL is the fact that I am not going to be able to play with Faith as much as I have been when this chemo starts, well actually starting today since my port was put in. Grrrrr!!!!!!!!! Well enough rambling. Thank you all for your support and prayers.
PS Jamie a port is a Port-a-cath which is a button with a catheter (small tube) attached to it. It gets surgically implanted in you chest with the catheter installed into an Artery (vein or artery, can't remember which) which goes down into your heart. When you get chemo or IV's or have blood drawn they can just access the port by sticking the needle into the botton under your skin on your chest instead of sticking you in your veins, which can get to the point where they are usless if they ae stuck too much. I have heard stories of not being able to find a vein in peoples arms because they have been stuck so many times. I really don't understand why some people elect not to have a port installed. I absolutely love mine (don't get any wierd ideas now) After going through last year I could not imagine getting everything through my veins in my arms. Plus when they access your port receiving chemo for hours at a time you have full use of both arms because everything is hooked up to you port in your chest.
David C
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Ha,ha,ha. Thank you all. I thought I was funny with the re-ported thing but you guys take the cake. I needed that. I was released from th hospital around 11:00 am and we went to get my pain prescription filled and had lunch at the "counter in the drug store. It is like an old timey drug store with a lunch counter. There are a bunch of old ladies working it and the regulars just get up, go behing the counter and pretty much help themselves. The drug store is great they always have my drugs no mattter how obscure. Anyway the surgeon gave me a prescription for Lortab which is the same as Hydrocodone evidently, well that stuff does not work but my surgury area was starting to hurt pretty bad after finished eating so I took a couple around noon. Now I have to wait until 4:00 before I can take some Percocett which I still have a couple left. Karen and I came home and we both had a little nap, in in fact Karen is still asleep. We had to get up at 4:30 am to get me to the hospital. We had a note to our Onc. we were going to tape to the door of thier office on our way to the hospital this morning but we were running late so Karen faxed it to them while I was getting re-ported. After we got home Karen called and they are going to move my chemo up to this Wed. and I will have it in the hospital. I was scheduled to start on Friday so this is nice to get it a few days early. They also will give me more Percocetts which Karen will pick up this evening when she goes in to pick up Faith. The people who kept Faith overnight are fixing us dinner which Karen will pick up tonight as well. They are such nice people. We dropped of Faith last night and then Karen and I went out to the Outback Steakhouse for dinner. On the was home Karen called to see how Faith was doing and they Thanked us for sharing Faith with them, thaey were having so much fun with her (she is really fun....most of the time) and that she was doing great and was behaving herself. The thing that gets me, actually makes me madder than H#LL is the fact that I am not going to be able to play with Faith as much as I have been when this chemo starts, well actually starting today since my port was put in. Grrrrr!!!!!!!!! Well enough rambling. Thank you all for your support and prayers.
PS Jamie a port is a Port-a-cath which is a button with a catheter (small tube) attached to it. It gets surgically implanted in you chest with the catheter installed into an Artery (vein or artery, can't remember which) which goes down into your heart. When you get chemo or IV's or have blood drawn they can just access the port by sticking the needle into the botton under your skin on your chest instead of sticking you in your veins, which can get to the point where they are usless if they ae stuck too much. I have heard stories of not being able to find a vein in peoples arms because they have been stuck so many times. I really don't understand why some people elect not to have a port installed. I absolutely love mine (don't get any wierd ideas now) After going through last year I could not imagine getting everything through my veins in my arms. Plus when they access your port receiving chemo for hours at a time you have full use of both arms because everything is hooked up to you port in your chest.
David C
One heckuva week...
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Wow Becky, doing #'s like that we will have to start calling you Rainman.......or Rainwoman, you know 246 matches. You will have to watch the movie to get that one. I hope all the doctors can figure out whats going on. Maybe do a freeze job on the brain. My prayers are with you.
David C