Elaine
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Thank you for posting this, Cat.
I know many of you on the board do not have HMOs, but I urge you to sign this petition on behalf of those of us who do. Actually, I am begging you to do so or to think about it, seriouly.
Many of us don't have a choice because if we work for smaller employers, HMO is the only choice we are given at work. They need to be held accountable, everyone needs to be held accountable!
Horror stories abound. Pls consider this for the members of our 1200 plus family.
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Ry
Good to know you are putting what few fines you collect to use.
I hear you get to keep a percentage!Now if Bruce would only pay his fines, you and the family could have gone to Dollywod this weekend. Heck you could have stayed a whole week!
Seriously, enjoy!
elaine
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Curtis
It does sound like she is coping well. I am glad you are talking about Becky with her and those things.
It reminds me of a story. My son's best friend at age 3/4 lost his mom to breast cancer a month or so before mother's day. The little boy was at our house playing. They went out and picked me some flowers and brought them in to me.
A few minutes later, I saw them digging in the flower bed. I asked them what they were doing and they said they were burying Danny's mom's flowers for her cos she was in the ground.
I am sure you miss Becky a lot today. Have a great time with Katie, for Becky.
elaine
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John Edward
in HOPE
Becky and Cat;
I have a really eerie palm reader story. She predicted this years ago, though it is only now that I can "see" what she was saying. She said I would undergo a drastic life change at about age 50. When I questioned her about it, she had a strange look, a look I can remember to this day and have remembered many times. I asked if it was a good life change and she said it was. Because I was a bit uneasy about the "look." I then asked her if I would have a long life, and she said "Yes, very long." But again her look was not the look I would say of joy. Maybe she meant eternal life?
Anyway, a year later, she told my friend to stay at her husband's side every minute for the next several months because he was going to be in an accident and she didnt "see" my friend as losing her life, only the husband.
About a month later, the two of them were driving to KMart to get diapers for their newborn grandchild (they were very young grandparents). On a city street, mind you. They were hit head on--the husbands' side of the car and he was killed instantly Margaret, the wife, lived, was not hospitalized, though she was black and blue at the funeral.
Off and on since then, I have fantasized about this change--sometimes seeing it as good and other times wondering about it in a more worried way--though not too worried. Just something in the back of mind.
Ok and for your sake Becky--maybe the change is that the cancer will be cured..... or at least controlled for many years.
I have had my palm read a couple other times before that and since, but this woman, was for real, I believe.
elaine
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I did get a pm from her late last week. They were on their way to MD Anderson. I assume they are still there.
elaine
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Ry
Are you sure he didnt sell them on the black market to help pay for his fines???? We are certain you fine him, being as you are,
elaine
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maybe I missed it, but I was wondering what ever happened with Angie's father. I know she was worried about his cough last week and he wouldn't go to the Dr.
elaine
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I copied this from a website: The results are non specific.
A laboratory report of elevated liver enzymes is common. It doesn't indicate a specific disease. However, it may be due to a liver problem, even if you don't have any symptoms. Your doctor may recommend further testing to determine the underlying cause.
Liver enzymes help maintain a variety of chemical and metabolic processes that occur in the liver. Normally, very small amounts of these enzymes can be detected in your blood. Common causes of higher-than-normal liver enzymes include:
Certain medications such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics and antiseizure medications
Infections such as viral hepatitis and mononucleosis
Exposure to toxins such as alcohol and fumes of some organic solvents
Tumors in the liver or bile ducts
Gallstones
Treatment depends on the underlying cause of elevated liver enzymes.
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Good thoughts and love going toward your mom. Nothing but the best.
elaine
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Cat,
There are just so many variables. Things beyond any human's knowledge. I beleive we will eventually know these things when we become part of all knowledge. And who knows when that will be. It could be a long time. Until then, I guess we can only live with the uncertainty. Funny thing is, we've always lived with the uncertainty. It's just we didn't know we had cancer, so things didn't seem uncertain. But they were.
There does seem to be something amiss in the lung. But I don't know what radiation pnemonia or fibrosis looks like on a pet, Cat. I know that sometimes I dont want to hear positive things from people because it makes me feel like my feelings aren't being validated. I even get angry about it. Like,"Hey, hush up! You don't have ANY idea what I am going through."
Sadly I feel this way sometimes, mostly to people who don't have cancer, if they spout some cliche. Even though I know that there is often no other words to say than what sounds like a cliche.
Sometimes, I just want to have what some call the "pity party"--but don't know of anyone to invite, so I just hope it is a short and uneventful party. Where no one gets hurt and no one has to call the police. I lived on an Indian Reservation in SD for the past five years. Some pretty gruesome parties, from what I hear, as nothing much to do when one is oppressed to that extent. They call them "house parties", so that is what I call my pity parties.
I actually ascribe to the "expect the worst and hope for the best" kind of thing, myself. So what am I doing even writing,
The hard part is that eveything I seem to want for me and for others is impossible, just shy of a miracle. I need to learn to give up wanting......
elaine
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Cat,
May I ask who?
elaine
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Becky,
Oddly enough, I just now sent you a pm with questions that this posting answers, quite clearly, I might add.
Addy,
I can't stop laughing at the image of your husband (actually the image of some generic man since I haven't a clue to what yours looks like) and his leaf blower.
You are lucky. Mine just head for the TV tuner.
elaine
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Fay
Just one more outrageous thing to add to our lists: Your Doctors not finding some way to get the reader so that you didnt' have to go through more tests? That's crazy and nearly inhumane. I cant even imagine that the HMO didn't put a stop to that.
Anyway, glad you are feeling better.
elaine
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Kelly,
May you be comforted knowing that your sister lives on in your memories.
love
elaine
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Jen
Thanks for the thanks. We truly are here for you as best as we can be given the distance.
love
elaine
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Ginny
So glad Earl was given the opportunity to make the decision and the support from both the doctor and, of course, you (which we all knew was a given.) My dad had a doctor who was kind of that way--said one thing to me and within minutes said another to my dad, which was confusing at the time, but now I see it more like a good thing--it helped keep my dad going and believing. I had no idea a person could get WBR twice. Something new every day!
I wonder what Earl thinks about what you told him he said vs what he later said. Sorry, as the patient, when its the caregiver on here who posts, I always wonder what the other half has to say;
Like Cat, I bet the twinkle is just hidden. It wants to come out, I know.
Thank you Ginny for being a great caregiver.
elaine
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Good Morining Cat,
You sound more optimistic today, a guarded optimism, which is the best kind to have given our circimstances, huh? Hey, is there anyway for you to download the image to someplace where we could see it too? Do you have a web page or something?
I am always fascinated by what you write and you don't scare me a bit!
love
elaine
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Jane
I dont have the necessary knowledge to help answer your questions. But I do know that many if not most vocal cord polyps are benign. I pray that is the case for your dear husband.
Lots of love headed your way.
elaine
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Good to hear from you Makwa. Sorry you havent been up to posting. Are you living in a different place now?
elaine
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GinnyD,
I know the decision is really up to Earl as long as he is able to make the decsion, which he seems to be from what you say.
If you get a good hospice, what they are supposed to do besides dispense meds, is to offer emotional and if needed or wanted spiritual support for the family and the "patient." I don't know if Earl has someone he can talk with or not. In our case, the hospice people did not turn out to be people my dad would talk to.
My father did not want to talk about end of life issues it seemed--and who could blame him since it was clear to me that Doctors and even his own wife were trying to talk him out of fighting. He fought and even survived not being taken to dialysis and given mega doses of morphine, having his heart medications withheld and allergic reactions to whatever other drugs were in the hospice medicine bundle.
It's a long story, but the outcome of his surviving that was he did eventually ask to speak with his minister. What my father told me is that the minister assured him that if he did choose not to go back into the hospital and to stop aggressive treatment that it would not be considered suicide. The hospice chaplain did try to befriend my dad, but she was not his style. She wanted to hold his hand and sing hymns with him. That was not my dad, a very religious person nontheless.
My point here is that sometimes there are things that maybe are nagging at a person facing life threatening illnesses or situations and that if they don't talk about it, it's impossible to guess what it might be. I never imagined that my father was worried about that.
It's kind of ironic but I was probably the only family member who supported my dad getting medical intervention and aggressive treatment in his last few months. I fought for him to get it. I did so because he ALWAYS indicated to me that he wanted it. When he made the decision to stop, I then supported that, knowing that it was HIS decision and no one else's. People kept saying that my dad was in total denial or had lost the ability to understand the gravity of his situation. No way. My dad knew. He chose to take things in his own hands, as he had done all through his over 20 years of illness.
Your Earl is a smart man. I have faith he will do what he believes is best, and with your love and support.
Elaine
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Great news Dave!
I dont know if you will see this or not but I do have a couple questions.
Are you still on the trial drug?
Is that why you get scanned monthly?
Do you have Adeno with BAC?
Great golfing to you, too.
elaine
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Nina,
So sorry we weren't able to be here for you because of the site problems, but I am soooooo glad you got good news.
elaine
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Rick and Katie,
I am sorry too about the hate email. I hope it wasnt anyone who is a registered member. But if it was, maybe they were having a bad day.
There is no other way to say it, but you two are great.
elaine
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Peggy
I am so sorry I wasn't able to see this until now. I couldn't get on the boards.
I hope that you feel better now that at least you all have made the decision. I hope that takes away some of the anxiety.
Praying for you, all.
elaine
I hear you get to keep a percentage!
Pray for mom please
in GENERAL
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Geof
Prayers and a ton of positve thoughts headed toward your mom.
elaine