Guest guest Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Mega Big Prayers for you Susie!! Big angels with Large Shields and pointy swords to guard you ALWAYS!! Your Friend.... Ressy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 At 03:03 PM 10/9/2003, Susie wrote: >... >I don't know where we'll go from there. I don't want to drag this on >and on if I have no quality of life. We go through phases of >acceptance. Right now, my mood is Really Pissed Off! > >I keep hoping someone will phone and say, " Oops, my bad. We've been >showing you somebody else's x-rays. " My husband is being great about >it. My five sisters are bugging me to pieces (I started to >say " death " ... oops) with stories about somebody they knew who had >some kind of cancer and lived for years and years that they think are >inspirational. Then I need to sit on my sore, sore hip and once again >relay the grim statistics for those with lung cancer that has >metastisized... > > >~ Susie Susie, You go right ahead and be RPO! It seems so unfair to not only find that you have cancer, but that it is " everywhere " . We'll be praying for you! Rick PS... no more Aunt stories from me! { Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 > I don't know where we'll go from there. I don't want to drag this on > and on if I have no quality of life. We go through phases of > acceptance. Right now, my mood is Really Pissed Off! > Susie, that's a lot to deal with and you have a right to feel as you do -- a right to complain, or cry, or yell, or whatever. I know you'll stay very well informed about your condition and your options. I'm sure it's all overwhelming right now, but just deal with it one step at a time and come here and vent whenever you need to, or come here and concentrate on other things if that's what you need. Christy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 My Dear Sweet Susie, I am so very sorry about all of the health problems you are going through. My sister-in-law is going through the very same thing right now. Her's started in her breast and lymph node. They did surgery and took out the large lump and a lymph node and all of the tissue around it. Yesterday they did the bone marrow test and the " thingy " where they go into the hip and take out part of the bone to test it. You know, I've missed you very much. We used to communicate all of the time. I thought maybe you and Rob were traveling a lot. The last I heard you were going back and forthe to Arizona. I haven't been on the computer very much in the past couple of years. I've just mainly been reading as many posts as I had time to read. Mother has been so very sick and we lost her August 22. She made it until after her 89th birthday. She was 89 years old. I can assure you that you will be in my prayers every single day. We are both very " determined " in whatever we encounter and YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS TOO! Lots of hugs and prayers for you, Tootie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2003 Report Share Posted October 10, 2003 Dear Tootie and all, Thank you so much for your kind words and prayers. We see the orthopedic surgeon in a few hours, to make plans for biopsie. Many are urging me to go to the Mayo Clinic down in Phoenix, or another major hospital. (We live in the remote White Mountains of eastern Arizona, at 7000 ft. elevation.) Other than the right hip pain, I feel remarkably healthy. We still do travel between Arizona and the Southern Appalachians to maintain the other home there, but we had to cancel this fall's travel plans because of this fine how-ya-do. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2003 Report Share Posted October 10, 2003 Thank you so much for your kind words and prayers. We see the orthopedic surgeon in a few hours, to make plans for biopsie. Many are urging me to go to the Mayo Clinic down in Phoenix, or another major hospital. (We live in the remote White Mountains of eastern Arizona, at 7000 ft. elevation.) Other than the right hip pain, I feel remarkably healthy. Susie, I hope everything goes well for you... I'll be thinking about you. You might want to consider going to Mayo's, if the drive is not too difficult for you. My daughter-in-law used to work at Mayo's in Phoenix, and it's a pretty impressive place.... they have a good reputation. Sandy H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 I'll be hospitalized locally on Monday to have a bone core removed from my right hip and a pin inserted. It's major surgery, but the local orthopedic surgeon appears well-qualified. If all goes well, I'll be home by the end of the week. If the bone core removal is successful, the doctors will be able to stage the cancer and determine if the lung tumor is the primary and the other sites are secondary. We've told the surgeon we may move on to Mayo for future procedures. Weirdly, the thing uppermost in my mind is having my two-foot-long hair fall out. We bought a walker and got a handicapped parking tag yesterday. We'll set me up in the living room with food, a porta- potty, medicines, etc. Maybe I cn sign on using the laptop. I'll be thinking of you, and look forward to posting again soon. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 > I'll report back soon. Rob will post if I hit a snag. > > Susie > Best of luck Susie. I will be sending good healing thoughts all day tomorrow towards Arizona. Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Oh, Susie, I'm so sorry to hear about you having the Big C! I lost my mother-in-law a couple years ago after her 15-year battle with breast cancer, and an aunt a year later from lung cancer which metastasized. Plus, although I hope you're not insulted to be put in the same group, my dearest dog Mocha died 8/25 from splenic masses which spread to the liver and caused unstoppable bleeding in her abdomen. (I was closer to Mocha than to most people, so her death hit me hard.) I'll be rooting for you, and hope you have a successful surgery and an easy recovery. Be sure and insist on getting sufficient pain medication, even if it's opiates - untreated chronic pain can result in a centralized pain state which leads to (is?) fibromyalgia. When that happens, your pain threshold goes way down and any little thing makes you hurt all over, and we don't want that for you! (((hugs))) -- el (andrea at oro dot net) " wake now! Discover that YOU are the song that the morning brings... " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Thanks to and others for your kind posts. wrote: << (I was closer to Mocha than to most people, so her death hit me hard.) >> I'm an animal lover and have taken in four strays already. We can learn a lot about being better humans, I think, from observing the loyalty and love shown by pets. We had to bury our beloved Newfoundland Floydie a few years ago and I still cry about it. Rob and I think we've figured out how in the world a non-smoker living with a non-smoker got metastisizing lung cancer. I was a long- haul trucker for 2-3 years and diesel fuel is quite carcinogenic. Also, my co-driver smoked (even though I pitched fits). I'll report back soon. Rob will post if I hit a snag. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 > -----Original Message----- > From: ottercritterx > Rob and I think we've figured out how in the world a non-smoker > living with a non-smoker got metastisizing lung cancer. I was a long- > haul trucker for 2-3 years and diesel fuel is quite carcinogenic. > Also, my co-driver smoked (even though I pitched fits). Actually, non-smokers do get lung cancer, and (as is the case for many cancers) the reason often is not known. We just don't know enough to know why in many cases. Just like we don't know enough about the whys of diabetes. Seeing this, those of us who " only " have diabetes have reason to be thankful. Tom the Actuary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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