Re: Re: To Heidi , Kimber and all

July 9, 2002

Dear Heidi,

I will take any luck that I can get at this point !! I did have a fairly

peaceful evening and did not have to knock my family over to get to the

bathroom. But my IV site smarts !!! (My goose egg hurts ! )

Today I went to work for 2 hours. I did pretty good so I will try to put in

about 6 hours tomorrow. My dad had chest pain today so he has an appointment

tomorrow at 8 am with the cardiologist. I will give you one guess who is

taking him. If he would take all of his heart meds he wouldn't have chest

pain, but that is another 5 hour story ! ( I just count to ten and move

on ).

I am off to Indy on Thursday night. I have an appointment with Dr. Lehman

on Friday at 11:00 am. I have contacted Karyn and Tull and plan to meet with

them if possible. It will be fun just to meet with them. For those of you

that don't know, I got to meet Heidi when I was in South Carolina. We spent

two days by the pool and had a great time. Heidi is a good egg and I am glad

that I got the pleasure to meet her. So I am looking forward to meeting our

founder of this group too.

I am just going to have a consultation with Dr. Lehman. I am not doing the

ERCP, not brave enough. Plus my pain level has decreased a bit. If I was in

severe pain I would not have a choice. So I thank GOD at this point that I

still have a choice. I am taking all of my CT films from last year plus the

one I had done yesterday for him to look at. I just want to make sure my

insides are not getting worse. I don't know how much longer I can go at this

rate, but as long as my pain is tolerable and I can work and not cause

damage to myself I will keep plugging away. I want to stay ahead as much as

possible. I just wish when I had these spasms that they weren't so severe

when they do happen........Mamma, those suckers hurt.

called me the other day from her daughters cell phone. She is doing

OK. Her ex husband had back surgery and is not working, thus her child

support check is not as consistent. Her phone has been turned off but her

daughter has a cell phone that she pays for with her babysitting money. So I

was releived when she called. Her port looked a little swollen so she went

to the doc but it was a false alarm. One of the twins is getting their

tonsils out this week. She finally got her car fixed so she is able to drive

about. So that was a good thing. She is still having pain but tolerable. The

IV fluids have stopped for a while and she was starting to get a little bit

of an appetite. I told her that I would let you all know how she was doing,

especially Kimber.

Better go for now, need to check on my brother in law who is ill. Keep your

fingers crossed for me, he may start clinial trials at OSU tomorrow.

Heidi, I hope that you are feeling better and that your pain is giving you a

break. Tell Austin hello from us.

I'll let you know about Indy when I get back,

Take Care,

Lily

Re: To Lily

>

> > Better go for now, I want to enjoy this hour before I am confined

> to the

> > bathroom. And if I am lucky, I will be like Heidi and not get sick.

> Please

> > please pretty please !

>

> Lily,

>

> I have placed a special request that my luck in this matter be

> air-lifted to Ohio for your use as long as needed. That extends to

> bathroom privileges, too! For this last CT, even that was not an

> issue. That radiology guy was a pro!

>

> Hope you have a peaceful, calm evening.

>

> With hope and prayers,

> Heidi

>

> Heidi H. Griffeth - SC

> hhessgriffeth@...

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>

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July 9, 2002