Hello Out There

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Hello Out There
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Sat, 07-22-2006 - 4:52pm

It's been a while since anyone has given an update or posted with a problem or concern or just wanted to chat.  I hope this means that everyone is doing wonderfully but somehow the way the world turns I can't help but believe that all is not well everywhere. 


I've been having some tough days myself due to medication changes leaving me with difficulty thinking and putting words together into something that resembles intelligent conversation lol.  I hope some of you will post and update on whats happening in your life or with your loved one you care for.  I promise I will try to make sense as I respond :)

Judy


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"With understanding, fear diminishes;
in the absence of fear, hope emerges;
and in the presence of hope, anything is possible."

 






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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 08-09-2006 - 1:04pm

Oh Keleigh that is such a positive message.

Hope everyone has a great Summer!

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Thu, 08-10-2006 - 5:43am
I couldn't agree more, who needs to be concerned with cholesterol at a time like this.

Judy

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Mon, 08-14-2006 - 10:42pm

Hi Judy!!

HUGE CONGRATS TO YOU!! HORRAYYY FOR YOUR 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS A SURVIVOR!! I hope you had a party!!! I am so happy to hear that what they found in your breast was not cancerous that is terriffic news!! I also hope that your doc's have your pain under control.

Things are up and down for us. My father so far has gone through 2 rounds of chemo and is still taking Tarceva. He just had his first CT Scan today and will be getting his results on the 21st of Aug. He recently had a visit with his doctor who said he was hoping for good results because he saw that my father was managing the treatments well physically and also because he had such a strong reaction to the Tarceva (i.e. a bad bad rash). I guess it is a sign that the drug is working?? I am really torn about these comments from the doctor because I do NOT want him to give my father false hope but at the same time it really lifted his spirits and he needed that. I just dont see how he really knows until he sees the results from the scan? I guess they dont tell you everything...as you said you didnt know what was written on your chart. Well today was an exhausting day for my dad. When he went in for the CT scan they said they were only doing one of his chest which he didnt understand because his liver is what is really bothering him and is what the doctor said is his main problem to begin with. I dont know why the doctor would only order a scan of his chest and not his abdomin where his liver is?? I guess we have to wait and see what the doc. says on the 21st.

My father has his good and bad days... He really gets down and anxious when he feels pressure in his liver area he is scared the tumor is growing and not shrinking. Then he has days where he doesnt feel it at all and he thinks the medicine is working. I mean if a week goes by where he is not feeling it and he did feel it all the time before...maybe it is shrinking??? I dont know I am not getting my hopes up and I dont want him to put all hope in these results becuase if they are bad I just know he will crumble. As Ive said before he is not strong mentally...he gets depressed and has waves of anxiety all the time. He tried to take anti-anxiety medication but it was keeping him up at night and the doc said it would take a month before it starts to work and he didnt have the patients.

Anyway, sorry for the novel....I guess today was a bad day so I just had a lot of emotions built up. He is coming to see me tomorrow and I have to be strong for him.

Wish me luck and I cant wait to hear from you again!

Sarah

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Tue, 08-15-2006 - 2:48am

Thanks for the update sarah.

Judy

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