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| Thu, 01-15-2004 - 1:20pm |
The good news is that I have been making decent food choices which is a good sign since in the past I ate for comfort. I have been tempted but I've been (mostly) successful in avoiding temptation. And my weight held steady from last week so I didn't *gain* anything.
So why have I been stressed? Well, I'll start by saying that aunt flo was visiting late last week through early this week so I was emotional in the first place. Last Tuesday we had a bunch of snow and I couldn't make it to work that day or Wednesday...and that stressed me out because we're already broke and I don't get paid for sick/vacation days. Last Thursday (wow, it's been a week) I got a call at 8 am from my SIL telling me that FIL had a pretty big heart attack. I'm not real close with him and neither is dh but it's still scary to know how close he came to dying. He's doing okay now and was scheduled to have a defibrulator put in yesterday (I haven't heard how that went yet). He also found out he's diabetic. He said he's learned his lesson and will pay more attention to what he's eating and how he feels and if he wakes up with chest pain again he won't wait 4 hours to go to the ER.
Okay, so Friday I was at work, on the phone with my boss when the office manager comes running in and says I need to call my sister, it's an emergency. I'm thinking it's my SIL who exaggerates sometimes so I finished my conversation with my boss. Since I feared the worst with FIL I thought waiting a couple minutes to hear the news wouldn't make a difference. So I got off the phone and asked the OM, "Was it my sister or SIL?" She said she didn't know but whoever it was said it was about my brother. That caught me off guard...I thought maybe he had a car accident or something. I called my sister and she informed me that he had a grand mal seizure while out to lunch with his co-workers. He was taken to the hospital and had a cat-scan...they found tumors in his brain. he has one big one about the size of a silver dollar and a couple smaller ones plus a scattering of even smaller ones. He had a biopsy done Saturday and the pathologist at the hospital couldn't make any conclusive determinations on the type of cancer (something about how it's wide spread but it doesn't seem aggressive in nature). So he sent a sample to Fred Hutchinson (cancer research center) and we're supposed to find out by Friday. It's so frustrating to have to wait. As it is right now, he will probably be having radiation therapy for 4 weeks, 7 days a week. I spoke with him yesterday and he sounded like he was frustrated too...just not knowing is so hard. He's dealing with it pretty well but discussed getting a will and a living will together with my parents. That is a tough conversation to have with a 25 year old. I don't want to think about what will happen if the radiation doesn't work.
Please keep both of them in your prayers as well as the whole family. We're all pretty stressed out and need all the prayers and positive thoughts we can get.
Hugs you guys...I hope you all are having a better start to 2004.
Sarah

((((HUGS)))) SARAH!
I'm so sorry to hear about your brother and FIL....Theres really not anything anyone can say to ease this burden right now..just keep in mind we all are praying or sending positive thoughts to you and your family .
Please keep us all posted we miss you !
April
Mommy to Adam LEE 7-1-93
When is this going to end?? I just want to scream!
I just wish *something* in my life would stay normal....I think I'm going to have to go back to church Sunday....at least I'll have one constant then.
Hugs...stay safe and healthy...
Sarah
Sarah
trust me when i tell you that i know how frustrating it is to hafta wait for a test result like that .... i'm doing it right now myself ... i had a tumor in my stomach that had to be removed, and they think they got it all out but i'm still having to wait forever to find out whether or not it was cancerous :(
We found out that my brother has grade 2 astrocytoma. It's a non-aggressive (slow growing) type of cancer so that's good but it's still cancer. :o(
Big hugs to you too...praying you'll get good news!
Sarah
Sarah
Sarah....you are in my thoughts. I hope things get better for you and your family soon.
Sarah.......555