Soo close! Good luck brother!
Trent from Toledo :thumbup:
Thnx Trent... I can almost taste it.
Soo close! Good luck brother!
Trent from Toledo :thumbup:
Almost done, steady progress!!
Yessiree Bob!!! :grin:
Those labs can be nerve wracking. I remember taking my mom in and us having to take a pee sample in with us and then give blood....then wait wait wait to see if she would get her treatment. We had one time near the end were her urine test was a bit to low and the Doctor had to signoff on letting her have it anyway. This was for Avastin a biotherapy drip that helped her a lot.
Michael i hope (and pray) that the treatment(chemo) is helping and that you are doing okay. Please remember that God is the key,and chemo,immunotherapy,radiation,etc....are just tools man...GOD is the only way my friend and i hope you are doing well!
I'm getting antsy. I want this to be over.
Try to relax. Try to find a way.
Hill-hill, bub. Last week come'n in hot. Then rest; much deserved rest.
I wish you well.
Josh
Yeah... every Monday morning's the same, Blood draw, wait for results, see the chemo nurse-practitioner> My chemo oncologist already told me Thursday, if my levels aren't "ok", there won't be any more chemo. He said that because my levels have been borderline the past 3 weeks. So, we'll see.
Hope your mom came thru ok... I went thru something similar with my mom as well, long time ago.
I posted this before but she eventually passed on 2/06/19. She did extremely well with her surgery and treatments but she did ultimately lose the battle to the cancer. Her cancer was a Glioblastoma(brain cancer). She had the main tumor removed and came thru surgery great. Then we did chemo and radiation and she did ok with that too but over time she was losing her baseline abilities and ran into some setbacks. Pnuemonia for example and then later she had a seizure both of which meant trips to the hospital. The time off her feet hurt her ability to get around and she was wheel chair bound after the second admission. Sadly the tumors came back and this time surgery/treatment was out of the question because of her age and declining baseline. At the end she had almost as much tumor as we started with.
The positive in this is she did get almost two more years of life after the tumors were discovered and she was able to stay at home for most of that time. She was real sharp mentally too until near the very end. So feisty and determined! She was very strong and positive the entire way. She would give me hell about things sometimes too, especially when she thought I was going to fast while driving her around in her Big Buick!!!! Did you know you can four wheel drift a Buick LeSabre around a small clover leaf exit ramp when you are running almost late transporting your Mother to her radiation appointment?!?! She and I found out you in fact could do that!:smile:
You ,Michael very much remind me of her and her attitude about things. I suppose that is why I have been posting so much on your thread. I can't cheer her on anymore but I can cheer you and others on:smile:
Phil Jones
Austin Texas.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?n=monie-kathryn-bell-jones&pid=191506594
My grandmother went to the hospital for back surgery.
During her time in the hospital she caught pneumonia and then they found out she had lung cancer. Never smoked a day in her life.
They did some chemo and radiation but by
the time they caught it, it was already stage 4.
My mom, aunt, and uncle said they would keep
her at home and take care of her.
My uncle lasted a week, aunt less than a month.
Me and my mom took care of her for the
next 8 months with the help of a hospice nurse
twice a week. During that time when we needed help,
relatives helped and also helped themselves to
pain medication. Tore the family in two. My mom had been diagnosed with c.o.p.d. and emphysema during
this time(smoked 50 years). A year later had tumors
on her lungs. She has decided after what we went
through with her mom, she was not going to fight.
3 years on now she still smokes, needs oxygen,
and has no intention of chemotherapy or any
other medical treatment.
With this first hand experience I cannot express my
admiration for your fighting spirit, especially a second time. Your attitude may just be the difference between
winning and losing. Keep goin buddy. Your just about there.
Again, things bittersweet are brought home by these comments. You have my best wishes for everyone involved, especially for your mom, bless her heart.
As for me, I'm simply a curmudgeonly, grumpy old goat who intensely dislikes not getting my own way... ask anyone who knows me! So not getting what I want, i.e., the rest of a long life, is just something I reject out of hand. Ain't happenin'. End of story. If for no other reason than I plan to be around to TORMENT those in my life that truly deserve it! :grin-devilish: