Does Anyone Remember Starbug???

Stay in touch. I may let you drive my Belle, if you promise not to destroy my life time average. :lol:

 

Starbug, I know you may be really really busy but you need to check in! Some of us (me) do not do well with out regular check ups. When we loose track we get very anxious. You There?

 

Dave time to send an email. How is she doing is she stressed, is she coping, and can we help.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DaveinOlyWA @ Apr 3 2006, 07:17 PM) [snapback]234474[/snapback]</div>

God bless! I am coping with another emergency with my partners son. Shit sure happens, and you can not shine shit!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hdrygas @ Mar 20 2006, 08:34 PM) [snapback]227661[/snapback]</div>

YAY!! *jumps up and down*

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hdrygas @ Mar 30 2006, 09:47 PM) [snapback]232771[/snapback]</div>

Eeep! Sorry, got busy with work and stuff.


Latest update: My dad's latest CT scan confirmed what the doctors had suspected would/had occured: there is cancer riddling his lungs too. Right after his surgery the docs had said that without chemo he has 3 months left. It's been a month (we are now into the second), and his body is still too weak and depleted to survive the chemo. He is still not gaining weight and occasionally looses some. He's regressing back to his pre-surgery state (but in a slightly different way since he can still eat normally --no blockages), as the cancer continues to spread unchecked (they had only been able to remove the tumor blocking his colon, the rest had to remain). Each trip to the doctor takes a lot out of him, and leaves him wasted for a couple days (and depressed).




<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Danny @ Mar 30 2006, 10:16 PM) [snapback]232789[/snapback]</div>

Thank you, Danny. Prayers are always helpful. It seems about the only thing we can do for him at the moment.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hdrygas @ Apr 3 2006, 07:32 PM) [snapback]234484[/snapback]</div>

Are you guys ok???

 

Thanks for posting the poem Dave.

Again Angela our thoughts are with you!!!

Will likely need to remember it for myself in the all too soon future.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DaveinOlyWA @ Apr 5 2006, 09:14 PM) [snapback]235703[/snapback]</div>

Oh wow, that poem is really touching. Thank you. Lacking a printer (desk too small), I shall write it down.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jchu @ Apr 5 2006, 08:20 PM) [snapback]235706[/snapback]</div>

Mine too.

 

We are with you. Will help where we can.

 

Thanks, guys. It does help to know that I have people to talk to when I need to. Cancer is such a horrible way to go.

 

I lost one brother suddenly to heart disease and the other to cancer, my sister had metastasis at her 5th year anniversary.
Thankfully these days people believe in medication for pain. I can remeber being a brand new nurse (25 years ago) and thinking it was so crazy to be afraid of killing someone with morphine when they were dying of cancer.
I hope your dad can be comfortable and that you guys are able to make the most of the time you have left. Cancer can be long and painful, but can give you time to resolve things.
Our thought are with you.

 

Update: my dad went in for surgery on Thursday to install a port into his vains to prevent the constant chemo injections from collapsing his vains. He went in early in the morning, and was out later that evening. Now he has to heal before they can do the chemo, so it will be a few more weeks.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Starbug @ Apr 15 2006, 03:11 PM) [snapback]240283[/snapback]</div>

We are with you. This is a necessary next step. Have you got in touch with the various resources available to you. Keep me posted my wife is an Oncology nurse. She really knows a lot about this subject. She has just moved on to being a Hospice nurse. You can use us as a resource. Let me know we will help when we can.

 

Another Update:


I was just informed that my dad is going in for his first round of chemo tomorrow (monday). The surgery for the port 3 days ago, and the first round of chemo tomorrow, are both being rushed. His body is not ready. He is neither fully healed from the port surgery, nor are his body's reserves stocked up....he's still depleted. But he has no choice; we are fast approaching Month #3 and the sands of time are quickly running out.

 

Our thoughts are with him... and you.