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18303. judithathome - 1/21/2006 10:50:59 PM We're trying not to think that...but it could easily be.
He's been considered cured for the last 18 years; before that, they would only say "in remission". But since he is one of the few from that time period to still be around, they haven't much in the way of stats to say what damage might have been done by the chemo drugs so they just don't know.
The only thing saving my sanity right now is that I feel if it were something really dire, they would have hospitalized him right away and done the tests there. 18304. RickNelson - 1/21/2006 11:10:19 PM sorry judith, I offer my best thoughts for your son and family. 18305. arkymalarky - 1/21/2006 11:38:23 PM Oh my, Judith. Please keep us posted on how things go and give our best to your son. 18306. judithathome - 1/22/2006 12:02:50 AM Thanks guys...appreciate it! 18307. wonkers2 - 1/22/2006 12:56:12 AM We're keeping our fingers crossed! 18308. anomie - 1/22/2006 1:40:48 AM Judith, hoping the best for you. 18309. thoughtful - 1/22/2006 5:09:22 PM Judith, so sorry to hear about your son. We know what that emotional roller coaster is like. Sending my best courage, strength and healing wishes to you and your son. 18310. PelleNilsson - 1/22/2006 7:20:30 PM I was sorry to read about your worries, Judith. 18311. prolph - 1/23/2006 10:41:05 AM Judith @ home. I have added your sun to my morning list which I address
to the galaxcy. My list started long ago when a gentleman closed his speech by telling the ccrowd the he was 84 and hoped we would pray for him we we woke up,
that way, he said,, the prayer might help him but it would surely be better to think of someone other than your self when you first wake up. Patsy 18312. wabbit - 1/23/2006 1:40:34 PM J@H, best wishes for your son that all is well. 18313. jayackroyd - 1/23/2006 1:51:24 PM Please do keep us posted Judith. Our hearts are with you. 18314. PsychProf - 1/23/2006 2:27:24 PM Same for me Judith. 18315. Magoseph - 1/23/2006 2:37:06 PM I'm in touch with Judith most days, so she knows how I feel about her present worries.
Last Thursday, Flex had a chest x-ray to determine whether his broken ribs were in danger of puncturing his lungs. I must say that I’m surprised how the pain pills affect his mood. Anyway, according to Flex, I’m a good nurse, barber, shopper, driver, and entertainer--in my words, I’m just a very obedient wife, for the moment anyway.
18316. judithathome - 1/23/2006 10:09:25 PM Thanks, everyone...he goes to have tests with oncologist tomorrow.
And Patsy, your post warmed my heart so much! 18317. Ronski - 1/24/2006 3:11:44 AM judith,
I'm sorry to hear about your worries and I hope all goes well. As you probably know, tests turn up all sorts of things; sometimes they're just plain wrong, and other times they can detect things that seem wrong but turn out to be indicative of nothing serious at all. 18318. judithathome - 1/24/2006 7:28:08 PM Yes, Ronski, I know. I'm banking on this being one such ocassion. 18319. judithathome - 1/25/2006 3:09:00 AM And please forgive my lack of manners...thank you so much for your post. It means a lot to me.
I'm just a tad frazzled. 18320. arkymalarky - 1/25/2006 6:49:19 AM Any word yet, Judith? Do you know specifically what they did today? 18321. judithathome - 1/25/2006 7:08:55 AM Well, he found out this doctor, who he has yet to see, is an oncologist/hematologist and that it may simply be a matter of his blood count being "off" due to a course of strong antibiotics and his recent bout with pneumonia. Evidently the people that did his blood work today didn't seem too concerned so I'm thinking it was just a weird reading on his initial tests from last week.
Would have been nice if they had told him this stuff when they first contacted him....but he said the lab tech was really cute and single. ;-) 18322. arkymalarky - 1/25/2006 7:13:17 AM Good deal. Hope things continue to go well on all fronts! ;-)
I just got home from class about an hour ago, so I guess I'm headed for bed. I don't know what I've gotten myself into, but I'm along for the ride now. Not that it's going to be hard, but it's going to be unbelievably time consuming. If I weren't dealing with such a full work schedule, these are the two classes I'm most looking forward to in this program. As it is, it's going to take everything I've got just to stay afloat.
See y'all after my other class tomorrow night.
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