November 22
Hello everyone! Thank you for all the thoughts and messages! We are home, it is 12:45 am and I am struggling to settle in, stop the whirlwind and go to bed. Easier said than done. We made it through the communication orchestrations, the insurance infidelities (the infidels!) and all the joys of needles et al. Actually, I sell the needles a bit short – did get the fluid removed oh hallelujah! The radiologist was rather I kind soul. He did everything in his power to make room for one extra slice of turkey tomorrow. I told him one slice of turkey and one piece of pie (with rather a lot of whipped cream – it is light and fluffy you know) would suffice just fine!
This be the plan – surgery will be Tuesday, 3 to 5 day stay post-op and chemo starts in two weeks. Now the rabbit in the hat will be to find someone a little this side of St. Louis that does the intra-abdominal chemo. Does anyone have a black market contact? I have every intention of doing the insurance tango, but I strongly suspect we are going to be wearing treadmarks into the highway between here and Barnes for the long haul. This, my friends, is all that I know at this moment. I was somewhat dismayed to find that there is no provision for internet access during my stay at the hospital, but I will resume postings as soon as I am home and I will make sure that Rube keeps everyone posted while I am there. Hope you all have a good Thanksgiving. Will probably send one more post before departure just for posterity.
Love you All,
Lisa
P.S.
I wore the plaid rocket dog shoes today. Just for luck. Just because.
rocketdogmolly
Hey girl! This is Cindy from Covenant registration. Remember me? Well, Michelle just stopped by and gave us this site to keep in touch with you. I just want you to know I am thinking of you and will be praying for you. Let me know if I can do anything….I know you don’t know me that well, but I am interested in how you are doing.
Take care….Covenant buddy
Cindy
Hi There,
I’m Barbara and Bob’s friend who they met through the Parkinson’s support group. We have great time with them and most months, go out the dinner before meetings.
I’ve been down the cancer road twice (99-breast cancer with an 85% cure, and 03-Chronic lymphocytic leukemia with a remission of 10+ years) Both are fairly easy to control thanks to IV and oral chemo. Right now I just do the latter. I can understand your stress. This is happening so fast and there’s so much to try to remember and make decisions about……then add the insurance trump card to all of it. I’ll keep up with your posts. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I do know that Diet Caffine Free Canada Dry was a blessing for the nausea and queeziness I had for several days after chemo. Now I hear there’s some excellent script meds that take care of that side effect.
Marilyn Thompson
Hey Lisa,
Just sending a quickee note this am. I know you are probably on the road to St. Louiee for your surgery prep. Ugh! Wishing you a safe trip and a successful surgery. All prayers go with you. I know we’ll be hearing from Rube soon so I’ll give you one of my Dad’s tidbits of info “Keep your chin up even if your neck is dirty”.
Love you,
Michele
Hi Lisa,
Its your cousin Jane! I guess this is one way to get out of dealing with Christmas shopping…just kidding. Please don’t hesitate to email or call if you have questions, I worked in the chemo clinic at my old job…. Oh yeah I forgot…I had cancer!!!…diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia when I was 19…and hey I’m still here 17 years later. Keeping your positive attitude and sense of humor will get you through this time.
Love, Jane