It appears that I haven't been around for a very long time! Sorry about that.......but I have been busy, and when not busy I have been sick. I went to Las Vegas and won $550.00 ! I put $150 aside to eat with and gamble with, and $400.00 to take home.....which I did bring home....REALLY. So I am proud of that win. Susan & I went to Nashville, after that journey I went to Atlanta, for a long wk end with my cousin and I really had a good time! I want to go back to see him, after my surgery whenever that will be.
Speaking of surgery , I am faxing a letter to my oncologist today, to tell her my choice of surgery, so she can give me a date.
My back has killed me, because of osteoarthritis, not to mention the huge tumor in the front that makes it hard to get out of bed....anyway, what I am getting to is I am getting a hospital bed tomorrow. I am really excited about it. I have wanted and needed one for a long time. I can elevate my lower legs to keep them from swelling and I can elevate my head and chest to keep my hernia under control, and "Sugar" can't jump on my tumors and legs. LOL
I know that Susan has told you about our journey to Nashville, and that I have cancer I had Susan with me for a week, which was wonderful. She was very good to me, and I lapped it up.
I do want to mention that today the mail man brought me a Halloween card today. I opened it, not sure who this was from???? Who IS this Shirley Peters????? From Mich. The card was real cute, just right for a dog lover like me, and out frll 10 scratch off lottery tickets! Hmmmm, I like her already. Once I saw "Shirl" I KNEW who it was! Aint you sweet, Shirl? Who has a great blog www.other-side.blogspot.com I want to thank you for all of that, but most of all that you have had me on your mind. That means alot to me. Keep those good thoughts, good vibes, prayers, wavelengths, and whatever your choice coming my way. Thank you again Shirl. Back to bed, Robin
Wow, Last I wrote was on 12/26/04..........shall we say I have been busy? Hmn, same old thing, dr.s and hospitals. Feb saw me getting a MRI to see if I had stomach &/or liver cancer......NO was the answer. March saw me having foot surgery to remove 2 tumors, found out why I was in so much pain...I had bone rubbing against bone! 3 weeks bed rest! Yikes!!!! so I would recover, and not use my foot. April, May still bothering me, and I use a cane. Then May 25, I had been feeling bad for some time, and was in lots of pain in my midsection. I woke mother to call rescue squad. I went to hospital they admitted me, ran lots of tests, and found large spots on stomach & Liver. New surgeon tells me they are tumors, and released me (May 27)to come & see him June 1, 05...... He got back more tests...gall bladder is ok....I think. But in the hospital he told me he thinks I have a good chance of liver cancer, and if that is true, we would start treatment which would be chemo...... Well I tell ya, once a doc says cancer to you, it is hard to hear anything else. So I go in the hospital in the morning ( June 7, at 10am-2pm) they will poke & prode me until I am ready, and I will have a liver biopsy of the tumors on my liver to see if they are indeed cancerous. There are 2 risks he mentioned. 1 is bleeding. #2 is liver failure. So he will keep me in the hospital overnite. I will get out wed June 8. The surgeon will proferm this himself. He is aware I have reservations and plans to go to Las Vegas, (Yes again :-) )and he told me "GO! Go and have some fun!" He also said I wont get my results back until June 13, and I leave June 12, and come back June 17! So I will not know anything while I am gone...I like it that way. and how have you been the past 6 months?
Happy day after Christmas! Or is it happy hangover? I have been so busy, but thought everyday about you!
Thank you ALL for the Birthday Greetings! It does mean alot to me, even if I am late.
Susan and Sky are here and decided to stay an extra night! :-))!!!!*****
Had a fender bender yesterday going to get Susan, I was only 20 miless from home. :-( I just can't drive anymore. It is an effort to drive to town....really!
Mothers' Dr. wont let her drive, don't know what we will do? I just drive as little as possible.
Dnuff!
It has been a wonderful holiday, to be all together and NOT in the hospital!
Time to get dressed! THANKS AGAIN.
It's my Birthday! Today I am 50, and loving it. You know so many people dread their 50th, but not I. You see any birthday I can have now is a miracle.
I want to publicly thank Shirl for writing about my birthday!
What a nice thing to do Shirl, or were you just desperate for something to write about today LOL ...I am only teasing, your blog is beautiful today.
Naturally Susan has sent me the first word on the PC! My girl friend will be by after work, and I always, always decorate my tree on my birthday. I am having some difficulty this year with a puppy chewing things as I try to decorate....
Time to get started on something. Susan put me a Christmas tree or a Holiday pic or something for my Birthday on my blog today.
I want to voice this problem to any who want to read it. Not that any of you fix the problem, only be there, and "talk" to me on occassion.
You may or may not recall my near death visit in the hospital. I was in before Christmas and out in mid January.
Because I had an infection(with no spleen, no immunity sysytem) they gave me 3 strong antibiotics. MASSIVE does for 4 wks, and then when I came home I took more. It saved my life..............but caused me to lose some hearing, so now with a hearing aid that is not working I find I have lost all of my hearing! It is driving me crazy!
The GOOD NEWS, I am buying a digital aid Monday, it may take 2 wks to get here, it will come to the University, and they will adjust it to the hearing tests I have had. Oh God, I sure do want to hear, so if you have a little extra room in your prayers, pray for my hearing and my aids....the man over that department (audiology) has a "slight" hearing loss. I think he is strecthing it when he says slight. He adjusted my aid so badly! But a digital one should be ok.
Thanks, for thr bottom of my heart and ears.
