Friday, November 5, 2010
Been a Long Time
Well it has been a long time since I posted on the blog. I apologize. I really haven't had anything to say that I thought was significant since my last post until my recent hospital stay and then I couldn't post. I did give Tara posting rights so if this happens again she can update. So I will give a quick synopsis of what happened. Ever since my fourth Chemo I just haven't bounce back like normal. I was always tired and on any exertion I was short of breath. It just kept getting worse and worse. Well on the 26 th of October I was so short of breath I called and talked to my oncologist office and they had me come in to be assessed by the nurses because it was my doctors day off. They sent me next door to the hospital to have a CT scan to see if maybe I had a pulmonary embolism. It came back negative so I set an appointment for the next day to see my oncologist. The next morning it took me two and a half hours to get ready for work because I had to keep laying down I was so short of breath (should have been my first clue). Then when I did get to work I had to sit down in the lobby because I was so short of breath (should have been my second clue). Anyway way I stayed till one then went home and then went to my doctors office. When I got there I was coughing really badly and when they took my vitals my O@ sats where 84% ( they should be 100%). I walked around the office and they dropped to 65%. The doctor immediately put me in a wheelchair with oxygen and they took me next door to the ER where I was admitted. I stayed for one week. Had every test known to men. Had a Pulmonologist, Cardiologist, Oncologist, and Hospitalist all trying to figure out what happened but no answers. I got released this last Wednesday. I have to wear oxygen on activity but am fine when I am resting. I won't know the results of one of the tests till next week but not real hopeful it will tell us anything. My Oncologist said I don't have to have last chemo which does not hurt my feelings at all. I meet with the surgeon in two weeks. I think this is as updated as I can do for now. I will try to be better.
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Dear Kris,
ReplyDeleteDon't ever say you will try to be better to me. You are doing the very best you can, always have, and always will. You're like your Dad in that respect.
Since we talked on the phone last, I've had updates from Kenny and several from your Mom, so I know how sick you've been.
I know you still need a lot of answers and reasons why you can't get better.
Any improvement is good, though, because you've been so sick, with no reasonable reasons why.
I think if the Oncologist had said one word about finishing the chemo, there would have been a major uprising in the family.
Thanks for posting, and thanks for preparing the way for Tara to post if need be.
For now, I'll leave it up to you to call me if you ever feel up to it. Love, Jessie
Dear Kris,
ReplyDeleteIt's me again.
When I posted earlier, it came out as from AFTON. I don't know why. Something has changed with Google, I guess. AFTON is another G-mail account I keep for various things. So if you get something from AFTON, it's me.
You might be interested to know where the name AFTON came from. When I was born, my brother ET decided he would name me Afton Lorraine; but my parents didn't OK it. He always thought he owned me.
Love, Jessie