Son ishaving treatment today at Prince of Wales Private , not for cancerbut major problems again with back, injured in fall down fire escape stairs some ten years ago. Five ops since and both ankles were broken.
Blood is withdrawn and spun in Centrifuge and platelets are replaced in body. This can stimulate a recovery in a sluggish area and TV Catalyst showed similar treatment for some types of cancer a few weeks ago. The centrifuged platelets destroy the cancer cells. All still very experimental but amazing to me to see this sort of stuff..
The oncologist said to Ma Mad Cat at her last appointment: "You can swear." Poor Ma was too overwhelmed to say anything at that point. I'm making up for it now.
Swearing, it turns out, is an incredibly useful part of our linguistic repertoire. Not only has some form of swearing existed since the earliest humans began to communicate, but it has been shown to reduce physical pain, help stroke victims recover their language, and encourage people to work together as a team.
Yes, Sweary-Words™ do indeed help, as I know from my own experience.
Before my brain op, when I was getting progressively weaker, I fell onto the floor in the Episcopal Bath Chamber.
It took about half-an-hour, and a multiplicity of Sweary-Words, before I managed to squirm, on my back, about three metres along the floor into the saloon (aka lounge), and heave myself upright by means of the sofa.
The Sweary-Words definitely helped concentrate my mind, and my feeble body.
Unfortunately, if one is forced (as occasionally happens) to use Sweary-Words in public, e.g. at church, people can get the wrong impression, and go away with the idea that one has Abandoned Oneself To Satan.
Curse away, peeps - and if you manage to invent some interesting new Sweary-Words, please do feel free to share them with Shipmates!
Last time I was in the hospital, I muttered, "Oh f*** it", while trying to get out of bed. "Ah - you're feeling better!" remarked the nurse who had just appeared.
Whee - all my bloods and markers are stable so I can carry on with my targeted chemo backed up with nutrition, vitamins, prayers and love.
Indebted to all for prayers, messages and thoughts
I had a recall today after a routine mammogram. They did an ultrasound and there’s a lump there; they then performed a rather painful biopsy and I now have to wait a week to find out whether the lump is cancerous or not.
I could really do without this at the moment. It is three weeks yesterday since our lovely cat had to be put down as a result of an aggressive tumour affecting his stomach and liver.
Whee - all my bloods and markers are stable so I can carry on with my targeted chemo backed up with nutrition, vitamins, prayers and love.
Indebted to all for prayers, messages and thoughts
I had a recall today after a routine mammogram. They did an ultrasound and there’s a lump there; they then performed a rather painful biopsy and I now have to wait a week to find out whether the lump is cancerous or not.
I could really do without this at the moment. It is three weeks yesterday since our lovely cat had to be put down as a result of an aggressive tumour affecting his stomach and liver.
Oh, no. I am so sorry.
I have now missed four chemo infusions, but the lymphodema in my legs is worse than ever. It's bad enough being bald; could I please get rid of this painful swelling?
Thanks Rossweisse. I’m well aware that there’s not much wrong with me at the moment, though, and it may still be a cyst; it just came as a shock after the cat’s cancer. Hope your lymphoedema reduces; I’ve seen plenty of other people with it (via work) and it’s not pleasant.
Galilit - It's good to hear that your treatment, and your responses to it, are progressing well. I hope that continues....
Avaris - Fingers crossed that the feedback is clear. I too am a great cat lover - and I am sorry about the loss of your beloved cat. They leave a huge gap in our lives when they're gone.
Rossweisse -You sound as though you are having a tough time. All my very good wishes from here.
Rossweisse- a pox on the swelling. Enough already. So sorry.
Galilit, So happy to hear your positive news.
Avaris, Praying for good results for you, and peace while you wait for outcome.
...Rossweisse -You sound as though you are having a tough time. All my very good wishes from here.
Yes, I am, in several respects - my own physical stuff, the emotional stuff that can accompany a lot of pain (and attendant lack of sleep), my daughter's accident and crisis. Thank you!
I've been away from the forum and spending time with a dear friend in palliative care, dying due to this %^#*^$ disease. He's having great moments of grace, but has very little time left. He was given 3 months to live 38 or so months ago, and has lived it like a true saint. Now he's just lying in bed letting go slowly. He's only 63 and was a university prof prior to this illness. Fortunately the pc ward takes care of all issues, pain, incontinence, difficulties from previous surgeries, for him, and he takes his time letting go and seeking union with the Eternal. Please pray for A and his family, particularly his daughter who is his youngest and is having the hardest time of his family accepting this.
And blessings on everyone here!
(Me? I'm still sick but I'm still here, so it's not all bad!)
Reading and digesting, with a frank discussion with God.
And my quiet woohoo, wish for good biopsy results, wish for easier times and my 'oh shit, that sucks' for the beloved cat.
My drug is sitting at the Local Public Health Pharmacy with my name on but I can't get it because some national committee refused my half-yearly Extension of Treatment request. Which itself was forwarded late because of a local clinic cock-up; even though Loyal Partner went in early last week to set it all up.
I can't even go and buy it in private (for $zillions) because I have that other one sitting waiting for me in the Public Health System. And my oncologist is away overseas as well. (Though it's a small hospital so I can probably get A Letter from The Other Chap). If a letter is enough. It will take days especially if they insist on tests (eg PET-CT)...
I know that all my kibbutz health people will work extra-hard to help me but it's still The System they are trying to convince and there's only so far A Good Story will get you even in the Middle East
I am not exactly dying or anything. (Just "terminal"). But I would be in a better medical (and emotional) situation if I had my drugs as prescribed.
Indeed - poured a generous triple of Bombay Sapphire (with water that had lain in the frig to get rid of The Chemicals), added 2 perfectly cut thin slices of my last organic lemon ... and when I'd knocked that off I received a Message from On High - so I poured another one... and it turned out a double. (There is a squadron of angels in charge of wrist coordination did you know? Both for slicing the lemon and pouring a double when the triple is just beginning to hit the system)
Feeling terrific now ... it's an ill wind, I tell you, that blows absolutely no good
Huh! - bunch of bureaucrats - I got a permit for another month after The Other Chap scribbled in Doctor's Writing on the rejection form.
I will do a PET CT scan and then apply for 6 more months worth of treatment ...
Alas, or perhaps Great Blessing, my friend A moved along from this mortal world yesterday at about 12 noon. Alas for us, losing his loving friendship, intelligence, great wit and obvious holiness, but a Great Blessing for someone in such suffering, the type this awful range of illnesses causes. I will miss him so much.
{{{Galilit}}} Enjoy your medicinal gin, and don’t let the bastards grind you down!
<votive> For A and all who loved him. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
Galilit.....May your medication be sorted out as soon as feasible
idj............And may A rest in peace. I am sorry for your loss of such a good friend.
I'm continuing to have terrible problems with lymphodema; the pain (from swollen tissues, overstretched and terribly dry skin, and what I assume are nerve problems - itching and the feeling that many needles are being jabbed into my skin) makes it hard to sleep at night, no matter what I take for it. I've been off the chemo for more than a month now, and I really thought it would have receded by now. My oncologist is running out of ideas.
Rossweisse - your problem with the swollen tissues sounds really unpleasant, and all the more so if it is stopping you from sleeping. Everything always seems worse when one is awake at night.
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Blood is withdrawn and spun in Centrifuge and platelets are replaced in body. This can stimulate a recovery in a sluggish area and TV Catalyst showed similar treatment for some types of cancer a few weeks ago. The centrifuged platelets destroy the cancer cells. All still very experimental but amazing to me to see this sort of stuff..
It does sound amazing indeed. Thanks for sharing.
Along with composing brilliant entries for my Journal - and then cannot be arsed to get out of bed and write them
Before my brain op, when I was getting progressively weaker, I fell onto the floor in the Episcopal Bath Chamber.
It took about half-an-hour, and a multiplicity of Sweary-Words, before I managed to squirm, on my back, about three metres along the floor into the saloon (aka lounge), and heave myself upright by means of the sofa.
The Sweary-Words definitely helped concentrate my mind, and my feeble body.
Unfortunately, if one is forced (as occasionally happens) to use Sweary-Words in public, e.g. at church, people can get the wrong impression, and go away with the idea that one has Abandoned Oneself To Satan.
Curse away, peeps - and if you manage to invent some interesting new Sweary-Words, please do feel free to share them with Shipmates!
(In a plain brown envelope, of course).
Indebted to all for prayers, messages and thoughts
Yes indeed.
I could really do without this at the moment. It is three weeks yesterday since our lovely cat had to be put down as a result of an aggressive tumour affecting his stomach and liver.
Oh, no. I am so sorry.
I have now missed four chemo infusions, but the lymphodema in my legs is worse than ever. It's bad enough being bald; could I please get rid of this painful swelling?
{{Galilit}} and {{Rossweisse}}
Avaris - Fingers crossed that the feedback is clear. I too am a great cat lover - and I am sorry about the loss of your beloved cat. They leave a huge gap in our lives when they're gone.
Rossweisse -You sound as though you are having a tough time. All my very good wishes from here.
Galilit, So happy to hear your positive news.
Avaris, Praying for good results for you, and peace while you wait for outcome.
I've been away from the forum and spending time with a dear friend in palliative care, dying due to this %^#*^$ disease. He's having great moments of grace, but has very little time left. He was given 3 months to live 38 or so months ago, and has lived it like a true saint. Now he's just lying in bed letting go slowly. He's only 63 and was a university prof prior to this illness. Fortunately the pc ward takes care of all issues, pain, incontinence, difficulties from previous surgeries, for him, and he takes his time letting go and seeking union with the Eternal. Please pray for A and his family, particularly his daughter who is his youngest and is having the hardest time of his family accepting this.
And blessings on everyone here!
(Me? I'm still sick but I'm still here, so it's not all bad!)
And my quiet woohoo, wish for good biopsy results, wish for easier times and my 'oh shit, that sucks' for the beloved cat.
I can't even go and buy it in private (for $zillions) because I have that other one sitting waiting for me in the Public Health System.
And my oncologist is away overseas as well. (Though it's a small hospital so I can probably get A Letter from The Other Chap). If a letter is enough. It will take days especially if they insist on tests (eg PET-CT)...
I know that all my kibbutz health people will work extra-hard to help me but it's still The System they are trying to convince and there's only so far A Good Story will get you even in the Middle East
I am not exactly dying or anything. (Just "terminal"). But I would be in a better medical (and emotional) situation if I had my drugs as prescribed.
Better have a stiff gin ...
Have a stiff GIN, by all means (BTW, that particular gift from God is far more efficacious if capitalised...
Feeling terrific now ... it's an ill wind, I tell you, that blows absolutely no good
Bottles of GIN are a favourite guise, ISTM...
I will do a PET CT scan and then apply for 6 more months worth of treatment ...
Oh dear, how extremely annoying. I do hope it all gets sorted quickly.
It'll be fine - I live in a Narrative Culture. So I tell My Story and things get done
<votive> For A and all who loved him. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
idj............And may A rest in peace. I am sorry for your loss of such a good friend.
Have they sorted out all the red tape yet with your meds, Galilit?
Sorry for the loss of your friend, IDJ.
I'm continuing to have terrible problems with lymphodema; the pain (from swollen tissues, overstretched and terribly dry skin, and what I assume are nerve problems - itching and the feeling that many needles are being jabbed into my skin) makes it hard to sleep at night, no matter what I take for it. I've been off the chemo for more than a month now, and I really thought it would have receded by now. My oncologist is running out of ideas.
(very gentle virtual hug that won’t irritate your skin any further)
Rossweisse - your problem with the swollen tissues sounds really unpleasant, and all the more so if it is stopping you from sleeping. Everything always seems worse when one is awake at night.
A gentle virtual hug from me too.