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Start Spreading the News
It’s May… (ok, so it’s the end of May) and in Texas, that usually means we need to take advantage of our short month of spring drinking margaritas on the patio and dodging tornadoes every week before having to hibernate inside to avoid the 110 degree summer that’s around the corner. But what… Listen ⇢
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I’m walking on sunshine!!!
I was able to go forward with the PET scan, and just got the results…no cancer!!!! Woooooohoooo!!! Not only that, but the medication they chose to use for my blood clots will NOT hold me up for my transplant at all! Not even one day! Whew…I can’t even tell you… Listen ⇢
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Mama Mia…here I go again!
Well, this trip to the hospital has definitely taken a turn. Here’s an update…at midnight on Sunday, I went in for a CAT scan for my head and abdomen. Apparently, blood clots can be caused by cancer, and since I have a history of having skin cancer, they wanted to… Listen ⇢
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Get up and get, get, get down…
I have to apologize, as my previous posting was posted prematurely…below is the edited and full version of what was SUPPOSED to be sent. *** My sister and I have a stupid joke that helps me cope with my frustrations…it involves me making up a silly song mocking how much… Listen ⇢
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The future will take care of itself somehow.
Well, it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve had my chest catheter removed… what a RELIEF!!! It feels soooo good to be able to shower again (yes, I’ve been bathing all this time), sleep on my side again, go out in public without people staring again! 🙂 Mostly, it’s… Listen ⇢
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Takin’ Care of Buisness
We are back in black, baby!!! I have spent all weekend putting my tube to the test, and it’s working beautifully!! Yaaay! No more hemo! 😀 So, now, it’s just a matter of getting this chest catheter (aka Hickman line) removed. I visited the dialysis clinic today, and they told… Listen ⇢
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You wanna be tough better do what you can… just beat it!
I survived my first day of hemo!! I have to admit, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be… I was all puffing out my chest thinking that I had conquered the one thing I feared the most, but then again, I kind of skirted the part of… Listen ⇢
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Don’t do me like that!
Well, I made it out of the Heart hospital just fine… however, it has been nothing but bad ever since I left. Turns out the pains in my chest were gastric and not cardiac, but I started noticing that they were only happening when I was draining my dialysis exchanges. … Listen ⇢
