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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / February 2005For irishfolker
Healing and chemo are being discussed on another cancer newsgroup I thought this might of interest re: your wife's situation:and/or anyone else who's had cancer surgery. by Tim:on another cancer newsgroup <start quote> Chemotherapy can be expected to seriously slow down the healing process. Healing involves rapid cell division, which is what chemotherapy attacks. They usually wait for most of the healing from surgery to complete before starting chemo.<end quote> My best to you and your wife, J > Healing and chemo are being discussed on another cancer newsgroup > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > My best to you and your wife, > J Hi J! Thanks for the info. We did notice a slowing down during the 2 weeks of chemo and a speeding up during the week off. Interesting phemonenon. Fortunately the healing was far enough along that it continued anyway. We just saw the surgeon yesterday and he said that we can stop packing it now. There was only a line of unhealed flesh that was <1/8 inch wide. We were pretty sure we could switch to just a dressing on top, but since we had the appointment anyway, we got his opinion first. He swabbed it with silver iodide and taped some gauze over it and sent us on our merry way. We go back to him in 4 months. The other good news is that Bonnie tolerated her Gemzar beautifully this time. The first 2 doses made her feverish and headachy 2 days later. This time no fever, no headache, no nausea, just a bit tired and sleepy. Maybe a little general achiness, but nothing really bad. Made for a pretty decent Valentine's Day weekend all in all. Sunday we had lobster tail and artichoke by the fire and on Monday we stopped at a cute little wine bar after the surgeon appt. Glad to have good news to report irishfolker > > Healing and chemo are being discussed on another cancer newsgroup > > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > irishfolker And pleased to read that you have good news to report. Good to hear that you had a nice Valentines Day too. Warm Hugs Alayne > And pleased to read that you have good news to report. Good to hear that > you had a nice Valentines Day too. > > Warm Hugs > > Alayne Thanks Alayne! Hope you had a nice one too. Hugs back atcha Jeff > "irishfolker" <irishfolker@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > And pleased to read that you have good news to report. Good to hear that > you had a nice Valentines Day too. Hello Alayne, That's kewl, you two finally "met". I see that you did not post on Valentines Day. Were you okay, hon? It was a particularly hard day (when others celebrate) for some of us first'(year)ers who lost someone we cared about.. There was a memorial thread for "R" (lung cancer), on another newsgroup. You and irishfolker have a commonality (in case he or you didn't notice), having lost a loved one to a brain tumour. So hugs all around and may irishfolker and wife (and you Alayne and kids and friends) have many more happy and good news times to come. J > Hello Alayne, > That's kewl, you two finally "met". Actually, Alayne accidentally emailed me directly a few days ago and we had a little back-and-forth e-conversation. Sort of sneaking around off the board as it were *chuckle*. Seems to be a nice place here, all in all, as long as you ignore the occasional twit. Jeff > > That's kewl, you two finally "met". > > Actually, Alayne accidentally emailed me directly a few days ago and we > had a little back-and-forth e-conversation. Sort of sneaking around > off the board as it were *chuckle*. Oh, I see. Thanks for explaining. I have a command, in my newsreader, "Reply all" which also emails and I've clicked that button accidentally myself recently. Fortunately or unfortunately, it's been to munged addy's, so it/they bounced back to me. I see you and Alayne "getting together" as a good thing, so carry on. I won't breathe a word to anyone *chuckle* > Seems to be a nice place here, all in all, as long as you ignore the > occasional twit. I'll certainly try, but I think many of us have the occasional twit moments, don't you (think so)? <rhetorical> Hopefully, the old threads will expire and/or those with cancer will ignore them and learn to trust this newsgroup again for what's it's about, support ! Best to you, J > > "irishfolker" <irishfolker@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > friends) have many more happy and good news times to come. > J Hi J, Valentines Day was okay as it went, bearing in mind that it was also the start of half-term.... the day itself passed me by, but then it usually always did, Tony was never the out and out romantic type and I would be lucky to get the last card left on the shelf ;-) Nikki bought me a cuddly teddy and a creme egg so I did okay! Yes, I have touched base (oh how posh of me) with Irishfolker and that's "kewl". Warm Hugs Alayne > Valentines Day was okay as it went, bearing in mind that it was also the > start of half-term.... the day itself passed me by, but then it usually > always did, Tony was never the out and out romantic type Some men are, some aren't. It's being appreciated that counts > and I would be > lucky to get the last card left on the shelf ;-) Nikki bought me a cuddly > teddy and a creme egg so I did okay! and it looks like Nikki appreciates you ! > Yes, I have touched base (oh how posh of me) with Irishfolker and that's > "kewl". Keep on touching base, Alayne. The world is a better place because of you. Big hugs J lkawz@anon.invalid said... > > Valentines Day was okay as it went, bearing in mind that it was also the > > start of half-term.... the day itself passed me by, but then it usually > > always did, Tony was never the out and out romantic type > > Some men are, some aren't. It's being appreciated that counts Himself and I have never exchanged cards, be it Christmas, birthday, anniversary, valentine or what. 'Sides which, we have our own patron saint of lovers in Wales... Look up 'Dydd Santes Dwynwen' for real nauseating pointlessness :-) Here's a site in English for those who can't be bothered to take a crash course in Welsh... http://www.geocities.com/saintdwynwen/Saint-Dwynwen.html - but take it all with a generous pinch of salt and keep a bucket to hand. Yes, it really /is/ that bad.  SignatureIf you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs... then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the situation. > lkawz@anon.invalid said... > > > Valentines Day was okay as it went, bearing in mind that it was also the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > take it all with a generous pinch of salt and keep a bucket to > hand. Yes, it really /is/ that bad. Aw Em, you have to have a bit of romantic nonsense every now and again, what better opportunity to indulge in a box of Thorntons ;-) Chuckle, I can remember only two occasions when Tony "bought" me flowers: the first was when he started calling at my house and presented me with a lovely red rose.... gorgeous I thought til I realised he had picked it out of our own garden, and the second was when Nikki was born, his mother told him not to waste his money on a grand bouquet, instead she persuaded him to buy the plastic variety (yuk!) I know the day is commercialised but even tacky cards can become momentos, mine are all in Tony's flightcase now. Warm Hugs Alayne totallyfake@emailaddress.com said... > > lkawz@anon.invalid said... > > > > Valentines Day was okay as it went, bearing in mind that it was also [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Aw Em, you have to have a bit of romantic nonsense every now and again, what > better opportunity to indulge in a box of Thorntons ;-) I have never needed an excuse to indulge in a box of Thorntons - I can find all sorts of reasons for so doing though :-) > Chuckle, I can remember only two occasions when Tony "bought" me flowers: > the first was when he started calling at my house and presented me with a > lovely red rose.... gorgeous I thought til I realised he had picked it out > of our own garden, Whoops! > and the second was when Nikki was born, his mother told > him not to waste his money on a grand bouquet, instead she persuaded him to > buy the plastic variety (yuk!) Sometimes they can be rather nice though. On the shelf behind me sit five little silk or similar floral arrangements, each one different; each one an improvement in quality on the previous one. They serve to remind me of five very different births, of five very different children. Not that I'm in any real danger of forgetting them... > I know the day is commercialised but even tacky cards can become momentos, > mine are all in Tony's flightcase now. I haven't kept any cards or anything, simply because they don't mean that much to me. My mother, OTOH, has boxes of the things; she's even kept my primary school stuff and a little bottle of teeth! I have never seen the attraction of keeping my children's teeth after they've fallen out - straight in the bin with them and good riddance. I mean, they're *teeth* for crying out loud. But that's just me I guess: not a sentimental bone in my body. SignatureIf you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs... then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the situation. > lkawz@anon.invalid said... > > > Valentines Day was okay as it went, bearing in mind that it was also the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > take it all with a generous pinch of salt and keep a bucket to > hand. Yes, it really /is/ that bad. Em, I lost that other web page, that I was practising. (the one where we can hear it being spoken) Could you please add it to the above one, so I can save them both together. Then I can reread them at my leisure, later. Thanks J lkawz@anon.invalid said... > > lkawz@anon.invalid said... > > > > Valentines Day was okay as it went, [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks > J http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogog och.co.uk/ Hmmm. Try this instead - it's less likely to wrap... http://tinyurl.com/6vjgy Thinking about it, one of the main reasons why I wouldn't pronounce the word in the same way as the recording is because I'm not a Gog (a Northwalian)[1]. There are as many variations of Welsh accent as there are English, American, Canadian, French etc. The Gogs reckon they speak the proper Welsh, the Westwalians know that /they/ do, and the majority of Southwalians who speak Welsh (most don't) are foreigners from England who reckon that /theirs/ is the true accent. Me? I just talk to anyone and everyone and consequently although my accent is definitely southern my vocabulary is a right mixture! [1] The Welsh for 'north' is 'gogledd', pronounced gog-ledh. The 'dh' is a hard 'th' as in 'these' or 'those'. Northwalians don't really like being called Gogs but unfortunately for them it's sort of stuck... Don't get too carried away by Llanfair PG though - it's a very small place whose only real industry is tourism, complete with expensive tea shoppes (sic) and a large Tourist Information Centre (TIC). And once you've got over the name and had your photo taken on the station platform, I'm sorry to say that it's also incredibly boring. The rest of Anglesey, however, is delightful, and well worth a visit. SignatureIf you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs... then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the situation. > lkawz@anon.invalid said... > > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Hmmm. Try this instead - it's less likely to wrap... > http://tinyurl.com/6vjgy <snipped> Thank you Emily, I saved the whole post. J |
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