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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / February 2004Re: wife
curtis I know how much your wife means to you. All I can offer you is my support, hopes and prays. And remeberALWAYS have valuable you are and will be to all of here in the group, As you see on bilboars everywher, Winston Churchill said "Never, never, never give up the fight, no matter what.." All OUR love and best wishes, Jim Jim (AKA BillyBob, but only to newsgroups!) jjoy_DONT_USE_THIS_PART@austin_DONT_USE_THIS_PART.rr.com Pre-op. PSA: 5.1 11-2000. Age 56 then Biopsy 1-3-2001: 3+3=6, only 10% diffused cells, left side only. Left Sem. Ves,1-8-04: 4+3=7, 20% difused cells RRP: 3-12-01, 20% diffused cells, 20% capsular penetration, neg lymph & Sem. ves. Erection - 6 weeks and earlier; 6 wks.; first decent one PSA's - .5,1.1,.5,.3,.4,.7,.7,.6,.7,.7.,.9,1.1 Nov.4 03, 1.1 Jan. 8, 04 NO ONE, not even my med school Pathology Prof. Step-Sister EVER said "radiation" - "Wait until it gets to 2.0, i.e. serious." (Last - Quote of urologist who did RRP!) Can't beat that deal at ANY price! AND I have a 30 year old car with only 26,000 miles on it that a little old lady only used to drive to church on Sundays. Want to buy that as well? thanks jim - the good news is tonight, my one son & his wife drove 60 miles after working all day, just to be with her. they have a sandwich shop on a different floor. i talked with the nurses to make sure it was ok to take the wife off the floor and we all went down to the sandwich shop for relieve the stress of a hospital room setting. her iv unit start beeping "low battery" so we had to find a table that was close to an electrical outlet, but i think the visit did a lot for her spirits. the four of us were just having a good time, nobody else was in the eating room (it's was about midnight) and although she can't eat anything because of the colonoscopy in the morning, i could tell it took the stress off of the situation enough that when we unplugged the iv unit and went back up to her room, that she thought she might be able to sleep some. so, hopefully, i'll be able to post what they find. as of tonight, she is still bleeding but it is high up in the intestinal tract because it is not tarry(sp?) or fresh. it's 5am now, and i'm still not sleepy. stress does that to me. the last time she was in the hospital, i also lost 30 lbs. so maybe the positive thing of this is i'll lose some more weight. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional > it's 5am now, and i'm still not sleepy. stress does that to me. the > last time she was in the hospital, i also lost 30 lbs. so maybe the > positive thing of this is i'll lose some more weight. > > ~ curtis Keep strong and have faith friend. Try and rest a little (if that's possible). My thoughts/prayers are with you and "yours" Sosep Keep your chin up Curtis, and please pass on a big ((((((cyber-hug)))))) to your dear wife. I shall be thinking of you both and wish you well. love Carolyn Preston UK husband dx april 03 age 47yrs PSA 639.5 april 03. PSA 14 .June 03. PSA 18.7 dec 03. stage T4 multiple bone mets. current treatment- zolodex, casodex, gabapentin, zolidronic acid infusions awaiting clinical trials (taxitare chemotherpy) > > it's 5am now, and i'm still not sleepy. stress does that to me. the > > last time she was in the hospital, i also lost 30 lbs. so maybe the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sosep had colonoscopy and barium drink complete with x-rays. they did her a favor i think. they knocked her out and it lasted over 2 hours. the results - colon was clear and haven't heard the results from the x-rays on the small intestines. so, here's the scorecard - losing blood, stomach is got clean bill of health, colon has clean bill of health, and small intestines is still waiting. makes you wonder if that comes back clean, where they will go to next. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Esophagus and large intestines is all that is left. Right? And the duodenum. I think that's what they call it. But, you'd think those latter two would be checked with the x-rays.  SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .3 .4 .8 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .3 .2 .2 .2 .3 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .1 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03 > had colonoscopy and barium drink complete with x-rays. they did her a > favor i think. they knocked her out and it lasted over 2 hours. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional I hope they do not find anything seriously wrong in there Curtis. You both are both in my prayers. Thank you. David >had colonoscopy and barium drink complete with x-rays. they did her a >favor i think. they knocked her out and it lasted over 2 hours. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional can you believe this?????? they can't find anything wrong with her and are sending her home. not that i'm complaining. but after all the testing they say there they can't find anything, but they did confirm again the day after she was admitted that she was passing blood. so, you see, all the prayers worked and that 1-800 line to the maker is still in good working order. many thanks to everyone, the support here isn't just about prostate cancer, but the whole person. what a great group of caring folks :) one big s e s l s i m i m m mmm ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional > can you believe this?????? they can't find anything wrong with her and > are sending her home. not that i'm complaining. but after all the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Great news Curtis. We're all happy for both of you. Hopefully, this was some transitory illness or injury that is now healed up and won't be seen again. Best regards to the missus. Alan i learned something - webtv doesn't translate very well when trying to do graphics. that was suppose to be a big smile using the word "smile" and you see how it turned out. learn something new everyday. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional > i learned something - webtv doesn't translate very well when trying to > do graphics. that was suppose to be a big smile using the word "smile" [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Actually, it does look like a smile on my email client screen. Each combination of computer, software package, screen resolution, video hardware, and font seems to produce different results. It's very hard to predict what things will look like on someone else's screen. Alan That is great news Curtis. I am very happy for you both. Have a good weekend and look at your vacation photos. Thank you. David S. >can you believe this?????? they can't find anything wrong with her and >are sending her home. not that i'm complaining. but after all the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Great news, Curtis!!! I'm so glad you will have your wife home for the Valentine's weekend. Hope you can both get some rest and put all this past week behind you! And your *smile* came out fine on my screen! Take care.... be well! MikeH > can you believe this?????? they can't find anything wrong with her and > are sending her home. not that i'm complaining. but after all the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Curtis, Your smile worked here; more important is the fact that you wanted to smile! My wife recently went through a mastectomy followed by removal of lymph nodes as a separate procedure. I can only say that she gave me the confidence and inspiration to rely on my physicians and "The Guy Upstairs." I think it's interesting how we become self absorbed in our own problems and tend to miss what's going on around us until something serious occurs with a loved one; to turn on the light, so to speak. We wish your wife and you the best. Tom > Great news, Curtis!!! > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional hi tom - i hope everything turns out fine for your wife. your post reminds me of the wife who complained about her husband's snoring until another wife spoke up. "i wish he was alive so i could hear his snoring." i say this as i walked through the living room where my wife is very much sound asleep after a hard week. this house sure has been quiet this week by myself. it really makes you appreciate what time we have together and what truly is important in life. to add to this - i just got a call from my son asking about mom. his son came down with something today and is on his lap and burning up with a temp. he is sleeping and i could tell that as a new father of 2 years, he is beginning to see what it feels from that view point of what it's like to be a father. i told him, been there, done that. i remember when you were on my lap sleeping with a fever and the feeling of nothing you could do but let it run it's course. i think this group has the some of biggest hearts. we can talk openly about other subjects as well. we are support for the whole person, not just the one little organ deep inside the body. be sure to give your wife a great big hug and tell her it is from a very special newsgroup. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional |
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