Hi to all the groupies, sorry I have been mia for a while.
I have been keeping up with most of the posts, so happy vacations to those who are heading out for their trips, congratulations to those who have added on points. To those who celebrated birthdays and anniversaries I hope you had a great celebration. Prayers to those facing illnesses and surgeries or that have lost loved ones. And to the new groupies - Welcome!!! Hopefully I have covered everything. If I forgot anyone please forgive me.
Update on my mother. . . our surgeon told us Tuesday that we are now on pain management. She had reached her limit on chemo again and I had to put her in the hospital for 11 days to get her potassium and magnesium levels back where they needed to be. She has lost so much weight and been in so much pain, that we were not surprised when we were given the word. Our oncologist has agreed with the surgeon. She is still taking the chemo pill since she tolerates it so well, but there have been no promises made on whether it will help at all. He said whenever her pain level rises for us to just ask for more meds. She has fought a brave fight and is still hanging in there until God calls her home.
My surgery went very well. The lump was 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm and they removed 4 lymph nodes. The nodes tested clear and the tissue around the lump was also clear. The actual tumor was a small part invasive cancer and the rest was not. Because of that my medical oncologist has ordered a test which will determine whether or not I will need chemo or not. I will get those results Tues. May 3. I will be having radiation and am a candidate for the 5 year followup chemo pill. Anyway, I have healed nicely (I think) and so far have not slowed down a whole lot. I will check in with y'all when we get the results Tuesday.
We have had quite a few tornadoes in our area so I also feel for the other states that have been going through this crazy weather. My family has been safe, but I have an aunt and uncle that lost well over 10 big trees and over half of their barn was damaged. Luckily no one has been hurt around here during our batch of storms.
Sorry this was so long, but I wanted to catch all my great groupie friends up on the latest. Everyone stay safe and have a great weekend.