Since we started on this ride w/MM and his bladder cancer, our house has been crazy! Emotions are running amok, he is more tired than normal (guess when you have two surgeries in two weeks that is to be expected!), we have been to the doctor more since the end of July than the past two years!
We have also been getting notes, cards, small gifts, and he even got a quilt!! I know he sent a thank you card for the quilt, because I bought him a card and watched write it and put a stamp on it, but for everything else, please accept this as a thank you! Your thoughts and caring have been more than I ever expected!! Each and everyone is greatly appreciated!
We saw the oncologist this past Friday and there are three different options for the chemo they will give him. The first two have a 20% rate of killing everything and the third, which is a more intense version of #2, has a 50% rate. That is the one the doctor wants to use, but because of MM's kidney issues, he has to talk to the nephrologist first to see if he can withstand it. Prior to chemo starting, which will be in about two weeks, he will have a port inserted, so that will be surgery #3 in a month. Once it does start, the doctor expects him to be very tired and sleep a lot, so I expect him to be going on disability sooner than we expected. At least his company has an excellent plan in place and they have already processed all the paperwork, so that is one less thing we have to worry about.
After the oncologist, we went to the lake. It was the first weekend it has been open since last Labor Day and we wanted to get away. Our daughters (with no children!!), Tyler and Jamie (Tyler's girlfriend) were up there. We got a lot of cleanup done and MM and Tyler got two new stands for firewood storage built and the old one ripped apart. Saturday afternoon, we knocked off about 3pm and got in the lake for a couple hours....that was so refreshing!
All that fresh air wears one out and I spent most of Monday napping.
Hope all is well in your worlds!
We have also been getting notes, cards, small gifts, and he even got a quilt!! I know he sent a thank you card for the quilt, because I bought him a card and watched write it and put a stamp on it, but for everything else, please accept this as a thank you! Your thoughts and caring have been more than I ever expected!! Each and everyone is greatly appreciated!
We saw the oncologist this past Friday and there are three different options for the chemo they will give him. The first two have a 20% rate of killing everything and the third, which is a more intense version of #2, has a 50% rate. That is the one the doctor wants to use, but because of MM's kidney issues, he has to talk to the nephrologist first to see if he can withstand it. Prior to chemo starting, which will be in about two weeks, he will have a port inserted, so that will be surgery #3 in a month. Once it does start, the doctor expects him to be very tired and sleep a lot, so I expect him to be going on disability sooner than we expected. At least his company has an excellent plan in place and they have already processed all the paperwork, so that is one less thing we have to worry about.
After the oncologist, we went to the lake. It was the first weekend it has been open since last Labor Day and we wanted to get away. Our daughters (with no children!!), Tyler and Jamie (Tyler's girlfriend) were up there. We got a lot of cleanup done and MM and Tyler got two new stands for firewood storage built and the old one ripped apart. Saturday afternoon, we knocked off about 3pm and got in the lake for a couple hours....that was so refreshing!
All that fresh air wears one out and I spent most of Monday napping.
Hope all is well in your worlds!
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