Dear Marty,
The positive thing about pneumonia, is that I was relieved to know I
was sick and it was treatable. I have all my scans tomorrow and will
see how effective the chemo has been.
Hope Barb's new medicine is helping. When do you get all your test
results?
Thinking of you both,
RONDA
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From: Martin Auslander [SMTP:fitecancer@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 1997 9:14 AM
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
Subject: [MOL] Rondas Pneumonia
Ronda Chapman wrote:
>
> To all of you.........
>
> I just got off the phone with my internist. I had been having what
I
> thought was asthma problems aggravated by a cold I had the first of
> October. My internist insisted on taking a regular chest xray,
even
> though I told her I was scheduled for all the CAT scans this
Friday.
> Bless her foresight. I have pneumonia, which I'm sure is not
helped
> by the lung tumor, but also is treatable. I've been worrying that
the
> tumor has been active again, because I was feeling pain in my
chest,
> and hadn't for quite sometime.
>
> Sometimes it is so easy when you're a cancer patient, to think the
> "norm" is not feeling well. We're supposed to get a hard freeze
here
> tonight, which will help my asthma problems, thank goodness, and
the
> antibiotics should help the infection.
>
> The point of all this is, I guess, to not let things go when you
> aren't feeling well. I've been feeling lousy for the past 3 weeks.
>
> Have a good day!
> RONDA
>
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>
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Ronda,
Great advice for all of us, not to procrastinate when not feeling
well.
I am sorry about your feeling down and not well at all. There is so
much that I could say and advise, but I am certain you have heard
them
all like meditation and guided imagery, and nutrition and rest,
overcoming stress, having hobbies and fun time for yourself to break
the
stress chain and trying to seek ways to boost the immune system so
that
pneumonia or any secondary reaction is limited. Wish I could advise
better, because we are trying all those things and Barb got shingles
as
a secondary reaction to a depressed immune system. But, we feel if we
hadn't or don't try all the things and take all the necessary
precautions them maybe the shingles or other reactions or secondary
effects would be exacerbated or moreso. Its my positive thought for
the
day.
Take care Ronda, wish we could advise you more or better. Pneumonia
is
no fun
God Bless You
Marty and Barb
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