Dear Cindy,
This thing with Rich came up quickly, as you know, and his Dr. along with
the 2nd opinion Dr. decided that the operation must come first as chemo or
rad. sometimes tears up tissues around the area. His Dr. said that he was
glad the chemo came 2nd because he would not have wanted to work in that
area after the fact. As it was, the operation went very well, in his
opinion. We just were provided with an oncologist (a lady doctor) that
comes highly recommended by Rich's home health nurse. She comes out and
changes his dressing on his Picc line. She said that this doctor will talk
to us and be honest and informative. She doesn't mess around or take any
garbage from anyone. The nurse said that some people think that she's
bitchy but she likes her a lot. So this Tuesday we have our first appt.
with her. The surgeon just had this appt. set up for us.
So now I feel like I'm not on the ball, but there was just no time. Rich
was in the hosp. for 9 days and feeling like hell most of the time. If she
had of come to see him it probably wouldn't have done any good. Just in
the last few days he has been asking a few questions. Like, "Do I still
have cancer?"
So I am anxious to see what she (the onc.) has to say.
The nurse said that Rich is probably in denial right about now and that
some anger will probably show up in the near future. I told her that he
sure goes through quite a few elevations of moods daily. She said that
this doctor will help him out by answering questions he has. She's also
going to find a local support group for him to attend and said that at the
rad. and chemo places he will be around others cancering people who will
talk to him.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know why the onc. didn't come to the hosp.
He didn't have one yet.
Thanks for the advice and I will watch to see how this doc. does. As
always you're very helpful and I do appreciate and value your opinion.
Love Vicci
PS He's still throwing up at night and his surgeon wants him to eat ginger
candies found at a local asian store, instead of prescribing the anti
nausea meds. They have bad effects if used to long. I like that.
Anything that is natural instead of man made. Rich didn't go buy any tho.
He's also taking baths when the surgeon has warned him not to. D E N I
A L said the nurse. I'm beginning to understand a little.....
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> From: Lillian <firefly@islc.net>
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> Subject: Re: [MOL] Good News!
> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 5:02 PM
>
I second this!
Cindy Crowe wrote:
> Vicci, If you don't find out what you want to know very soon (in my
> unesteemed opinion, you should have already heard what was going to
> happen from your son's onc.), I would go to that onc.'s office and
> plant myself in a chair and refuse to budge until he took time in his
> "busy" schedule to see you and answer your questions. Did he not come
> by your son's hospital room while he was there?? If he did, he should
> have given your son some information on what he proposed be done. If
> he did not, I'd dump him immediately!! Also, the first thing you have
> to learn about surgeons is that they're a head and shoulders above the
> rest of the world. They are not people persons in most cases. They
> just cut. So don't think too badly of him as that just makes him fit
> the pattern. But the onc. should have been by almost immediately and
> talked about the type of protocol he wanted to use. your friend,
>
> cindy crowe
> ccrowe@msn.com
> cindyc@themaxfoundation.org
> Until There
> Is A Cure
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vicci Ewen <vicci@wave.net>
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 6:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [MOL] Good News!Dear Martha,
> Yeeeaaahhhhh! Great news. I for one have benefitted very
> much from your
> advice and encouragement. I don't drink very much myself
> but today we are
> going out on the Rogue River to have a much needed relaxing
> day and I will
> tip a bit of bubbly to you. (Probably a couple sips of
> hubby's beer, as
> that is his champagne) My son Rich will start rad. or chemo
> soon and I'm
> just not sure where we stand with his cancer. I'm assuming
> the oncologist
> will tell us more about what's going on with him that the
> surgeon did. The
> surgeon says I got it out and you'll get some treatments.
> So I learn and
> read this MOL list for my info. Keep up your great
> encouragement to this
> lists as we would all miss it if you didn't write. Some
> people have the
> gift of words and you are one of them. Thank YOU!
> And I'm sooooo
> happy for you.
> Love Vicci
>
> ----------
> > From: Martha S Cerreto <MJTCERRETO@prodigy.net>
> > To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> > Cc: mjtcerreto@prodigy.net
> > Subject: [MOL] Good News!
> > Date: Thursday, July 09, 1998 10:02 AM
> >
> > I haven't posted much. I guess in part, it's because I
> only joined the
> > list about a month ago. In part, I think, it was also
> because it didn't
> > seem right to me to do more than offer encouragement or
> advice, if I
> could,
> > to others because reading your posts made it obvious to
> me that there
> are
> > a great many people on the list suffering a lot more than
> I am. But
> today
> > I have to crow. I had a mastectomy in 1990 and a
> reoccurrence on the
> other
> > side and mets to the bone in 12/97. I had blood tests
> last Tuesday and
> > just got the results today. For the first time since
> rediagnosis, my
> tumor
> > markers are all normal! I've been reading how we
> shouldn't drink, so I
> > haven't been. But please, you guys, get your husbands, or
> anybody handy
> > that wouldn't be hurting themselves and have them lift a
> glass of
> something
> > bubbly tonight for me, and I don't mean seltzer!
> >
> > Lots of love and blessings to you all,
> >
> > Martha Cerreto
> >
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