Hi Rohit; My name is Beav. It seems to be the routine, the roller coaster ride
of cancer. Seems like you are on a steep down hill twist right now but just vent
(scream) and hang on. You'll come up for air right when you need it. It amazes
me how I somehow always find the strength to endure this. Your doing good, this
is an excellant place to vent!!!!!
Take Care, Beav
Rohit Ramaswamy wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> We're finally breathing again after a scary rough week - we were in the
> hospital for four days out of the last five. Patty coudn;t get out of
> bed last Tuesday, she was so weak - turned out her hemoglobin count was
> low and she needed a blood transfusion. Then on Thursday she lost all
> speech functions and motor skills on the right side - we went back to
> the hospital, and did CAT scans and MRIs to find out whether the brain
> mets had spread despite the radiation -fortunately they found no new
> growths, but the brain swelling was worse, causing the symptoms. She had
> been off her steroid medication for a week - interestingly no one had
> checked to see if the swelling had gone down before taking her off the
> medication. We spent 3 days in the hospital, back on steroid infusions,
> and was finally well enough again to be discharged. So we're back to the
> routine today, though our nerves are jangled.
>
> Does everyone else have it this up and down so early, or is it just us ?
> With the fever and the anemia and the swelling, every day in the past
> two weeks has been different. And this is on top of the chemo, which she
> also had last week. Now they have found low protein counts and so we are
> doing hi protein shakes 3 times a day to supplement meals.
>
> Seems like there is never any breathing room. What happened to the
> periods of calm we were promised ?
>
> Just venting .... glad to be back home.
>
> Love
>
> Rohit
>
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