Last week I had a crt cat scan of my chest - 3 of the 5 tumors have shrunk and the other two have not grown. So we continue on with the next chemo rounds and hope this trend continues! the 4th and 5th day after chemo I am usually really tired but that is fairly easy to deal with. I am trying to keep up with my physical therapy again. all my blood tests look good, too.
Someone dropped off an orange cat - it is pretty close to feral but we are feeding it and named it Compost since that is where it sleeps ---and we had a 6 foot black snake in the back yard a few days back. His name is Murphy, gotta love the country life.
Lori Barringer
http://lorib2mostories.blogspot.com/
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Good News
Hello!!
I had an MRI of the brain on Monday and the brain tumors have shrunk - One of them 2mm - which is a lot in the tumor world! Dr. Rigden said "Radiation is the gift that keeps on giving." I was so happy to hear that!
Today we went in and made all the cremation arrangements - Prepaid saves you a ton of money and your family doesn't have to make all the decisions while they are grieving. The lady said she had one Stage 4 cancer patient that prepaid 7 years ago. So you never know....But it feels good to have it dealt with for the families sake. The actual burial site will be on the Illinois side of Missouri in a veterans cemetery there.
I had chemo on Wednesday and my white count is way down so Gene is locking me in the tower so that I don't catch a cold, flu, or pneumonia - He is not into irony. So the flu is not going to get me by golly. Life is good and I have library books.
I had an MRI of the brain on Monday and the brain tumors have shrunk - One of them 2mm - which is a lot in the tumor world! Dr. Rigden said "Radiation is the gift that keeps on giving." I was so happy to hear that!
Today we went in and made all the cremation arrangements - Prepaid saves you a ton of money and your family doesn't have to make all the decisions while they are grieving. The lady said she had one Stage 4 cancer patient that prepaid 7 years ago. So you never know....But it feels good to have it dealt with for the families sake. The actual burial site will be on the Illinois side of Missouri in a veterans cemetery there.
I had chemo on Wednesday and my white count is way down so Gene is locking me in the tower so that I don't catch a cold, flu, or pneumonia - He is not into irony. So the flu is not going to get me by golly. Life is good and I have library books.
June 24th - forgot to post
I owe long overdue thanks to all the people who worked so hard at the fundraiser when my health kept me from participating. Cindy Weers-Elliot coordinated it all and Jane Snodgrass and Kathy Whitley worked on the project, too. My Mizzou crew - Ryan, Josh, and Matty were a big help. Thanks go to the church ladies for supplying all the food. Thanks to you all for a successful event.
Rita Barringer, Gene's ex-wife, died last week - She was the mother of our two oldest boys. She was only 47 and it was a terrible shock to us all. She loved her boys and knew they loved her. She will be missed.
My blood results, although I feel fine, have been way off so i have not been doing chemo. I had another series of tests today. All my results were in limits - so on Wednesday I start chemo again.
Rita Barringer, Gene's ex-wife, died last week - She was the mother of our two oldest boys. She was only 47 and it was a terrible shock to us all. She loved her boys and knew they loved her. She will be missed.
My blood results, although I feel fine, have been way off so i have not been doing chemo. I had another series of tests today. All my results were in limits - so on Wednesday I start chemo again.
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