“Eight is Great” – A Reflective Commentary + Scan Results Are In

Sundanceh

YoVita said:

A break for you
So happy for you. You deserve a break. Hope it lasts a long time. I've decided that most of this cancer stuff is luck but it helps to eat well and exercise to deal with surgeries and treatments to come - let alone other illnesses as mentioned above. Thanks for the good news. Best of health to you Craig.

Yo!
Thank you so much!

In six more months, we'll know if the winning streak continues:)

-Craig

Sundanceh

eibod said:

Hi Craig, I still check on
Hi Craig, I still check on the board sometimes to see how everyone is. Was so glad to
see your news. My grandmother use to say "the sun doesn't shine on the same dogs behind every day". I am so very very glad it has chosen to shine on you a little. You deserve
some good news, some peaceful and stressless days. Glad you are still writing and wordy.
Enjoyed reading your thoughts. You sure helped me those last critical months. Brenda

Brenda:)
I hope you check back in to read this:)

This is another true story. The six-month procession between hospitals, nursing homes, ICU's, ER's and finally hospice was difficult at best...there was alot of outside drama that presented itself - and just too many other things to go back into....but it was more than caregiving for my dying father.....

But, during some of those long, many nights, I often found myself thinking of you and what you were describing with your husband...it all came into focus for me thinking about you and what you endured.

I saw flashes of "Sundowner's Syndrome" - it was frightening at times...throwing stuff at nurses and having to be physically restrained. That really made me think of you....he didn't see spiders on the ceiling....but he saw people 'in the shadows', or at the end of his bed and all sorts of imaginary stuff.

The last days in hospice were hard - it was hard watching someone's body and mind physically dying...one night it was really creepy....he had a look on his face that I can't explain....but I knew he was seeing something or someone on the "Other Side."

The other side of what I don't know...but he was reaching for it and had this weird look on his face - I mean it was disturbing, it was scary, it was unnerving.

And all I could think of was "Poor Brenda" and what you had gone through.

Six-months seemed like a lifetime - and it was really....we thought it would never end....he just kept being passed around all of the medical facilities like a used hat. They used his insurance and got what they needed - and then discharged him, so they could go round again and start a new tab.

Anyway, it just made me think of the strength that you have...your cries for help just hit me where I live and I was so desperate to try and find something that could soothe you.

But how do you soothe one when they are going through something like this?

What does make me feel good, was that there was something I said that helped to 'ease' some of your suffering...and I'm glad to know that I was able to lighten your load a little bit.

Wordy? Yep, that's me - you know I can't sign my own name in one page, LOL!

Thank you so much for stopping by on this post - and thank you for checking in on us....I can speak for the entire group when I say "We Miss You."

Look forward to hearing from you again.

All my best!

-Craig

Sundanceh

k1 said:

So good to log on to good news for you
I've been offline a lot lately due to going to the med center two or three times per week for physical therapy for an injured rotator cuff ... leftovers from a fall I had during chemo when numb feet from oxaliplatin made me lose my balance (happened twice, but apparently the second time it had serious consequences and I didn't know until weeks after chemo ended and the pain didn't go away in my arm and shoulder).

Sure is a great thing to log on after a while and read somebody has good news! Congratulations and carpe diem!

K1

Hi "Special K"
Yep, I'm still holding air:)

Sorry about your fall - I fell several times too last year while on chemo but luckily only knocked things off the wall.

You get better soon and keep up the good rehab - time to enjoy your status as well.

It's hot now...I'm thinking back to where you were so excited about Spring....but that's in the rear view.....hot days like this make me think of a tall frosty margarita.

Ummmm!

See you - Craig

eibod

Sundanceh said:

Brenda:)
I hope you check back in to read this:)

This is another true story. The six-month procession between hospitals, nursing homes, ICU's, ER's and finally hospice was difficult at best...there was alot of outside drama that presented itself - and just too many other things to go back into....but it was more than caregiving for my dying father.....

But, during some of those long, many nights, I often found myself thinking of you and what you were describing with your husband...it all came into focus for me thinking about you and what you endured.

I saw flashes of "Sundowner's Syndrome" - it was frightening at times...throwing stuff at nurses and having to be physically restrained. That really made me think of you....he didn't see spiders on the ceiling....but he saw people 'in the shadows', or at the end of his bed and all sorts of imaginary stuff.

The last days in hospice were hard - it was hard watching someone's body and mind physically dying...one night it was really creepy....he had a look on his face that I can't explain....but I knew he was seeing something or someone on the "Other Side."

The other side of what I don't know...but he was reaching for it and had this weird look on his face - I mean it was disturbing, it was scary, it was unnerving.

And all I could think of was "Poor Brenda" and what you had gone through.

Six-months seemed like a lifetime - and it was really....we thought it would never end....he just kept being passed around all of the medical facilities like a used hat. They used his insurance and got what they needed - and then discharged him, so they could go round again and start a new tab.

Anyway, it just made me think of the strength that you have...your cries for help just hit me where I live and I was so desperate to try and find something that could soothe you.

But how do you soothe one when they are going through something like this?

What does make me feel good, was that there was something I said that helped to 'ease' some of your suffering...and I'm glad to know that I was able to lighten your load a little bit.

Wordy? Yep, that's me - you know I can't sign my own name in one page, LOL!

Thank you so much for stopping by on this post - and thank you for checking in on us....I can speak for the entire group when I say "We Miss You."

Look forward to hearing from you again.

All my best!

-Craig

Craig, thanks so much for
Craig, thanks so much for your response. I was so sorry to read about your dad's passing and all the things that were going on with you at the time.
You always have said the right things and been a comfort to me as well as everyone else
on this board. When I joined the site, John had already been ill for a year. I was
swimming in confusion, fright and self pity. You guys helped me so much, walked me through
so many things that John experienced. He would be so depressed, and I would tell him
that someone on the site had been through this or that, and the symptons would pass etc.
He never would read the board, but he listened to me tell him of the experiences of
the members on it. i think it comforted him some.
I admire you for being wordy. I have tried to write about the last 2 1/2 years and the
sheer hell and glory of it, but can't express it in the right way to relieve the
intensity of it. (did that make sense?)
Take care, you have so much value. Brenda

tootsie1

Awesome!!!
I'm so thrilled to read this post! I love that you're doing well, and I just pray it continues. And I think your comments about the lack of dieting and exercise show once again that cancer does what it wants, when it wants. It's good to take care of our bodies the best we can manage, but we also shouldn't beat ourselves up for anything we imagine we might done to cause our cancer.

As always, you are very special to me, and I love your news and Kim's!!!

*hugs*
Gail