I'm in the ER Update, phase 2

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  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #42
    janderson1964 said:

    My wife is a rock. se is as

    My wife is a rock. se is as strong as i am and ready o fight with me.Cool We did get the goat today. i would upload some picture of her and our othe goats if I could figure out how.imageFrown

    Cute

    Cute goat!!

    Winter Marie

  • jen2012
    jen2012 Member Posts: 1,607 Member
    #43
    janderson1964 said:

    My wife is a rock. se is as

    My wife is a rock. se is as strong as i am and ready o fight with me.Cool We did get the goat today. i would upload some picture of her and our othe goats if I could figure out how.imageFrown

    Awww cute goat...glad you

    Awww cute goat...glad you still got her!  Is she on your couch?  Are they indoor pets?

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #44
    herdizziness said:

    Jeff

    well, doesn't that just suck eggs.  D@mn it!

    Okay well, since we're practically floating in the same boat, nothing to do except start the rowing and get away from these pesky tumors.

    Fingers crossed, luck wished and here we go...

    Winter Marie

    Too bad we cant climb in the

    Too bad we cant climb in the same boat together. We could each grab an ore and row twice as fast.

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #45
    ron50 said:

    Good luck Jeff

    Good luck Jeff , it seems that cancer was the easiest part for me. I'm currently battling nephrotic syndrome and taking 300 mg of cyclosporine. Rather ironic because of auto-immune disease I can't have any transplant ,so they treat me with the leading transplant drug. I hope that they can map out a successful battle plan and you wil have many years with your wife and your pets.. Ron.

    Thanks Ron. It makes me said

    Thanks Ron. It makes me said for all of the challanges you are face with post cancer as a result of the treatments.Its so ironic that the treatments are worse than the disease.

  • traci43
    traci43 Member Posts: 773 Member
    #46
    Keep rowing!!!

    I'll climb in with you and Winter Marie and row even faster to get away from this.  Hope you feel better soon.  Traci

  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    #47
    traci43 said:

    Keep rowing!!!

    I'll climb in with you and Winter Marie and row even faster to get away from this.  Hope you feel better soon.  Traci

    Here Jeff

    Jeff, so sorry to read this news.    I see patterns of cancer amoung us.  Here's standing with you.

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #48
    Sundanceh said:

    Here Jeff

    Jeff, so sorry to read this news.    I see patterns of cancer amoung us.  Here's standing with you.

    Thanks for posting Craig. It

    Thanks for posting Craig. It is good to hear your voice.

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #49
    jen2012 said:

    Awww cute goat...glad you

    Awww cute goat...glad you still got her!  Is she on your couch?  Are they indoor pets?

    That is actually a picture of

    That is actually a picture of our male goat. He is on the couch. We let him in just for a few hours at night. I still have to take a picture of the baby. Our male goat in the picture is 38 pounds and pretty much full grown. The baby is only 2 1/2 pounds. She is the only survivor of a litter of 4 and ironically she was the runt but managed to survive. My wife and I decided to name her Hope since she seems to have defied the odds so far and with her coming into our lives at a time when help is so important.

  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #50
    Dear Jeff

    Dear Jeff, so sorry to hear that you are in this position.

    It sounds as if you and your wife are standing strong and that is so very important.

    Prayers for you as you develop a battle plan and move forward.

    Hugs,

    Marie who loves kitties

  • UncleBuddy
    UncleBuddy Member Posts: 1,019 Member
    #51
    An MRI sounds like a good plan.

    Let us know when you get the results.

    Okay, I absolutely love that you bought a goat. Do you own a farm? That is awesome. I thought maybe you'd say you bought a dog, cat, bird, fish, etc. so I was surprised when you said a goat. It's adorable!!

    Lin

    PS I'm hoping for great results on the MRI

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #52
    UncleBuddy said:

    An MRI sounds like a good plan.

    Let us know when you get the results.

    Okay, I absolutely love that you bought a goat. Do you own a farm? That is awesome. I thought maybe you'd say you bought a dog, cat, bird, fish, etc. so I was surprised when you said a goat. It's adorable!!

    Lin

    PS I'm hoping for great results on the MRI

    Tecnically we don't have a

    Tecnically we don't have a farm bue have almost all of what you listed.

    2-dogs, 1-parrott, 3-ducks, 3-chickens, Coi fish pond, and now 3-Nigerian dwarf goats.

    The picture is actually of our 10 month old buck, he weighs 38 pounds, the doe we just got weighs 2 1/2 pounds.

    I will send pictures soon if I can figure out how to post them. As you can see my avatar is sideways. I couldnt figure out how to rotate it.

    BTW how is your brother doing.

  • UncleBuddy
    UncleBuddy Member Posts: 1,019 Member
    #53
    janderson1964 said:

    Tecnically we don't have a

    Tecnically we don't have a farm bue have almost all of what you listed.

    2-dogs, 1-parrott, 3-ducks, 3-chickens, Coi fish pond, and now 3-Nigerian dwarf goats.

    The picture is actually of our 10 month old buck, he weighs 38 pounds, the doe we just got weighs 2 1/2 pounds.

    I will send pictures soon if I can figure out how to post them. As you can see my avatar is sideways. I couldnt figure out how to rotate it.

    BTW how is your brother doing.

    Wow!

    You have your own menagerie, how cool!

    My brother just restarted his chemo. They lowered the dose and he's only getting flouracil and leucovorin every other week for now. He had 3 hospitalizations in one month from his last chemo, so they decided to ease him into it by starting off easy. He had actually thought about stopping altogether but after speaking with his oncologist, he decided to give it another try. We found out today that the chemo has weakened his heart muscle. The cardiologist said that a normal heart functions at 50% and my brother's functions at 37%. They have him on meds for that now. He seems to be tolerating the warfarin okay, too. I hired a nurse to check on him the alternate week when he's not getting chemo. It's a friend of the family who will check for all the things the visiting nurses missed. I actually made a list of things to look for, haha! With his limited mental capacity, he misses signs that are dangerous so I thought it's best to have a professional check on him. I see him a few times a week, but I have to get back to working again. Once the weather getting a little warmer, we are going to look into moving him and dad closer to me (they are about 25 minutes away) so I can keep a better watch over them.

    Thanks for asking. :)

    Lin

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #54
    UncleBuddy said:

    Wow!

    You have your own menagerie, how cool!

    My brother just restarted his chemo. They lowered the dose and he's only getting flouracil and leucovorin every other week for now. He had 3 hospitalizations in one month from his last chemo, so they decided to ease him into it by starting off easy. He had actually thought about stopping altogether but after speaking with his oncologist, he decided to give it another try. We found out today that the chemo has weakened his heart muscle. The cardiologist said that a normal heart functions at 50% and my brother's functions at 37%. They have him on meds for that now. He seems to be tolerating the warfarin okay, too. I hired a nurse to check on him the alternate week when he's not getting chemo. It's a friend of the family who will check for all the things the visiting nurses missed. I actually made a list of things to look for, haha! With his limited mental capacity, he misses signs that are dangerous so I thought it's best to have a professional check on him. I see him a few times a week, but I have to get back to working again. Once the weather getting a little warmer, we are going to look into moving him and dad closer to me (they are about 25 minutes away) so I can keep a better watch over them.

    Thanks for asking. :)

    Lin

    You are a great sister to

    You are a great sister to him. He is lucky to have you.

  • UncleBuddy
    UncleBuddy Member Posts: 1,019 Member
    #55
    janderson1964 said:

    You are a great sister to

    You are a great sister to him. He is lucky to have you.

    Thank you!

    That's such a nice thing to say. He's a great guy. i feel lucky to have him as a brother. :)

  • teamzach
    teamzach Member Posts: 35
    #56
    BusterBrown said:

    Jeff, I'm on my fourth

    Jeff, I'm on my fourth reoccurence. I can tell you that chemo has once again come to my rescue. Last April I thought I had the flu, turns out I did and I my cancer came back to my liver and abdomen. I'd lost 25 pounds and I thought for sure it was the beginning of the end. Onc started my on Folfox, did 8 doses and it knock the hell out of the my cancer, granted there are a few spots remaining. Today I'm taking Erbitux/5FU/luecovrin every 3/4 weeks and  I'm in a much better place. Quality of life is very good in year 10 since dx! Good to hear you're in fighting mode, you've done this before and I'm sure at the very least you'll get your cancer in check! Take it easy...

    Buster

    I wish we had heard of

    I wish we had heard of Folfox, Buster. I am glad you are kickin this thing in the a$$! :) Sounds like Jeff will too!

    I hope you don't get that stupid erbitux rash! Yuck... that was sure nasty for Zach.

     

    Janelle

  • teamzach
    teamzach Member Posts: 35
    #57
    janderson1964 said:

    Thank you for your prayers.

    Thank you for your prayers. Funny thing is the pain is gone.

    Prayer is an amazing thing.

    Prayer is an amazing thing. Zach and I could usually tell if people were praying for us too. GOOD LUCK!

  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #58
    Jeff

    I'm sorry to hear this news, I imagine there's always the thought in the back of our minds of it coming back or the other shoe falling.

    You're in my thoughts, hang in there!

    -phil

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #59
    PhillieG said:

    Jeff

    I'm sorry to hear this news, I imagine there's always the thought in the back of our minds of it coming back or the other shoe falling.

    You're in my thoughts, hang in there!

    -phil

    The thought of it coming back

    The thought of it coming back after my second recurrence has been closer to the front of my mind. That made the news much more manageble this time.

  • PatchAdams
    PatchAdams Member Posts: 271
    #60
    teamzach said:

    I wish we had heard of

    I wish we had heard of Folfox, Buster. I am glad you are kickin this thing in the a$$! :) Sounds like Jeff will too!

    I hope you don't get that stupid erbitux rash! Yuck... that was sure nasty for Zach.

     

    Janelle

    Janelle and FOLFOX

    FOLFOX is for Stage III and Zach was already very ill at his diagnosis.  Zach got the Stage IV drugs.  He was a lovely brother in Christ. 

     

    God bless.

     

     

  • AnnLouise
    AnnLouise Member Posts: 276 Member
    #61
    Thinking of you and your wife......and Hope

    Hope is what I am wishing for......been thinking about you and I am so upset about your recurrence. You have been a huge rock for many of us on the board, now know we will be there for you. Positive thoughts and hopes coming your way...Ann

     

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