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Unexpected visit from NED today!!

hardo718
hardo718 CSN Member Posts: 853 Member
in Kidney Cancer #1

So yesterday, Mothers Day I woke up with a UTI, visible blood, etc. Although I was started on antibiotics pretty quickly, it was enough to send me into a total emotional meltdown because I've also been experiencing intermittent left flank pain. So today I followed up with my PCP, explained my anxieties & thankfully she sent me for labs & an abd/pelvic CT with & without contrast. 

Happy to share the great news! Whew! 

My Mother's Day wasn't too bad either, the kids & grandkids came by & we had some good laughs here & there too. A few weeks ago I was able to travel to California to see my mom. She's end-stage Alzheimer's, has been non-verbal for the last couple of years & doesn't recognize anyone. As I was leaving I told her I'd see her next time I was able to come out & that I love her. She very simply responded, "I know"!!  WHAT?? Coincident? Of course we have no clue but the PollyAnna in me chooses to think I somehow broke through & she had a lucid moment in time. 

Another bright spot in my day. 

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  • foroughsh
    foroughsh CSN Member Posts: 779
    edited May 2016 #2
    Very happy for your NED news,

    Very happy for your NED news, thanks for sharing it.

    I'm sorry for what your mom is going through, life is cruel sometimes, the bright side is she has you by herself.

    Happy mother's day to you and all lovely moms of our board

    Forough

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  • sblairc
    sblairc CSN Member Posts: 585 Member
    #3
    Ugh, sorry. But good for you for advocating for yourself.

    Glad they did the tests and you are ok. And, that moment with your mom: I believe in these small miracles. How lucky you were to get that little moment. 

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  • APny
    APny CSN Member Posts: 1,995 Member
    #4
    Must have been scary seeing

    Must have been scary seeing the blood. So glad everything is ok. And yes, your mom most likely had a lucid episode. No one is "Alzheimer" all the time. Also glad you broke through to her.

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  • Allochka
    Allochka CSN Member Posts: 1,089 Member
    #5
    APny said:

    Must have been scary seeing

    Must have been scary seeing the blood. So glad everything is ok. And yes, your mom most likely had a lucid episode. No one is "Alzheimer" all the time. Also glad you broke through to her.

    Congrats on unexpected NED!!!

    Congrats on unexpected NED!!! I also think your mom had understood you!

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  • todd121
    todd121 CSN Member Posts: 1,448 Member
    #6
    Glad to hear the good news!

    What a group we are. Happy to have a UTI. :)

    Todd

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  • Footstomper
    Footstomper CSN Member Posts: 1,237 Member
    edited May 2016 #7
    Good news

    May it continue indefinetly. 

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  • Jojo61
    Jojo61 CSN Member Posts: 1,310 Member
    edited May 2016 #8
    So glad that it was just an

    So glad that it was just an unexpected - but welcome - visit from Uncle Ned!!

    Your Mother's Day sounded perfect!

    I feel for you with your mom.....believe it was a breakthrough. For sure!! My dad had alzheimer's too. I went to see him twice daily. He didn't know who I was but he recognized me as "the dutch girl with the round face". That was good enough for me!

    Hugs

    Jojo

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  • mrou50
    mrou50 CSN Member Posts: 389 Member
    #9
    Happy for you

    Great news sorry about your mothers trials but I am happy for you. I hope Uncle Ned packed a very large bag and plans on staying with you for many years to come.

    Mark

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  • hardo718
    hardo718 CSN Member Posts: 853 Member
    #10
    Thank you ALL soooo much

    I can't thank you all enough for the encouragement and celebration.  I wish I could kiss each of you!!  

    Donna~

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  • foxhd
    foxhd CSN Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    #11
    Donna,

    you've already had too much experience with this stuff. So glad you don't have to be in any panic. Feel great and ROCK ON!!!

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  • hardo718
    hardo718 CSN Member Posts: 853 Member
    #12
    Another update

    Son of a gun!  Late this afternoon my doctor's office called, the physician assistant I saw the other day put me on the wrong antibiotic!!  No wonder I've been feeling crappy.  So, new antibiotics and hopeful tomorrow I'll be feeling lots better....especially since I leave first thing in the morning with a couple of friends on a road trip to Nashville.  None of us have ever been there and looking forward to it.

    Donna~

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  • rja3d
    rja3d CSN Member Posts: 35
    #13
    Long may you run Donna

    Neil Young song :)   have a great trip.  

    Jay 

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  • danbren2
    danbren2 CSN Member Posts: 311
    #14
    Fun, fun, fun

    Congrats on NED and have a great time on your Nashville trip!

                  Love and prayers for good health for us all!

                   Brenda

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  • hardo718
    hardo718 CSN Member Posts: 853 Member
    #15
    Back from Tennessee

    What a wonderful state!  Loved every bit of my stay, from Honky-Tonking and the Grand Ole Opry to the historical facts we learned regarding the Battle of Franklin. 

    I need to go back, soon.  :-)

    Donna~

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