Friday, July 21, 2006
Margaretsnews
Hectic day today. I had an 8:30 a.m. appointment with the surgeon and then an 11:30 appointment with the oncologist, and then a visit to the hospital for the pre-registration stuff.
The surgeon is... shall we say... well, he looks like my son. Not physically, but he looks that young. And I gotta say, I was a bit nervous thinking that this guy will be wielding a scalpel over my unconscious and sedated body next week. Turns out that he's a specialist in thoracic surgery (read "stuff in the chest"), and he trained at Duke for 10 years. Now I can relax. Sort of. You know what I mean. And of course, I have to have 2 more tests before the surgery, just to round out my portfolio; one will tell if the cancer is in my lymph nodes and will determine whether I take chemo before the surgery, and the other is to confirm the first test, I think. Too much info at one time, and my poor overloaded brain just stopped working. Imagine that!
I'm in the process now of getting my schedules together. If you're here and you want to help with food, contact Enola @ egrice@nc.rr.com. If you want to help with driving me hither and yon, contact Shara at sharasg@aol.com. Those two angels are helping me get organized so I can feed the boys, pay the bills, and get where I need to go. And if you want to help by sending me happy wishes, feel-good vibes, and get well quick thoughts, I'll take those, too!
Oh, one more thing: I'm sure there will be times when I'll be unable to post here. On those days, I'm going to let others post for me, and I'm sure it'll be obvious. Don't worry, I'll be back when I can get back, and I'm glad people care enough to read this! ¶ 4:13 PM
Hectic day today. I had an 8:30 a.m. appointment with the surgeon and then an 11:30 appointment with the oncologist, and then a visit to the hospital for the pre-registration stuff.
The surgeon is... shall we say... well, he looks like my son. Not physically, but he looks that young. And I gotta say, I was a bit nervous thinking that this guy will be wielding a scalpel over my unconscious and sedated body next week. Turns out that he's a specialist in thoracic surgery (read "stuff in the chest"), and he trained at Duke for 10 years. Now I can relax. Sort of. You know what I mean. And of course, I have to have 2 more tests before the surgery, just to round out my portfolio; one will tell if the cancer is in my lymph nodes and will determine whether I take chemo before the surgery, and the other is to confirm the first test, I think. Too much info at one time, and my poor overloaded brain just stopped working. Imagine that!
I'm in the process now of getting my schedules together. If you're here and you want to help with food, contact Enola @ egrice@nc.rr.com. If you want to help with driving me hither and yon, contact Shara at sharasg@aol.com. Those two angels are helping me get organized so I can feed the boys, pay the bills, and get where I need to go. And if you want to help by sending me happy wishes, feel-good vibes, and get well quick thoughts, I'll take those, too!
Oh, one more thing: I'm sure there will be times when I'll be unable to post here. On those days, I'm going to let others post for me, and I'm sure it'll be obvious. Don't worry, I'll be back when I can get back, and I'm glad people care enough to read this! ¶ 4:13 PM
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hey girl.... you need to give everyone the surgery details.... when and where
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