michele u
06-08-2005, 11:39 AM
Hi all, got back last night at 3 am! My flight got delayed coming from seattle and missed our connecting flight. Finally got home!
Seattle is wonderful! I have to say i thought the people out there are the nicest i've ever come across. Everyone is so willing to help. I got to meet Steph. She is one of the wonderful Seattle people herself. We got to go shopping for awhile together. She looks soooo good for what she has gone through.
Got my vaccine monday. Had a chest xray, ekg, and they took alottttt of blood this time. About what they take for a blood bank draw. They gave me a tetnus shot in the leg first. That hurt. Then they gave me 2 intradermal injections in my arm. That means they go just under the skin they make a "bleb" on your skin. They burned pretty bad. No reaction though at the sight. I don't know if this is good or bad. I think they want you to have a reaction.. But the whole experience was good. They were so nice at University of Wash. Dr. Salazar is who i saw. She is very nice and very smart. I will return July 7th for my next vaccine.
Just being in a hospital setting though brought back alottt of bad memories. I cried alot that night. We stayed at a Ramada Inn that most of the patients stay at that go to the University for txs. A man fell at the desk and hit his head on the wall. I ran to help him and realized he had a trach in and probably had cancer of the laranyx. He couldn't talk and had stitiches and tubes all over his body. It was a very humbling experience. He had no one there with him. I just put my hand on his shoulder as i passed by him to leave, and i think he knew what i was thinking. We all here have cancer, but outwardly we look normal. Cancer is satan's disease. He will try his hardest to beat our spirit down to sucum to pitty, depression, and dispair. We need to realize that God is much more powerful then this. Just knowing that we could die from this should be all the more reason for us to live happy lives while we can. And Joy if your reading this, i read your last post. You are so beautiful on the outside. No one walking by you would EVER guess you have breast cancer. I know we have to go through this "mental" thing about being here for our children and wondering what the future is bringing us, but we all here really do have alot to be thankful for. I guess when everyone tells us, there is always someone out there that has it worse, well i know i just met a man that is that person
Seattle is wonderful! I have to say i thought the people out there are the nicest i've ever come across. Everyone is so willing to help. I got to meet Steph. She is one of the wonderful Seattle people herself. We got to go shopping for awhile together. She looks soooo good for what she has gone through.
Got my vaccine monday. Had a chest xray, ekg, and they took alottttt of blood this time. About what they take for a blood bank draw. They gave me a tetnus shot in the leg first. That hurt. Then they gave me 2 intradermal injections in my arm. That means they go just under the skin they make a "bleb" on your skin. They burned pretty bad. No reaction though at the sight. I don't know if this is good or bad. I think they want you to have a reaction.. But the whole experience was good. They were so nice at University of Wash. Dr. Salazar is who i saw. She is very nice and very smart. I will return July 7th for my next vaccine.
Just being in a hospital setting though brought back alottt of bad memories. I cried alot that night. We stayed at a Ramada Inn that most of the patients stay at that go to the University for txs. A man fell at the desk and hit his head on the wall. I ran to help him and realized he had a trach in and probably had cancer of the laranyx. He couldn't talk and had stitiches and tubes all over his body. It was a very humbling experience. He had no one there with him. I just put my hand on his shoulder as i passed by him to leave, and i think he knew what i was thinking. We all here have cancer, but outwardly we look normal. Cancer is satan's disease. He will try his hardest to beat our spirit down to sucum to pitty, depression, and dispair. We need to realize that God is much more powerful then this. Just knowing that we could die from this should be all the more reason for us to live happy lives while we can. And Joy if your reading this, i read your last post. You are so beautiful on the outside. No one walking by you would EVER guess you have breast cancer. I know we have to go through this "mental" thing about being here for our children and wondering what the future is bringing us, but we all here really do have alot to be thankful for. I guess when everyone tells us, there is always someone out there that has it worse, well i know i just met a man that is that person