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StephN · 02-22-2007, 12:40 PM

... and let in that LOVE and LIGHT. I sense a lot of tension and heartbreak in your post - and for good reason. You have to lean a little somewhere and thanks for looking toward this group.

You are MORE than burning the candle at both ends and it seems with no one to delegate any of those duties. Maybe you need to ask for some "family leave" time soon and give yourself a break. Your employer has stuck with you so far, and may have just a bit more understanding for this problem.

If Frances is not able to care for herself and in the hospital - maybe they can find a "medicare bed" in one of the assisted living facilities as way to get her bumped up the list. She could be in danger of falling or otherwise hurting herself, falling asleep with something on the stove or other accident. She qualifies for some help besides you.

Prayers are coming your way to ease your heart and give you fortitude.

02-22-2007, 12:40 PM	#13
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Find a quiet spot ... ... and let in that LOVE and LIGHT. I sense a lot of tension and heartbreak in your post - and for good reason. You have to lean a little somewhere and thanks for looking toward this group. You are MORE than burning the candle at both ends and it seems with no one to delegate any of those duties. Maybe you need to ask for some "family leave" time soon and give yourself a break. Your employer has stuck with you so far, and may have just a bit more understanding for this problem. If Frances is not able to care for herself and in the hospital - maybe they can find a "medicare bed" in one of the assisted living facilities as way to get her bumped up the list. She could be in danger of falling or otherwise hurting herself, falling asleep with something on the stove or other accident. She qualifies for some help besides you. Prayers are coming your way to ease your heart and give you fortitude. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.