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I really appreciate all the encouraging words!
When all of this stuff happened, I was really really bummed out & scared.
Hadn't felt that way since I was 1st dx'd. I wanted to sell all of my belongings, build a
raft & just wash out to sea!
But as I have before, as we all have on multiple occassions, that darkness passes and we
pull ourselves back onto our feet, kick this disease in its ugly face & move on again.
Jacqueline - it does seem like it may have been the "perfect storm" of circumstances leading to the "kidney crash". the clinical oncs find it very hard to believe that this crisis was related to my disease because 1)there were bilateral obstructions that occurred at the same time & cancer is typically much more random than that, 2)the PET scan would/should show nodes that are large enough to cause strictures to both ureters.
It is interesting that you should mention allergies - the ONLY person to even consider the cause of the strictres to be a "massive immune response/reaction in those lymph nodes" was the Rn who took care of me while I was in hospital!
Otherwise, all the other docs-urologist, etc- feel certain that it's GOT to be my disease.
We just may never know...and I'm okay with that.
It's just another thing to be aware of & deal with as needed.

Thank you again for your kind words.
We're all in this together & hope that I can/have returned a fraction of the kindness, compassion & support that I've received from so many, on so many occassions.

Keep the Faith,

Jessica