Wonderful site!

Mary Jo · 04-09-2007, 03:52 PM

Welcome aboard Leslie!

I ditto Rhonda's comments. It is a wonderful site and it is a site full of love and care from all who come on board. I've never been to a "regular" support group so I don't know what they are like. However, this "support group" is a wonderful place to gain knowledge, give support and encouragement and to receive support and encouragement and I am so glad you found us.

God's Blessings of Peace I send to you,

Mary Jo

chrisy · 04-09-2007, 04:36 PM

Hi Leslie,
Sorry to have you join this little family, but it is indeed a wonderful one.

I had T/C/H for extensive liver mets in 2004 (diag at 50) and it kicked cancer butt. I'll be praying the same happens for you. It sounds like you have a great oncologist - one who will get out the big guns for you and most importantly, give you a dose of hope.

Try to focus forward, the best doctors are beginning to see this as a disease which can be managed for a good amount of time, almost as a chronic disease. In the meantime, there are lots of researchers busy working on the answers we all hope will be found soon.

We're all here for you.

Hang in there!
Chris

fauxgypsy · 04-14-2007, 02:22 AM

Sorry I haven't been back sooner. It was a rough week and now I am having trouble with my port. I think it willl be resolved next week. Can't sleep tonight, the decadron just won't let go. Any suggestions for that or do I just use Friday night to catch up on the net? I have several great emails form people on the board and my spirits are high even with the way I felt after last week's chemo and this mess with my port.
By the way, I may not catch all my typos. I raised and released a baby raccoon last year and there was one memorable day that I walked in to my my little technocoon shucking keys off my laptop like it was an ear of corn. He has moved on to the wild but my computer has never fully recovered. So please excuse my occasional lack of caps as this is one of the keys that still malfunctions.
I am excited to hear about all the women who are doing so well with the stage 4 diagnosis. In a couple of weeks I am having more tests done and hopefully they will clear some confusion about my liver. They have not done a biopsy and the Pet scan results were not completely clear. I hope they are wrong but there was activity in the scan.
Leslie