Good Friday..

I don't have a whole lot to say today.. Just saying Hiii .. I hope everyones doing well.. Sherri - I hope Bill's recouperating well!! Jodi - I hope your doing okay (( HUGS )) and many prayers still.. (( HUGS )) for everyone else.. I don't really know what to say as I'm still trying to wake up from yesterday lol. I slept all day and woke up bout 8 pm watched american idol and went back to bed til a lil bit ago. I'm just sooo sleepy.. Well thats all for now!! Hope everyone has a blessed weekend. I look forward to testing my new camera out, I mean meeting everyone tomorrow!!

Happy Leap Day everyone!! Hugs to Sherri, Bill, Jodi, Linda...you guys have all had a lot on your plates in recent weeks.  March is tomorrow...my last month of "this life".  April 1 is my liquid diet day.  I am soooo excited!!!  I can't wait to go clothes shopping...usually I buy a couple new outfits when we get our tax check, and I haven't bought a single article of clothing since I got my surgery date back in December.  I refuse to buy a single thing, but I already know my first post op purchase will likely be new undies.   I can borrow clothes from my mom and sister, but I draw the line at 'drawers'! LOL Off to go shopping with my punkins...the Hallmark store here in town is putting everything on sale, 29% off for Leap Day, and I'm getting a new Vera purse & wallet for spring!  Amy

Good morning everyone! Boy, I wish this site would quit being so screwy this morning!! I got an update from Hope. Peter was able to come home for a little while. On March 10th, he'll have another bone marrow biopsy and if that looks ok, the bone marrow transplant will be scheduled. I know those two have to be looking forward to getting all of this done and behind them. Bill is doing fine.  He's seeing well enough that he is still planning on going with me to meet my co-workers for lunch today. Since it's at an oriental buffet, I had expected him to back out of it so I'm very glad he'll be coming with me. It's WAY past time for him to meet my supervisor! I had all those 'wonderful' tests done yesterday. We have heard back on the cbc and the white count DID increase! Yay! It was 3.6...so there's no need for me to get the injection to boost it either. Dr. Greist..the hemophilia specialist still doesn't think it's the Arixtra that caused it. To me though, it's a no-brainer. Put me on it, the wbc goes down. Take me off of it, the wbc goes up. I've worked in a lab long enough (19 years) to well know that if there is a direct correlation, then you have most likely found the cause for the action. We are still waiting on the results of the doppler & ct scans. At any rate, surgery should definately be a 'go' for Monday provided nothing happens with the white counts between now & then. I'm not taking any blood thinners so I don't expect that to happen. After yesterday, I'm tempted to ask them in the OR Monday to just go ahead and gas me & put a pic line in! It took 4 nurses and 6 tries to get the IV started for the contrast dye for the CT. 5 of the 6 was on the top of the hand or wrist..with ALL of them being dug around in! Halfway through administering the contrast, the vein blew! I spent the evening with either my hand elevated or ice on it! I think most of the swelling is gone now but it's still a sore little burger. I am pleasantly suprised that I'm not all bruised up. Well..I'll let you all know how the rest of the tests go. Have a wonderful day! Sherri

Hi Everyone,  It is a busy weekend for me- tonight/tomorrow our church is having it's annual Woman's Retreat, & since I am on the Ministry team, I'm gonna be busy helping people find their rooms, setting up/tearing down,speaking, etc-plus spending time with my "Sister Chicks" is the best part! I really need this time away, & hopefully will come away pumped up and ready to go some more. Believe me, I am not a saint by any means, just love spending time with others who are continully growing ,like me. Sherri-I am so glad Bill is better, now I'm praying your tests all come out and it is a go Monday. Enjoy that Chinese for me- ya,know I can't- except, if there's crab legs eat one for me!!!!!YUMMO!! I am soooo ready for camping season- DH gave me a card that basically said he couldn't wait to get away with me camping. We both love the laid back, easy going time we have when we casn go away. Hopefully it won't be long before we all are "on the road again- like a band of gypsies we go down the highway!!!"(Our grandma & Dana's favorite Willie Nelson song)Gotta love spending time with my buddies. Peter& Hope, Sherri & Bill, Jodi& Matt, Linda& Mark/family,MistyLynn,Lisa, &, everyone who is struggling/suffering/having a hard time- hang in there- the worse of times can become the best growth times for us.I know it has helped me, maybe I haven't seen it at the time, but upon reflection I see the hand of God working in it to mature,change & strengthen me. I am going thru some difficulties with family right now myself, and hanging on to the promise "He will never fail you nor forsake you" NEVER,NO NEVER! Gotta go pack up anything I might have forgot, (like clean undies- hee~hee!)Momma always said to make sure you have them on cause you never know if you'll be in an accident and some stranger will see them- yikes, thats how crazy I am!! Enjoy dinner together tomorrow night everyone!!!!! Love ya's & ((((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))))) Ellen

Good Friday Everyone!! Just got back from filling up the new van. WOW!, that was costly. Made an appointment to get the van hatch fixed (the dealership we bought it from is paying for it to be fixed not us) and get our old car a tune up. Wednesday at the Cancer Insitute went well. I had a lot of questions answered and meet my treatment nurse who asked me a gazillion questions about the lapband because she was possibly considering it. So it looks like for the next six weeks every Monday I'll be doing chemo and radiation treatments and all together it will take me 3-4 hrs out of the day. Otherwise Tuesday through Friday I just have radiation treatments which are only 15 mins. After doing that for six weeks I'll get a week off and start internal radiation treatments at St V's in Indy. From the information they gave me, I'll have to stay in the hospital during these treatments as they'll last a few days and I can't expose myself to others w/o running the risk of them getting radiation poisoning. So it's in hospital stays during those days while the radiation disk is insereted. Kinda sucks - because I can't even have Gage or Quinntin visit. No vistors actually. UGH! But the sooner I get this behind me the better. I got a lot of living to do. And a wedding to plan for too. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow for dinner. Then on Sunday my sister and bridesmaids are going dressing shopping in Indy with lunch too. I'm excited.!! Everyone have a good weekend. Count your blessings and be thankful not only in thought, but in action too. Jodi

Hello, how are you all doing? I hope having a good Friday. I'm not. My supervisor is unhappy and spreading it around. I know we have those kind of days. So I'm trying to patiently wait out the unhappiness.  I am unhappy about Mikey, my son. He's still having so many problems, at school too now, moreso than before. We are really considering the residential care now. I feel like I'm giving up on him, like I'm not a good mom.  I'm not feeling good lately either. Kind of down and depressed. I have been very teary lately too. I just want things to be better for Mikey, and me too. I am wanting to go visit my parents this weekend. Maybe that will cheer me up.