Kathy Newton

Hi Kathy,

Glad to have you back on the board. Hope you have a blessed Christmas and a much better 2008!

 

Luvmissy/ Susan

Hi sweetie, from your ticker, it looks like you are doing great.  Keep up the fantastic work.  You'll make goal by the time your one year comes in June.  Thank you and let me say y'all were missed so much.  I did keep everyone in my thoughts and prayers.  Merry Christmas, Love Kathy

Good to srr you back Kathy. Hope you got the card I sent you. Have missed having you here.

Hi Juanita, I received your card.  My front door is covered with cards from OH'ers from all over the USA.  I have received three gingerbread items with stars on them, I put them by my manager scene.  An angel ornament that I hung over the manager scene, a box of Bariatric Advantage protein items, monetary gifts, and so many prayers.  Everything has helped to brighten up my holidays. I used the monetary gifts to get the internet hooked up in my apartment so that I could keep in better touch. This board means so much to me.  I've been on it almost 4 years.  I wouldn't trade the friends I have made on here for the world.  Thank you for being a part of my life and heart. Merry Christmas, Love Kathy

Kathy I just wanted to say that this January  2007  I had neck surgery. I has a bone replaced with fusion and a  titanium plate put in. Some nerves were trapped and my neuro-surgeon  freed those.. The pain I had in my neck and arm is  almost completely gone. You sure have been through a lot... but  you have a determination thats hard to beat. SM

Thank you Sophia.  I am unable to move my neck without excrusating pain.  They gave me a choice, live with it and stay on pain killers, or be pain free.  Now what do you think I choose? To be pain free as much as possible.  My determination comes from God. He made me, gave me a heart to love and to be loved, a compassionate nature. A brain to think for myself but to trust him to always be there to guide me.    I trust him to guide each surgeon's hands and the sleep dr. to take good care of me.  I go into surgery not afraid because I know He is with me always.  The surgeon who put in my med port in my right shoulder, came into my waiting area prior to surgery and asked to have a word of prayer with me.  The holding area got real quiet as he held mine and the surgical nurses hands while he prayed.  Every surgeon I have ever had including just my Dr.'s are all Christians.  That makes it so much easier to go thru with the surgeries.  I know God is with them.  I don't have any arm pain just some tingling and some numbness.  But with cancer in the bone marrow, the pain in my neck is 10 fold more as it radiates down my back and also to my head.  I like the part of no house work for a month, a friend is going to come in daily to help me as I will only be allowed to walk around my apartment to the kitchen and bathroom.   It's getting late and I still have baking to do to take to my son's home tomorrow. Merry Christmas and May God always be with you and your family. Kathy

I'm glad to see that you are back!  I hope you had a Merry Christmas and an even better New Years!! ~Amber~

Hi Amber and thank you.  I missed this board so much over the last two months, I'm still trying to get caught up on all the messages.  A lot of reading.  Yes, my first Christmas this year was wonderful but very tiring on me as I tire so easily.  I have my second Christmas next weekend.  My younger son gets his 5 yr old son for the weekend, so we are celebrating it with him next week.  This way I get to spend it with both sons and grandsons.  I was never able to enjoy Christmas when my son was married.  Since he's been separated, he is so much happier as long as his estranged wife leaves him alone.  But she loves making his life miserable.   How was yours?  I did enjoy my fudge that I made for Christmas eve.  According to the scales I gained 3 lbs, but not being able to drink fluids except for Milk, isn't helping and I have peptic ulcers in my pouch not helping either.  They are doing the scope on the 3rd to see how bad they are and try and remove them.  If not then it will have to wait until sometime in February as I have neck surgery to fix 2 herinated disks in my neck on the 21st.  I have to face the fact that although I feel fine most of the time. The cancer in my blood and bone marrow affects all organs and is slowly affecting the other organs.  They found I have an Abdominal Aortic Athero, harding of the aortic artery in my abdomine area.  The heart Dr. says that the Echo, ekg, monitor are all normal, but he doesn't feel it's necessary to check out this other problem.  From what I read last night about it, it's actually an anerisium that causes the abdominal aortic Athero.  If that anurisium breaks up, it's going to go right to my heart and lungs.  But he's just checking the heart itself.  But he can't explain why at night when I am in bed why my heart starts pounding so hard like it's over worked and can't pump the blood up.  I will call his office tomorrow, otherwise he will see my in June. That's a long time to go knowing I have this blood clot in my abdomine. Enough of that.  Looking forward to the new year. I know what ever happens it's God's will, and I'm still a work in progress.  He wants me alive for some reason and when he's ready he will show me what he has in store for me.   Btw, my sister's name is Amber.  She was the only one with that name when we were growing up in Michigan all thru high school.  She never met another one until a year ago.  My son is dating a lady with two young girls, the oldest is also named Amber.  It's more common in the south but not in Michigan.   Have a joyous new year full of surprises.  Love Kathy