All About Me

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Message: 13

Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 21:51:49 EDT

From: b4alltoday@...

Subject: All about ME

34. PERSON WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Green lol

LOL Kathy, so I guess you figured this would get me to respond!!! Ok OK, I

will take the bait even though I am in major, no PANIC stress mode with dizzy

Lizzie's wedding this coming Saturday. Come to chat tomorrow night and you can

listen to me stressing LOL

1. WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR KITCHEN PLATES? which set?

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? none, I have no time with all the wedding

stuff

3. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? American Flag

4. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE BOARD GAME? none, I have no time with all the wedding

stuff

5. FAVORITE MAGAZINE? who has time? I have a wedding to put on

6. FAVORITE SMELL? flowers

7. LEAST FAVORITE SMELL? hot glue gun

8. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?

What have I forgotten????...wheres my to-do list!

9. FAVORITE COLOR? anything thats not white!!

10. LEAST FAVORITE COLOR? white

11. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE? as fast as I can get to it,

it might be the florist or the caterer

12. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME? LOL, way beyond that, waiting on the next grandbaby

13. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE? nothing else going wrong this week

14. FAVORITE SOUND? Peace and Quiet

15. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Chocolate, PLEASEEEEEEE

16. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL? one 19 year old cat named bubba

17. STORMS: COOL OR SCARY? cool but not this week!!!

18. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET?

Jesus, and please help me get me through this week

19. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? white russian, bloody mary, margaritia, rum and

coke, oh heck ...anything with booze in it.

21. WHAT IS YOUR SIGN? YOUR BIRTHDAY? my sign says....mother of the bride,

birthday is June 23, what have they got to do with each other??? oh dear I must

be losing it!

22. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI? only if cooked

23. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB WHAT WOULD IT BE? NOT a wedding planner

24. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY HAIR COLOR WHAT WOULD IT BE? auburn, instead of my

mousy brown and grey

25. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE? Yes, 32 years now

26. IS THE GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY? overflowing

27. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? you mean someone has time to watch movies???

28. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS? yes and on the left

too!!!

29. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? the wedding monster coming to foul something up

30. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? doing Speciall Olympic sports, she won a

silver medal in the golf tournment this past Saturday, after that NFL

football...go Chiefs

31. WHAT IS YOUR SINGLE BIGGEST FEAR? outliving me, course lizzie says

not to worry shes got it covered for me.

32. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? say one nice

thing about Timbo? ahhhhhh I am not suppose to lie

33. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? I don't have time

to send this on I have a wedding to do

34. PERSON WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? R. (yes, you

....'s mom)

35. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CD? the one i made last week.....all our favorite

party songs, its really kewl

36. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? you mean someone has time to watch TV too??

37. KETCHUP OR MUSTARD? Neither,,,,ugh ugh to both

38. HAMBURGERS OR HOT-DOGS? steak

39. FAVORITE SOFT DRINK? don't drink them unless there is booze in them

40. THE BEST PLACE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN? I haven't been there yet

41. WHAT SCREEN SAVER IS ON YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW? my To-Do list

42. BURGER KING OR MCDONALDS? neither...Whataburger

43. FAVORITE FOOD? lobster and steak

44. FAVORITE HOBBIE? not planning a wedding

45. PLACE IN YOUR HOUSE WHERE YOU SPEND THE MOST TIME? the kitchen of course

Green, wife to Ron, mom to Herb, Liz and (age 21/ds) who is the

excited Maid of Honor and grandma to Hannah the flowergirl

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In a message dated 5/17/2004 12:48:56 AM Central Standard Time,

Green3@... writes:

> LOL Kathy, so I guess you figured this would get me to respond!!! Ok OK, I

> will take the bait even though I am in major, no PANIC stress mode with

> dizzy

> Lizzie's wedding this coming Saturday. Come to chat tomorrow night and you

> can

> listen to me stressing LOL

Oh my gosh ................. boy Ive been away from chat toooooo long

............ Lizzie's getting married??????? you must be spastic heehee now I

will come to chat tonight, I want all of the details my Joe is talking about

getting married this summer ..... SUMMER, summer is in less than a month away.

I think I heard his girlfriend say this will be for ONLY family and close

friends so Im hoping this won't be a " thing " to stress me out heehee

Kathy mom to Sara 12 ............. 12 more days school is OUT, 13 more days

and I'll be sitting on a balcony overlooking the GULF with my sibs and

family!!!!!!!

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As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:15

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Hey Group:

Thanx again Amy for starting this site, I believe this is the one

for me. As a 'newbie' to the site, I was in a cancer chat and

met my 'bro' , whom I love very much. I realize people are

giving background info about themselves, so here goes. . . usually I

don't tell this story to people I don't know. You however, are my

brothers and sister survivors, and maybe in sharing, it will

help 'newbies' to CML. I am a 53 y/o Black female in a permanent

relationship with a wonderful 60 y/o man.

As for CML, in 11/03; 9 days before my son went into the Air Force I

thought I had pneumonia and went into the ER. After 3 days of high

dosages of antibiotics, I was not responding to treatment, Having

had pneumonia before, I told my pulmonary specialist daily that

something else was wrong. He has a partner who has a brother that is

a Hematologist-Oncologist, so he had the insight to check my WBC. If

he had been a PCP, I might not be alive today. Well, my counts were

off the chart, so he called the H-O doctor in, and being a weekend,

the 'new boy was oncall. A BMB was performed the following day and

Gleevec treatment began, that's when I knew I was dying (side

effects. . . been there/done that/and doing that(Yuck).

There were over 800,000 per 1,000,000+ cells and on 12/03/03

the 'new boy' told me that I had 2 months to live. Well, this was a

shock, but " I Ain't Finished Yet " !!! Called my son and told him

during boot training, he had enough to deal with; they told him the

only way he could come home was 'when I died or go AWOL. Father came

and annointed me and gave me the last rites. Not the 1st time I had

been told I was dying...but this was different. . . this was

a 'terminal blood cancer'. Pneumonia at 6, my parents were told that

I wouldn't make it; and again at 37 my ex was told I wouldn't make

it through the night.

I have Osteonecrosis, Osteoarthritis, Lumbar degenerative disease of

my Spine, Cervical Spondysis, 2 total (L) hip replacements,

contracted Hepatitis B & C through a blood transfusion after the

birth of my son in 1984 (this was before the HIV epidemic, and

testing of the blood supply) Tendonitis of my ® elbow, Chronic

Myeloid Leukemia in the accelerated stage, on 12/18/03 I went to the

cancer center in my area and the 4 cancer specialists told me that I

had 2 -5 months to live, cannot have a BMT because I have Hepatitis

and I can't take Interferon. To add insult to injury, my HMO called

me prior to xmas and told me that they had good news and bad news.

The good news is that they would pay for my treatment, the bad news

is that they wouldn't pay for a BMT from the bank (thanx) I'm an

only child, and my 2 children were not matches. In 6/04 I was rushed

to ER with chest pains twice, admitted and as a result; I have

Coronary Artery Disease and 2 stents.

8/04 I went to the ER, I fell in '01 prior to 2nd hip replacement

and had a pin implanted in my right pinkie finger. 3 Doctors at

another hospital previously had refused to treat me with more than

antibiotics because they said that the pin had been anchored

incorrectly. At the ER where the surgery was done a 'moron' doctor

opened and exposed the pin. As a result I got a staph infection from

the hospital and in 9/04, 1/2 my finger was amputated by another

Orthopedic surgeon whom I trust. 2/05 I had oral surgery and a tooth

removed, due to side effects of chemo, my gums had shrunk and now

cavities filled next week. Years ago I spent thousands on root canal

and crown work to save my teeth (HaHa). I 'fired' the new boy,

because I was in the hospital for 3 days in 3/04 due to my low ANC

count and he wouldn't give me the pain medication I was on saying

that my pain was not related to my cancer. He was the admitting

doctor, I saw the house pain management doctor and he made a

recommendation for another medication, which the new boy wouldn't

give me. I've probably forgotten surgerys, but 3 c-sections and 2

hammertoe surgerys and whatever else I have forgotten are so minor;

hardly worth mentioning.

I am alive, and I tell everyone " I AM FANTASTIC " !!! I have a very

upbeat attitude, no longer use my wheelchair, walker, crutches or

cane and I let no one feel sorry for me.

To the doctors who gave mortality rate, I say " Man points . . . God

appoints " .

To my sister & brother survivors I say, you are an individual and

don't agree with any doctor who gives you statistics. You

are 'special' and you need a specialist. I have a Primary Care

Physician, Optometrist, Orthopedic Surgeon, Pain Management

Specialist, Neurologist, Cardiologist, Hematologist-Oncologist, and

seeing an ear-nose-throat spcialist next week for a mass that showed

up on my dental xray. I get nervous each time I have an xray due to

the correlation to CML.

I was told I would never reach " 0 " , I did in 12/04. Had I listened

to the doctors and taken to my bed, I would have been dead,

depressed, or insane by now, needing an undertaker, psychologist, or

psychiatrist. I never remove a charm and I truly know " every day is

a gift from God " and I AIN'T FINISHED YET " !!!

Take care and I have the 'group' in my prayers.

" K "

" I AIN'T FINISHED YET " !!!