Re: China's Ordeal

[Guest guest]

Lottie-

 

You are amazing.  When I grow up, I want to be you. I love your sense of humor

and the warmth that you extend to all of us. You educate and comfort us. 

Finished my course of antibiotics and while the lesion  has not completely  

disappeared, I believe the fever is gone.  Can't remember  if I said this in my

last post( chemo brain) but I think I picked up  the infection when I had an

ultrasound done.  Crazy!!!

 

Anyway I have been tracking your wanderings and we are glad to have you back

online.  I'm still working full time and have been given added duties but yes

the T- shirts are alive and well.  I didn't like the quality of the first ones

so I am trying to do business with a co-worker.  Things are hectic...My daughter

entered high school need I say more?

 

Healthwise knock wood- I'm doing great levels are stable - I still have number

1137 in Zavie's club and hey...I woke up this am.

 

I am so sorry that you have had some many tribulations.  I know you know that

you  & Jimmy were carried in prayer and good thoughts by all of us in the CML

community. 

 

Do remember if I meet a mysterious death the usual suspects are...Kaiser and my

ex-husband.

 

Love and laughter,

 

Chi

From: Lottie Duthu <lotajam@...>

Subject: [ ] China's Ordeal

" CML " < >

Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 11:18 PM

Dear China,

My laugh of the day came when I read what you said about Kaiser putting a hit

out on you so they wouldn't have to pay your claims.

I Am so sorry to hear about your friends (I'm late because I didn't have

internet for a while and am trying to catch up) who have cancer. Sounds like you

live in cancer alley. That's what we call our area. Oilfields, crop dusting

sugar cane, nuclear plant across the river, refineries and chemical plants all

along the river and barges storing oil and chemicals in the river that get

loose. Trains carrying chemicals get derailed and everyone who lives nearby have

to evacuate immediately with the clothes on their backs and can't return home

until the mess is cleaned up. Our drinking water comes from the river, too. Lots

of good stuff going on. LOL Yes, and hurricanes, too.

I hope you are over your stapf infection, I know it takes a long time to get

over it, but I don't know how long you have had it. I had it in my sinuses and

when I showed up at MDACC, they had a canniption fit, said I shouldn't be there.

No one told me I was contagious, but they practically escorted me out of the

building with a gown, mask and gloves. SAid not to come in contact with any

patient. Well it was a day late and a dollar short, I had been all over that

clinic, including waiting my turn in the waiting room. Jimmy was at home in the

local hospital with his own case of MRSA in his lung, pneumonia and an abcess

that had eaten a hole in his lung. Highly unusual that a husband and wife would

have MRSA at the same time, but in different parts of the body. The odd couple.

I see you are still selling T-shirts, how is that going? Bless you for doing

that with all of your health problems.

Blessings and prayers going your way,

Lottie

[Guest guest]

Lottie,

You and Jimmie move on up here to Seattle/Portland area and bring

your kids and families, too--you'd all love it--clean water, gorgeous

mountains, clean water (well, pretty clean), and close to Dr Druker,

the cutest, sweetest and nicest CML specialist in the world! You'd

have to get used to our rain, but believe me, it beats Hurricanes!

Of course, you'd have to bring your gumbo recipes--but we've got

loads of shrimp up here too, so you could make boatloads of it, and

we'd eat it for sure!!

Hugs,

Vicki

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> From: Lottie Duthu <lotajam@...>

> Subject: [ ] China's Ordeal

> " CML " < >

> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 11:18 PM

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> Dear China,

> My laugh of the day came when I read what you said about Kaiser

putting a hit out on you so they wouldn't have to pay your claims.

> I Am so sorry to hear about your friends (I'm late because I didn't

have internet for a while and am trying to catch up) who have cancer.

Sounds like you live in cancer alley. That's what we call our area.

Oilfields, crop dusting sugar cane, nuclear plant across the river,

refineries and chemical plants all along the river and barges storing

oil and chemicals in the river that get loose. Trains carrying

chemicals get derailed and everyone who lives nearby have to evacuate

immediately with the clothes on their backs and can't return home

until the mess is cleaned up. Our drinking water comes from the

river, too. Lots of good stuff going on. LOL Yes, and hurricanes, too.

> I hope you are over your stapf infection, I know it takes a long

time to get over it, but I don't know how long you have had it. I had

it in my sinuses and when I showed up at MDACC, they had a canniption

fit, said I shouldn't be there. No one told me I was contagious, but

they practically escorted me out of the building with a gown, mask

and gloves. SAid not to come in contact with any patient. Well it was

a day late and a dollar short, I had been all over that clinic,

including waiting my turn in the waiting room. Jimmy was at home in

the local hospital with his own case of MRSA in his lung, pneumonia

and an abcess that had eaten a hole in his lung. Highly unusual that

a husband and wife would have MRSA at the same time, but in different

parts of the body. The odd couple.

> I see you are still selling T-shirts, how is that going? Bless you

for doing that with all of your health problems.

> Blessings and prayers going your way,

> Lottie

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