Re: Done, Well Done- Marti!!!!! Welcome back

[Guest guest]

We have missed you and I have been wondering about you. So glad to see your

post. I hope you recover from the chemo soon and I hope the chemo proves to

have helped.

love,

Debra V.

Marti Boguski martibowenboguski@...> wrote:

Hi all,

For those who are new since I have been away Welcome. I am Marti and have been

having chemo treatments that have worn me out, (for bone cancer), I live alone

and have three grown children and a cousin who have been helping me through this

ordeal. I just got home from spending a week with my son.

I live in CT. My daughter Andi is 34, lives in CT too, is married to Joe and has

three boys, Jack 6, Brady 3 and Aidan who just turned 1 last week. My daughter

(I raised her, but she is not really related to me, couldn't adopt her because

her father who abandoned her wouldn't let me) Liz is 34, lives in New York, is

married to and has two boys Riley almost 6 and Zachary 2. (Zachary, by the

way for those who are praying for him, has been found to have a very serious

infection in his hip and that is why he can't walk, it will require massive

surgery and don't know the prognosis yet). My son is almost 31, lives in

Boston and has a special someone in his life now and I hope the relationship

will move forward, but we will have to wait and see.

I have Fibromyalgia, duh, Sarcoidosis that affects my lungs and my eyes the

worst, Hypothyroidism, AADD, Sleep Apnea, Narcolepsy, Acid Reflux Disease, IBS,

Asthma and Allergies, and probably something else I can't remember. Some of

these things are treated and some are not. I am one who takes pain medication.

Before the bone cancer, I was taking 5mg of hydrocodone 3X day, or all at once

depending on the day. I've been taking some stronger drugs for the bone pain,

but it has lessened now and so am going back to the hydrocodone. I am also

taking drugs for Depression and Anxiety.

I also have severe money problems and my home is in foreclosure. I am trying to

stop it, but will have to move anyway as I can't work, don't collect SSD, and

will lose my severance pay in February 2009 and will be down to my retirement of

11,000/year. My son has offerred to move to a bigger place so I can move in with

him, but I hate to burden him that way. My daughter Andi is willing to help me

move, but offerrs no help otherwise. She has issues! Liz is out of the picture

for now, has enough on her plate. I'm hoping to find some way to stay around

here, with assistance, so I won't leave my grandchildren. They are the light in

my life right now.

Well that's my life story for now. I don't know how much I will be on line while

I am working on all of these things and trying to recover some strength. At

least I'm done with Chemo. Don't know the prognosis yet, but think it will at

least be better than it was.

To all my friends in the group, thank you for all of your prayers and warm

thoughts. I appreciate them all. Thanks for the phone calls and the cards, both

through e-mail and snail mail. I am overwhelmed at your caring so much about me.

I don't get that much - even from my family. Thank you so much for hanging in

there with me and waiting for me to get back. I hope to join in as much as I can

for now and hopefully can start to participate more as time goes on, unless I

lose my Internet connection. I will warn you if that is about to happen.

Shouldn't be for several months anyway.

It's good to be home again and not hooked up to anything.

Love to all,

Marti

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for welcoming me back and keeping me in your thoughts. I've missed

you and hope everything at your house is going well as can be. I'm sure work is

trying as usual.

Take care,

Marti

debra van ness ladybug75901@...> wrote:

We have missed you and I have been wondering about you. So glad to see

your post. I hope you recover from the chemo soon and I hope the chemo proves to

have helped.

love,

Debra V.

Marti Boguski martibowenboguski@...> wrote:

Hi all,

For those who are new since I have been away Welcome. I am Marti and have been

having chemo treatments that have worn me out, (for bone cancer), I live alone

and have three grown children and a cousin who have been helping me through this

ordeal. I just got home from spending a week with my son.

I live in CT. My daughter Andi is 34, lives in CT too, is married to Joe and has

three boys, Jack 6, Brady 3 and Aidan who just turned 1 last week. My daughter

(I raised her, but she is not really related to me, couldn't adopt her because

her father who abandoned her wouldn't let me) Liz is 34, lives in New York, is

married to and has two boys Riley almost 6 and Zachary 2. (Zachary, by the

way for those who are praying for him, has been found to have a very serious

infection in his hip and that is why he can't walk, it will require massive

surgery and don't know the prognosis yet). My son is almost 31, lives in

Boston and has a special someone in his life now and I hope the relationship

will move forward, but we will have to wait and see.

I have Fibromyalgia, duh, Sarcoidosis that affects my lungs and my eyes the

worst, Hypothyroidism, AADD, Sleep Apnea, Narcolepsy, Acid Reflux Disease, IBS,

Asthma and Allergies, and probably something else I can't remember. Some of

these things are treated and some are not. I am one who takes pain medication.

Before the bone cancer, I was taking 5mg of hydrocodone 3X day, or all at once

depending on the day. I've been taking some stronger drugs for the bone pain,

but it has lessened now and so am going back to the hydrocodone. I am also

taking drugs for Depression and Anxiety.

I also have severe money problems and my home is in foreclosure. I am trying to

stop it, but will have to move anyway as I can't work, don't collect SSD, and

will lose my severance pay in February 2009 and will be down to my retirement of

11,000/year. My son has offerred to move to a bigger place so I can move in with

him, but I hate to burden him that way. My daughter Andi is willing to help me

move, but offerrs no help otherwise. She has issues! Liz is out of the picture

for now, has enough on her plate. I'm hoping to find some way to stay around

here, with assistance, so I won't leave my grandchildren. They are the light in

my life right now.

Well that's my life story for now. I don't know how much I will be on line while

I am working on all of these things and trying to recover some strength. At

least I'm done with Chemo. Don't know the prognosis yet, but think it will at

least be better than it was.

To all my friends in the group, thank you for all of your prayers and warm

thoughts. I appreciate them all. Thanks for the phone calls and the cards, both

through e-mail and snail mail. I am overwhelmed at your caring so much about me.

I don't get that much - even from my family. Thank you so much for hanging in

there with me and waiting for me to get back. I hope to join in as much as I can

for now and hopefully can start to participate more as time goes on, unless I

lose my Internet connection. I will warn you if that is about to happen.

Shouldn't be for several months anyway.

It's good to be home again and not hooked up to anything.

Love to all,

Marti

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