Re: Done, Well Done, Overcooked Even?Marti

April 10, 2008

I am so glad you are back Marti. I have been praying hard for you. I am

sorry about your house. I had gone through that last year. I think living

with one of your children would be ideal. Just my 2 cents. I hope you feel

better real soon. I have missed you bunches.

Hugs,

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:28 AM, 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

>

> __________________________________________________

>

April 10, 2008

Hi ,

I've missed you bunches too. Thanks for the upbeat words. It's so good to be

back and to hear from you.

Thank you so much for your prayers. I'm sure they are working.

Did you lose your house or did you end up selling it? I'm trying to decide

whether to just let them foreclose or to get it ready and sell it, if I can.

Whatever advice you have would be great.

Moving in with one of my kids - the only one who has offerred is ; the

others aren't into sharing so much - would be great and would really be a

lifesaver for me. I'm researching so much stuff it is making my head spin.

Take care and thanks again,

Marti

vh herbaladysfriends@...> wrote:

I am so glad you are back Marti. I have been praying hard for you. I

am