Re: Getting anxious!!/Jolene/Donelle

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Thanks Jolene!!! I'm getting anxious now...I have my list so we can

play 20

> questions tomorrow...LOL Glenn now has a lump in his chest right

> above the

> stomach that he thinks is his breast bone...No way!! I think it's a

> hernia

> from all the pressure created by the fluid, etc. Hope he's

> right!!! (this

> time....LOL)

>

> I have no idea why I'm so anxious about tomorrow's visit....I think,

> ONCE

> AGAIN, it's just the NOT KNOWING!!! Will he try another chemo??

> And, if so,

> will Glenn decide to try it...What kind of time are we talking about

> buying??

> Will he say nothing more can be done?? Which Dr. will he agree with??

> Surgery or No? What are the major symptoms of total liver failure,

> so we'll

> know??

>

> We are soooo hoping we can enjoy a few trips or even many trips in

> the 5th

> wheel. With Glenn off chemo, he is starting to feel a lot better

> more of the

> time. If he didn't have the Ascites, he would feel really good.

> He's eating

> well most of the time, but still losing weight, b/c they are draining

> all

> the nutrients out of his body each week. He still very weak...no

> muscle mass

> at all. A friend in another group I'm on mentioned that her husb.

> was given

> some steroids to help build the muscles, with no side effects. I'll

> be asking

> Onc. about that tomorrow as well.

>

> And good luck to you on Tuesday!! Did you finish up chemo?? What

> now?? I

> guess you'll find out Tues., huh? Let us know!!

>

> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

>

>

Can understand your situation. Just not sure what the Onc is going to

tell you and then what good it will be for Glen.

Golly a breast bone or a hernia... Yes hope too it is breast bone. ...

Yes not knowing puts you in a qandary as well.

Just what will they tell us? Then as you say will more chemo do him

any good, does he even want to try more and if he does just

how much more time will it gain him... Well tomorrow your questions

will hopefully be answered.. At least most of them anyway, you

hope. I will be praying for good news for you. Those steriods might

help him too build up muscle mass again.

Thanks... daughter Laurie is coming with me on Tuesday cause she will

also know what questions to ask. Want to know for sure what I

have to look forward to and if I can hope that we have this licked. I

will fill everyone in when I know something.

Been just laying around and watching hurricane news in Florida. Sounds

like it was not a really bad one, though bad enough as storms go. I sure

wouldn't want to have to live through one like that. We had a

relatively minor storm here one year and that was scarey enough, cause I

was at work and

surrounded by glass windows. That was certainly an adventure. LOL...

Well take care. God keep you two in His care and hopefully you will

know more tomorrow. Big Hugs Jolene