Re: A Rotten Week...LONG
From: Lila (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Feb 14 14:46:38 2000
Joan,
You have so much going on hon, and no words I can say will make it any easier. I will keep you and yours in my thoughts and prayers. Here's a big ((((HUG)))) to help you along ---
Wishing you wings for your hopes and dreams,
Lila in Milwaukee, WI
On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 13:09:58 joan loveless wrote:
>Hi everybody! It's me Joan... Sorry I haven't written much lately. You all
>won't believe all that's been happening in my life lately! When it rains...
>It pours!!!
>I've told you all (atleast I think I have) that my hyst is scheduled for Wed
>Feb 23rd. That's probably the only good thing going on... Although, I am
>nervous! Anyway, my husband had his annual TB test last week, and tested
>positive, so myself, and my 2 kids had to be tested also, and my 6yr old
>daughter also tested positive! We all tested negative a year ago, so they
>were exposed to someone with active TB at some point in the last year. They
>had to have blood work, and a chest x ray, and they go on Wed. to get the
>results. My husband will have to take medicine for 6 months, and my daughter
>(who won't even take tylenol) will have to take medicine for 9 months. That
>should be real fun! Oh well, it's still better than worrying that some day
>they could come down with active TB. Then we found out that my mother in law
>has terminal cancer. It's in her lung, sternum, mouth, esophagus, stomach,
>colon, lymph nodes, and blood stream! On Monday, she goes for a CT scan, to
>see if it's in her brain, they're also going to check her bone marrow.
>They've given her 3 months without chemo, and 6months with it! If she can
>tollerate it. She's only 65 but, she's not been in good health for a long
>time... My husband is a mess! He's in the military, we're stationed in
>Illinois, and our families are in Upstate NY. My daughter is in
>kindergarten, and, my husband takes college classes part time. With my
>surgery this month, and both of them in school till May, we feel like we're
>stuck between a rock and a hard place! I won't be in any shape to move till
>atleast the end of April, and they need to finish school. I hope we make it
>in time! We're putting in for "humanitarian" orders to Mass. So, as you can
>probably tell, I'm stressed to the max!!! Because as all of you know, that
>the pain doesn't stop just because you're too busy to deal with it! I'm SO
>exhausted! Oh well, I guess I shouldn't complain, but sometimes, I just
>can't help it!! My husband's feeling guilty because he's not there, and he's
>worried about me having surgery, because if something should happen with his
>Mom, and he needs to go up there quickly, we don't have any family or anyone
>who could just come over to help me out with the kids... My Mom said she
>would come, and that was nice, but I'm praying that it doesn't come to
>that... I know that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but how strong
>do we really need to be??? Oh well, I'll quit whining now... Just needed to
>get it out, I guess. Thanks for putting up with me... Love, Joan
>
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