I have no words... only tears.
Hugs and prayers......
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Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
"Rita L. in MA" wrote in message
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Good Morning,
I'm having a tough time trying to decide what to say here. The past
couple of months have been very difficult for me. My chemo treatments
stopped working, just as I was about to sign up for a clinical trial of a
new drug a CT scan showed that I had a large pleural effusion (google
knows lots about this) that had collapsed my left lung and required
draining. Four attempts at draining over two days only dealt with about
20% of the effusion but it was two days until Christmas and they let me go
home. I was fine for a few days but was then readmitted to the hospital
to try surgery on this. That was about six days in Critical Care.
We did try a new chemo drug in the past few weeks. It robbed me of all of
my white blood cells and so I have spent the last 8 days in the hospital
where nobody was allowed to breath anywhere near me. I am back home again
and feeling better but will be signed up with Hospice later today. I do
have the option of trying the chemo again but am currently not in favor of
that.
My cancer is getting worse, I am declining treatment and so am eligible
for Hospice services. Of course nobody can predict how much longer I have
but the word "months" has been used a few times and I am hopeful that I
have a couple.
All of this because I wanted to tell you all how much I have enjoyed RCTQ
over the years and have loved having this community of friends to turn to
when I needed a lift or just wanted to peek into somebody else's life for
a while :-) And then there is that awesome HUGG that you made for me.
Thank you all for being there for me. I will continue to "use you" if
that is O.K.
Rita
P.S. If anybody is in touch with Pat in VA, could you share this with
her? We had a couple of very nice meet ups in the past when my husband
and I were in VA. and I want to let her know how much I enjoyed that.
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Rita L. in MA One Eyed Mutant Ninja Quilter :-)