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I promised, but I am going to keep it quick…

You know what? Surgeons travel in packs. No less than four surgeons and Dan and me . . . In an exam room… tight.

“We are dealing with growth. There is bone, there is disc, and there is something more.” I don’t know how they see these thing. To me it’s like seeing a baby on a sonogram two days into life. I just don’t see it. But they did. “As I recall, you said that if we could just get rid of the pain, you would be much happier.”

To fix the arm would require an extensive surgery with a long recovery period that we can not afford since it would stop any chemo/radiation treatment.

To fix the pain there are things available that a pain management specialist can get for me, like steroid injections into the disc. We will be contacted in the next couple days …

Yes, I am disappointed but not discouraged. We were hoping for a clean vertebrae. But this is just one more way to express God’s Glory when he relieves me of these tumors. I will be healed. One way or another.

Tomorrow is my last radiation treatment. I am scheduled to resume chemo treatments next Wednesday, I believe. I have an appointment with my Palliative Care Doctor this Wednesday. He takes care of my medications. We are still working on changing my medication from a morphine base to a methadone base. A lot less Methadone is needed to cover what morphine covers. . .

After Wednesday, we will get a break for a while. The past weeks having to be at the hospital every week day has been trying on not just me, but the whole family. The children will get to run and play a bit more this month.

Your prayers are heartly felt and appreciated. If God wants my arm to work, he will make it work. It would be easier on my life that’s for sure. Let’s pray for each other.

Love to all,

teresa

Oh, BTW: The bleeding lesion in my leg has slowed to a stop I think. The bruise is down past my knee, though the top is fading.