chasedude
12-18-2009, 05:56 PM
As some of you may or may not know I'm not really a religious person but there's something to this power of thoughts or prayers thing I can't explain. That's why I ask for them now for a dear friend of mine.
A little background of how amazing this friend is and why she needs good vibes sent her way. Please bare with me if I run on too much.
16 months ago she was blessed with a sweet boy Phoenix that turned out to be stricken with Cystic Fibrosis. She has gone through so much stress with his illness and trying to give him a normal life. She and her husband are the greatest parents I've known, even taking in two nieces from a worthless mother to provide them with some stability and a better life. They've both been shit on with so much pain and yet they persevere through it all. Then today I received this email that just tore me up.
"As some of you know since having Phoenix I have struggled in some areas of my health. These past few months things have slowly been getting worse, and required me to start having tests ran. As suspected my thyroid is heading down hill. The initial thought was it could be thyroid cancer. After having an MRI, sonogram, and blood work we still do not have concrete answers. To many doctors, to many opinions. So here is the initial game plan, that everyone can agree on. After the first of the year I will do some high dose radiation treatments, to kill of the thyroid and the nodules that are attached. (The dosage is still being determined. They got some more results back today that will help them decide.) I will then have a repeat scan to make sure the thyroid is no longer functioning and that the nodules have dissolved. If not we will have to look at another game plan. The location of the nodules make it a little tricky for them to be cut out.
If all looks good I'll start a hormone therapy, that I'll continue on for the rest of my life. Only issue the first year stinks on these meds. They say it takes about a year to get things regulated. They said my weight will go way up and down until things are figured out. ;( I can handle the down part, up I'm not so crazy about!
The up side of all of this! My dizzy spells, blacking out, insomnia and headaches should go away. Oh, yeah! And my neck won't be as fat! ☺ Down side, it won't help my charlie brown cheeks!
So here we go! It's going to be one crazy year!"
I'm praying it's not Cancer because she's already got so much to deal with already. In all she's been through she still keeps her sense of humor. Such an awesome person done no wrong to anyone in this world.
Thanks to all in advance for your thoughts and prayers.
A little background of how amazing this friend is and why she needs good vibes sent her way. Please bare with me if I run on too much.
16 months ago she was blessed with a sweet boy Phoenix that turned out to be stricken with Cystic Fibrosis. She has gone through so much stress with his illness and trying to give him a normal life. She and her husband are the greatest parents I've known, even taking in two nieces from a worthless mother to provide them with some stability and a better life. They've both been shit on with so much pain and yet they persevere through it all. Then today I received this email that just tore me up.
"As some of you know since having Phoenix I have struggled in some areas of my health. These past few months things have slowly been getting worse, and required me to start having tests ran. As suspected my thyroid is heading down hill. The initial thought was it could be thyroid cancer. After having an MRI, sonogram, and blood work we still do not have concrete answers. To many doctors, to many opinions. So here is the initial game plan, that everyone can agree on. After the first of the year I will do some high dose radiation treatments, to kill of the thyroid and the nodules that are attached. (The dosage is still being determined. They got some more results back today that will help them decide.) I will then have a repeat scan to make sure the thyroid is no longer functioning and that the nodules have dissolved. If not we will have to look at another game plan. The location of the nodules make it a little tricky for them to be cut out.
If all looks good I'll start a hormone therapy, that I'll continue on for the rest of my life. Only issue the first year stinks on these meds. They say it takes about a year to get things regulated. They said my weight will go way up and down until things are figured out. ;( I can handle the down part, up I'm not so crazy about!
The up side of all of this! My dizzy spells, blacking out, insomnia and headaches should go away. Oh, yeah! And my neck won't be as fat! ☺ Down side, it won't help my charlie brown cheeks!
So here we go! It's going to be one crazy year!"
I'm praying it's not Cancer because she's already got so much to deal with already. In all she's been through she still keeps her sense of humor. Such an awesome person done no wrong to anyone in this world.
Thanks to all in advance for your thoughts and prayers.