Good morning ladies! My Mom talked to my Dad's sister yesterday and she got her test results back. She does have cancer which is the bad news, but expected. The good news is it's large cell which is easier to treat, send into remission, and/or wipe out completely. If it was small cell or adenocarcinoma, she'd be gone soon. Large cell is the best kind to have and her oncologist is pretty sure that despite it being in four places, they can probably wipe it out with chemo. The bit in her left lung may require radiation later, but he won't know that for sure for three or four months after the chemo. She'll have to do chemo one week on and one week off and so on I think. The other bad news is this type of chemo makes you very, very sick. She's going to have to go somewhere else to be treated so that her older sister and her older sister's hubby can take care of her through the worst parts. The doctor said to expect to be so sick that she won't be able to get out of bed! Unfortunately he won't be the one treating her since she'll have to move in temporarily with my other aunt in another town. Her own hubby won't be able to care for her. My Dad's younger sister is going to help the oldest sister with her and my Dad's oldest brother is going to provide all of the gas money for them to travel back and forth to the different doctors and such. My Dad's siblings have some issues with not caring enough in our opinion (for instance, I doubt they've even called and told the "black sheep" sibling), but I really love the way they've banded together since one of them got cancer. It lets me know that they really do love each other. They just didn't have a very demonstrative mother...she was actually rather mean. Anyway, my Aunt doesn't have any easy road ahead, but at least the road is open! My Mom said she was much more upbeat and positive once she talked to the oncologist.
My dear Mom had her last day at work yesterday and she's officially retired now! Seems cool, but weird to me 'cause I've never known her not to work. I told her I'd always wanted her to not work when I was a kid. She said that she couldn't make up for that lost time together and I said, "no, but you can make a dent in it now". I spent way too much time with my brother and Dad who got on my nerves big time! I missed her! Anyway, she and I have plans! I can't wait!
We got woke up by the phone after midnight last night and oldest ds wasn't at home so it scared me! I hate being woke up like that. Anyway, he came home at about the time that the phone rang. A cop was on the phone and over at my parents' house and calling to see if ds was here. No, ds wasn't in any kind of trouble...thank God! I told the cop that ds was home and he asked if he could come over and talk to him and I asked what he wanted and gave him our address. Anyway, he told me. Apparently ds had spoken to some 22-year-old on Facebook that he'd met last year in rehab and this guy had gotten into some kind of accident and had a head injury. He had been admitted to the hospital and then just taken off! His Dad was in Michigan and contacted the police here because the guy hadn't had contact with his family since last week and they were afraid that he was in a ditch or something. The cop asked ds if he knew where he was (ds didn't). The guy is homeless, but has a truck and apparently drove down here to see some 15-year-old girl (can you say statutory rape?) so I imagine the main reason the cops are interested is because of this. Apparently the girl got Hep C from him...nice, huh? Anyway, ds told the cop that the word on the street was the guy had gotten arrested. This was a sheriff so I imagine he checked with the city police to see if they had the guy. Ds went back to his friend's apartment to spend the night and I tried to go back to sleep. My headache had gone by last night, but was back with a vengeance this morning! I'm just thanking God that ds hadn't done anything!
I'm going to go now and will be back later hopefully...still got a horrible headache. My doctor has been out of town so I didn't go in for some relief.Take care all.