Well we are officially leaving Kaiser and the Lord has really opened doors for us. Kaiser will send all the records to the new doctors with no problems and they should be there by the time of my first appointment. We were also able to get the scans and we will pick them up tomorrow when I get my PICC line cleaned in Woodland hills. It will be so nice not to have to drive so far to go to the Dr.
On Friday they gave me a copy of my blood work that was done on the 18Th and my white blood count was the lowest its every been. So they told me not to go out to public places. I was so looking forward to going to church on Sunday but didn't want to risk it. It was probably better since I needed my energy to go to Jodi's for Christmas dinner. We had so much fun and I felt really great all evening so it was a good choice to prioritize my energy level. Christmas is so much fun with little ones around. They dance and laugh and have so much fun. We can learn a lot from them. Jesus says come like little children to me. I can see why.
Monday the Dr. office called and said go to Simi and get a Neupergen shot for the next 2 days. This is used to get your white count back up. I will have blood taken Wed. at Woodland hills when they clean the PICC. I am sure it has come up by now. I realy want to go to Christmas Eve service and see everyone. I might be wearing a mask but I don't care!! I just miss everybody!! I also hear that Katie and her crew have been working hard and I don't want to miss it. Worshipping the birth of our KING!! What a joy!!
Thank you Father for another Christmas!
I love you all!!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Dr.s Appoitment
Hi There,
I went to the oncologist Wed. after having the PICC line cleaned. They are so nice at the place where I go and have it all decorated for Christmas. They even had a little Santa that sang and moved his hips. It made us laugh it was so funny. My mom went with me since Fred had to go to his own doctors appointment for his back and hip. What a blessing for my mom to take me since she was able to just drop me off to go inside rather than me parking and then walking. She loved the extra exercise. LOL It was also so cold yesterday.
After the PICC line cleaning I went to see the Dr. She set me up for the 31st. to have chemo and then a CT scan on the 12 of January. My sodium level was at 133 so it went up 2 points in a week. The goal is 135. She was very glad to see all the electrolytes up at a normal range. I didn't get the results from the white blood count but she gave me a Nupergen shot anyway which is suppose to boost your blood counts.
When I got home from the Dr.s, Fred and I watched our grand kids age 4 and 9 months. We made cookies and Ceci and Jordyn made a gingerbread house. The baby even went down for a nap. Then at 2:30 only 3 hours after they were here their dad came and picked them up. The time went by so fast and we really enjoyed having them.
We have some decisions to make about our insurance which means changing out of Kaiser. So we are praying for wisdom and finances for the change. We thought we were going to stay with Kaiser and it would have been affordable but found out they gave us a wrong price. The correct price was almost double!
Please pray for us to have wisdom in making this decision and always for complete healing.
I appreciate all your prayers and letters and texts and emails. Its always good to know that others are out there even when I not there and that your thinking and caring for me and my family.
I ran into Bernie Gleason at the dentist today and the first thing she said is " I prayed for you this morning" You just don't know how that makes me feel to hear that and I haven't seen her in a long time.
Your all a blessing to me.
Love you all.
Cathy
I went to the oncologist Wed. after having the PICC line cleaned. They are so nice at the place where I go and have it all decorated for Christmas. They even had a little Santa that sang and moved his hips. It made us laugh it was so funny. My mom went with me since Fred had to go to his own doctors appointment for his back and hip. What a blessing for my mom to take me since she was able to just drop me off to go inside rather than me parking and then walking. She loved the extra exercise. LOL It was also so cold yesterday.
After the PICC line cleaning I went to see the Dr. She set me up for the 31st. to have chemo and then a CT scan on the 12 of January. My sodium level was at 133 so it went up 2 points in a week. The goal is 135. She was very glad to see all the electrolytes up at a normal range. I didn't get the results from the white blood count but she gave me a Nupergen shot anyway which is suppose to boost your blood counts.
When I got home from the Dr.s, Fred and I watched our grand kids age 4 and 9 months. We made cookies and Ceci and Jordyn made a gingerbread house. The baby even went down for a nap. Then at 2:30 only 3 hours after they were here their dad came and picked them up. The time went by so fast and we really enjoyed having them.
We have some decisions to make about our insurance which means changing out of Kaiser. So we are praying for wisdom and finances for the change. We thought we were going to stay with Kaiser and it would have been affordable but found out they gave us a wrong price. The correct price was almost double!
Please pray for us to have wisdom in making this decision and always for complete healing.
I appreciate all your prayers and letters and texts and emails. Its always good to know that others are out there even when I not there and that your thinking and caring for me and my family.
I ran into Bernie Gleason at the dentist today and the first thing she said is " I prayed for you this morning" You just don't know how that makes me feel to hear that and I haven't seen her in a long time.
Your all a blessing to me.
Love you all.
Cathy
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Family Getogether
We just had the best weekend with Russ and Sandy and their new baby Zack visiting this weekend. They came on Thursday so Gina and her kids and Jodi and her kids came. It was so much fun having all the kids from Dealaney age 13 to Zack 31/2 months here all running around. I love all the voices and laughter and memory sharing that happens when we all get together. We enjoyed a dinner all in a box from Baja Fresh so it made it easy on me and my energy level. I was able to focus on time with everyone.
I am so thankful that I was able to feel so well and able to enjoy this time. You really appreciate the small things like energy to visit and having visitors after having time away from being in the hospital or just recouping from chemo and not feeling very social. The timing of my feeling better is just in time for the holidays.
Thank you Lord that I trust in you in everything including your timing of recouping.
Lord you are the Light of my world!!
Thank you all for your prayers and I believe the Lord is hearing them all and blesses me in so many ways using all of you.
I love you,
Cathy
I am so thankful that I was able to feel so well and able to enjoy this time. You really appreciate the small things like energy to visit and having visitors after having time away from being in the hospital or just recouping from chemo and not feeling very social. The timing of my feeling better is just in time for the holidays.
Thank you Lord that I trust in you in everything including your timing of recouping.
Lord you are the Light of my world!!
Thank you all for your prayers and I believe the Lord is hearing them all and blesses me in so many ways using all of you.
I love you,
Cathy
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Just Old Age
I went to have my eyes checked today because I was getting worried that the chemo has changed my sight. Dr. said that there is no damage from the chemo just OLD AGE!! This was great news for me!! I was so excitied. I tell everyone I have earned everyday of this 51 years and plan on keep ticking!!
I then went and had the PICC line in my left arm cleaned and everything still looks good there. It had been bothering me with a little pain and so I was concerned and she said it had a little scab on it but it looks great. She drew blood and my sodium level is now at 131 which is closer to 135 and all the eclecotrlyets are looking good!! My blood pressure was good and so was my breathing. It was a great day at the Drs. which gives me peace!
Praise be to the Lord our God and Savior, who daily bears our burdens!!
Sing to the Lord a new song for he has done marvelous things!
Oh Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth!!
Love you all,
Thanks for your prayers and caring for me and my family!!
I then went and had the PICC line in my left arm cleaned and everything still looks good there. It had been bothering me with a little pain and so I was concerned and she said it had a little scab on it but it looks great. She drew blood and my sodium level is now at 131 which is closer to 135 and all the eclecotrlyets are looking good!! My blood pressure was good and so was my breathing. It was a great day at the Drs. which gives me peace!
Praise be to the Lord our God and Savior, who daily bears our burdens!!
Sing to the Lord a new song for he has done marvelous things!
Oh Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth!!
Love you all,
Thanks for your prayers and caring for me and my family!!
Monday, December 8, 2008
NO Fun Chemo
This last chemo was not fun at all. Feeling a little better today but still not getting dressed and going anywhere. I do have to go out tomorrow to get the PICC line cleaned and my eyes checked.
I feel like the last 4 days have been a blur.
Fred got the Christmas tree out of the attic tonight and Ceci and I are putting the decorations out. Mostly Ceci is doing the work. We have Chrsitmas music playing and talking about past Christmas's. So I better go help more.
Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow since I have to go out.
Gods blessing on all of you as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
I feel like the last 4 days have been a blur.
Fred got the Christmas tree out of the attic tonight and Ceci and I are putting the decorations out. Mostly Ceci is doing the work. We have Chrsitmas music playing and talking about past Christmas's. So I better go help more.
Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow since I have to go out.
Gods blessing on all of you as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Friday night 9:00
Went to sodium Dr. Thursday and everything is good there. Sodium is at 130 and should be at 135 so please pray for that to come up still. I am taking sodium pills and suppose to salt my food. Food is hard to eat now and then add salt and it tastes bad to me. So that a hard balamce. He said this was the hardest case to try and level out that hes had. The Dr. is a Christian and prayed with us in the office and I would like to ask for continued prayer for him and the other Dr.s to have wisdom from the Lord in my case.
I did receive chemo yesterday around 11:00 and it went very well. With the PICC line it is so much easier. Fred and I went to my moms and had lunch and I was feeling very good. Came home and about 5:00 took some nausea meds and should have taken another dose at 8:00 but was feeling good and forgot. At about 9:15pm I wasn't feeling weel and so I took the medicine but it wasn't going to stop the nausea so I had to take another kind and go to bed and was able to sleep through the nausea.
Today I was hoping to go to a Christmas party since I felt so good yesterday. I took it really easy but around noon the nausea was to great and had a hard time getting through it. I took a nap hoping to wake up feeling so great and even a shower and got dressed for the event but coulnd't make it. I have been on the couch sleeping on and off.
I am on my way to bed and thought I wanted to get this out so you can be praying for me. Thanks for your prayers and concerns.
I love you all.
Went to sodium Dr. Thursday and everything is good there. Sodium is at 130 and should be at 135 so please pray for that to come up still. I am taking sodium pills and suppose to salt my food. Food is hard to eat now and then add salt and it tastes bad to me. So that a hard balamce. He said this was the hardest case to try and level out that hes had. The Dr. is a Christian and prayed with us in the office and I would like to ask for continued prayer for him and the other Dr.s to have wisdom from the Lord in my case.
I did receive chemo yesterday around 11:00 and it went very well. With the PICC line it is so much easier. Fred and I went to my moms and had lunch and I was feeling very good. Came home and about 5:00 took some nausea meds and should have taken another dose at 8:00 but was feeling good and forgot. At about 9:15pm I wasn't feeling weel and so I took the medicine but it wasn't going to stop the nausea so I had to take another kind and go to bed and was able to sleep through the nausea.
Today I was hoping to go to a Christmas party since I felt so good yesterday. I took it really easy but around noon the nausea was to great and had a hard time getting through it. I took a nap hoping to wake up feeling so great and even a shower and got dressed for the event but coulnd't make it. I have been on the couch sleeping on and off.
I am on my way to bed and thought I wanted to get this out so you can be praying for me. Thanks for your prayers and concerns.
I love you all.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Welcome to my FROG blog
Hi There,
I can't believe I did this. I have been talking about setting one up but never did. So here goes.
I chose the name FROG because it stands for Fully Relying On God. This is where I am at with the Lord right now. I can't go through this season without Fully Relying on Him.
I miss you all very much but with a very low immune system I have to choose carefully where I go. Its really hard not going to church on Sundays and seeing everyone. But I know me I would want to hug everyone!!
I celebrated my 51st. birthday Monday Dec 1st. I am so happy to have another birthday and look forqard to many more. We went out to dinner at the new Mongolian BBQ and I told the waiter it was birthday and he said are you 29 again and I said no I have earned all51 years and happy to be alive!!
Well chemo again on Thursday Dec 4th. Its an easy chemo day since they infuse for about 1 hour and then just what they call "push" 2 different chemos. One even looks like fruit punch. I am not sure if this chemo makes me sick or not because the last time I received it I was in the hospital and still having problems with the sodium level in my blood. Low sodium has the same side effects as chemo. Please pray for little or no side effects and the chemo will do its thing but will not harm me.
Thank you all for your prayers and calls and cards and texts. I love receiving all of them. I always feel like each one is from the Lord telling me how much he loves me. So he uses all of you to touch my life since I can't see him physically he has sent all of you. Thank you for caring and being obedient when God calls you and tells you to pray for me.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,
I heard that Joe May gave a scripture to George on Sunday and it was for me too.
Psalm 121:1-8
I look up to the mountains does my help come from there?
My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth!!
He will not let me stumble, the one who watches over me
Indeed he who watches over Isreal never slumbers or sleeps.
The Lord himself watches over me!! The Lord stands beside me as my protective shade,
The sun will not harm me by day nor the moon at night.
The Lord keeps me from all harm and watches over my life.
The Lord keeps watch over me as I come and go, both now and forever.
Love you all,
Cathy
I can't believe I did this. I have been talking about setting one up but never did. So here goes.
I chose the name FROG because it stands for Fully Relying On God. This is where I am at with the Lord right now. I can't go through this season without Fully Relying on Him.
I miss you all very much but with a very low immune system I have to choose carefully where I go. Its really hard not going to church on Sundays and seeing everyone. But I know me I would want to hug everyone!!
I celebrated my 51st. birthday Monday Dec 1st. I am so happy to have another birthday and look forqard to many more. We went out to dinner at the new Mongolian BBQ and I told the waiter it was birthday and he said are you 29 again and I said no I have earned all51 years and happy to be alive!!
Well chemo again on Thursday Dec 4th. Its an easy chemo day since they infuse for about 1 hour and then just what they call "push" 2 different chemos. One even looks like fruit punch. I am not sure if this chemo makes me sick or not because the last time I received it I was in the hospital and still having problems with the sodium level in my blood. Low sodium has the same side effects as chemo. Please pray for little or no side effects and the chemo will do its thing but will not harm me.
Thank you all for your prayers and calls and cards and texts. I love receiving all of them. I always feel like each one is from the Lord telling me how much he loves me. So he uses all of you to touch my life since I can't see him physically he has sent all of you. Thank you for caring and being obedient when God calls you and tells you to pray for me.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,
I heard that Joe May gave a scripture to George on Sunday and it was for me too.
Psalm 121:1-8
I look up to the mountains does my help come from there?
My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth!!
He will not let me stumble, the one who watches over me
Indeed he who watches over Isreal never slumbers or sleeps.
The Lord himself watches over me!! The Lord stands beside me as my protective shade,
The sun will not harm me by day nor the moon at night.
The Lord keeps me from all harm and watches over my life.
The Lord keeps watch over me as I come and go, both now and forever.
Love you all,
Cathy
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