RipsGracie's journal

Visit with radiation oncologist

RipsGracie
  • By RipsGracie · Posted June 14, 2008
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  • I was set up, I thought, to get "sim'd," or simulated - having marks placed upon my skin as to where the radiation treatment would be taking place. It was so late that my doctor decided to wait until ...

Update

RipsGracie
  • By RipsGracie · Posted June 12, 2008
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  • I have stage II (a or b not known) non-small cell lung cancer. The cancer has not spread, and my PET scan from Tuesday showed no more lymph nodes involved (yayayay!). Tomorrow I go to be "marked" for ...

Staging today

RipsGracie
  • By RipsGracie · Posted June 12, 2008
  • 5 replies
  • It has been a very long night for me, sleep is just a word for me right now. I am very anxious. I have set up for my FIL to carry me and my husband to my 15-minute appointment today - I want all my bases ...

PET scan today

RipsGracie
  • By RipsGracie · Posted June 10, 2008
  • 6 replies
  • I am about to head out for my PET scan. I am very nervous about the results which will be revealed to me on Thursday ...

Dealing with work

RipsGracie
  • By RipsGracie · Posted June 8, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • (please bear with me right now I am having an aura of a migraine which makes it feel like my hands and keyboard - my "gorilla hands" - are on the floor, so I am having rought time typing this). When I ...

What makes all this doubly hard

RipsGracie
  • By RipsGracie · Posted June 7, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • Greg (husband) was diagnosed with stage II colon cancer on March 28, 2008. He is now undergoing chemotherapy as a precautionary measure, but the doctor believes they got all of his cancer. Hubs is having ...

Day by day

RipsGracie
  • By RipsGracie · Posted June 7, 2008
  • 3 replies
  • Don't mind me, it is better for me to ramble than to not.... Thursday was pretty bad. I had run out of pain medication, I thought I had 3 pills left to get me through the day but it turned out those 3 ...

First Entry for my new dignosis

RipsGracie
  • By RipsGracie · Posted June 7, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • I am a 44-year-old mother of two beautiful daughters, Maria age 19, just married, and Elizabeth age 11, a sweety to all, and I am an at home medical transcriptionist. My husband's name is Greg and at ...

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