A general thread to talk about me (or in this case my wife).
From Aaron's Song of the Day thread:
@sadchild She has some lingering issues from the accident. But we had adapted. She has other issues now.
From milestones thread:
2017:
2020/05/21:
I didn't mention the type of cancer before (not sure why) but it is CNS Lymphoma. There is some debate in the medical community whether this is the same cancer (lymphoma) which she had before. General consensus is no but having lymphoma is usuallty a pre-requicite for having it in her brain. Her initial symtoms in May was inability to say the right words and a headache which has persisted since April. Her family doctor has diagnosed the headache as likely stress (with covid stuff). That was on the Monday prior to admittance. On Saturday her speech had gotten worse so we called the telehealth line and they forwarded to 911 and off she went to the hospital. They were thinking stroke. By midnight that night I got called from a different hospital by a doctor and given the wonderful news. We have since learned that it likely started no more than 3-5 weeks prior to our call and if we had done nothing she would likely have been dead within 2 weeks. During the week prior to chemo she lost ability to understand where she was and why she was there and short term memory. She wrote down some key words so when she woke up she would not outright panic. Her texting and writing was also affected. Communication was difficult during this time.
As a means of an update, my wife is on round 3 of chemo now. Here condition improved almost immediately after her first chemo. She was able to speak more clearly each daty. The tumor has decreased in size. She has 1 more round of chemo after this then they would do a stem cell treatment which is pretty risky. This round of chemo has been difficult. She is still in the hospital now 10 days after admittance (normal is 4). The drugs have side effects which seem to have resulted in soft tissue damage in the legs. She is currently unable to walk.
II am still unable to visit. They have reduced the restrictions but not far enough. That is the hardest part. Thank god for FaceTime. Had this been 10 years ago it would be even harder.
From Aaron's Song of the Day thread:
@sadchild She has some lingering issues from the accident. But we had adapted. She has other issues now.
From milestones thread:
2017:
2020/05/21:
I didn't mention the type of cancer before (not sure why) but it is CNS Lymphoma. There is some debate in the medical community whether this is the same cancer (lymphoma) which she had before. General consensus is no but having lymphoma is usuallty a pre-requicite for having it in her brain. Her initial symtoms in May was inability to say the right words and a headache which has persisted since April. Her family doctor has diagnosed the headache as likely stress (with covid stuff). That was on the Monday prior to admittance. On Saturday her speech had gotten worse so we called the telehealth line and they forwarded to 911 and off she went to the hospital. They were thinking stroke. By midnight that night I got called from a different hospital by a doctor and given the wonderful news. We have since learned that it likely started no more than 3-5 weeks prior to our call and if we had done nothing she would likely have been dead within 2 weeks. During the week prior to chemo she lost ability to understand where she was and why she was there and short term memory. She wrote down some key words so when she woke up she would not outright panic. Her texting and writing was also affected. Communication was difficult during this time.
As a means of an update, my wife is on round 3 of chemo now. Here condition improved almost immediately after her first chemo. She was able to speak more clearly each daty. The tumor has decreased in size. She has 1 more round of chemo after this then they would do a stem cell treatment which is pretty risky. This round of chemo has been difficult. She is still in the hospital now 10 days after admittance (normal is 4). The drugs have side effects which seem to have resulted in soft tissue damage in the legs. She is currently unable to walk.
II am still unable to visit. They have reduced the restrictions but not far enough. That is the hardest part. Thank god for FaceTime. Had this been 10 years ago it would be even harder.
