Will continue to uplift you, lbj, and V-Tail in prayer. God bless you all.

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Originally posted by just1tym:
Will continue to uplift you, lbj, and V-Tail in prayer. God bless you all.

V-Tail? What's going on with him?

Jim

Update:5

Well my wife has come down with Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma three weeks ago. Started with irritation in the right eye felt like something in it. Trip to the local Eye Doctor and they could not find anything, and she was prescribed some steroid eye drops. Well it felt better about three days after. Then a few day later it hurt so bad she was screaming and in tears. Called the local Ophthalmologist office and the two doctors were in surgery that day. Best they could do would be an appoint the next day. Shared that with my wife and it won’t do for the pain is so severe. Told her it is midafternoon lets go to the Hospital where I have been several times and they are Trauma Hospital. Maybe we can catch an Ophthalmologist still there. She didn’t get out of ER until 11PM. There was an Ophthalmologist that was called in for a total of 4 ER patients. He did some laser work on the eye to relieve some pressure and she was given diuretics and 3 eye ointment RXs. Well she has been going to see he almost daily for the last two weeks and she goes for Cataract Glaucoma Surgery Monday Oct. 5.

Now onto me. I have been the chosen driver thru all of this with the wife for the eye doctor’s office is 28 miles away. I had a PET Scan done Wednesday Sept 30th. My Oncologist Office called Thursday and left a message for me to call them regarding my scan. Wife called home when we left her eye doctor appointment to talk with our daughter. She told my wife the message. Wife told me as I was driving about the Oncologist message. I told the wife I don’t think it is good news. They have never called me the day after a scan to talk to me. They always shared the results at my next appointment and I have an infusion appointment next week Oct 7. Well talk in the car got very quiet. I had a lot of things going thru my head. One was a quick prayer asking whatever my news is I hope I am around long enough to get all the driving done that is needed for my wife to heal.

We picked up some greasy hamburgers for lunch and we ate lunch before I made the dreaded call. I called and talked to the Triage Nurse and told her Sarah the Oncology Nurse had left message for me to call her. She said the Oncology Nurse will call back when she can. The Triage Nurse asked a bunch of questions like is it difficult to breath and do I cough a lot. Well it was yes to those questions. Couple of hours latter the Oncology Nurse called. I had to ask her what is the bad news right away. She said it is actually good news. The tumor is getting smaller and the two lymph nodes in that area are showing less activity. She said there is a swelling in that area that is affecting my bronchial tube and the swelling was due to the Immunotherapy treatment. She remembers that I had an infection and pneumonia about two months ago in that area. I told her I have been on Oxygen therapy since the pneumonia and that coughing up mucus and breathing has slowly been improving. She said she will evaluate me next week and decide if they need to start me on a strong prednisone treatment with a taper. Well got of the phone. Wife already knew for the phone was on speaker phone. Well I did a lot of talking to our maker and many thankful prayers. I had to call my brother for he called earlier to check on Paula and me. I cut him short telling him I have a call coming in re my scan from the Oncologist.

Sorry for the long-winded update.

I want to truly thank you all for the prayers and well wishes. With God’s grace I beat lung cancer in 2010 and winning the fight so far in 2020.

Thanks again
Roy and Paula.

I read these accounts by my internet associates of their journey into healthcare with sincere interest. I try to learn something so that somewhere along their path my intervention with them will be as productive as it
can be.

I wish you the best Roy and Paula

I am very happy to read your latest update. Phone calls from the Dr. aren't always negative, as you experienced. But your mind sure goes in that direction quickly when they do call. Very glad you are seeing progress with your treatment. Things have progressed so much in the treatment of so many different cancers, it is truly amazing.

I will say a prayer for you and for your wife to get on the sunny side of things as quickly as possible. Hang in there and keep a positive attitude going.

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by just1tym:
Will continue to uplift you, lbj, and V-Tail in prayer. God bless you all.

V-Tail? What's going on with him?

Jim

Jim, he has been battling with that Guillain Barre Syndrome for awhile now and has made references before. I try and keep up the prayer for folks as long as I can. I do considerable prayer anyways because I know it's helped me and if I see that I can help another I just add them on. Not exclusively limited to the 2-legged kind either. If it is mentioned in a thread and I can pitch in a prayer, it's a done deal.

Roy, that's fantastic news, I'm truly joyful for you!

Keeping all of you in my prayers....

glad to hear your news