My leukemia's back.

[donrae]

What are the chances you have chemo on your birthday, let alone hopefully your last chemo, my aunt gets to

I've been hospitalized for my honey's birthday, 4th of July, oldest son's birthday, Labor day, my 20th wedding anniversary, Halloween, Thanksgiving and my birthday. This year I'll miss Easter and probably Memorial Day. They've been good about letting me be home for Christmas, that's the biggie to me.

 

[3goodeggs]

X100,000,000,000,000
central lines, picc lines..... pooey.
I wish I could help.

 

[sourland]

I couldn't find any flowers so I stole these.

Hang in, Rachel.

 

[jgoldy2]

Quote: Wow!!! My aunt had it right before Thanksgiving

 

[Suzie]

Rachel..

My heart aches for you....you are having such a hard time....

You are awesome...and yes, you will miss being at home with your beloved family for events that you would normally participate in...your family can and will be with you for all that you enjoy together..in your future years together you will have so much time to be able to celebrate these occasions..YOU are the glue that makes this all possible...

Sending you love and my daily prayers...never a day goes by without prayers for you and your family and thank you for sharing your thoughts, frustrations and your humour!

You are a winner..strong character and great resolve...keep being the Rachel we have got to know...!

 

[lazy gardener]

Rachel, when ever I get in my car, you are at the top of my prayer list.

 

[N F C]

Okay, Blooie, I'm now mentally calling you Katniss---that's hilarious! And a great way to get your point across. Sometimes they just need a lesson in consideration. I'm glad you recovered--that's some scary stuff when infection moves that fast!

I've just been miserable with this central line. I was so stoned on meds yesterday I could hardly talk to my kiddos, that's just not cool. But, apparently I'm pretty much stuck with it. Since they've put one in my chest, they don't want to use this same area again. The other option is a PICC line in each arm. Gee, if I'd known that was an option, I would have kept my perfectly good PICC line they pulled out Tuesday. However, it also means having lines running to each arm and that sounds all sorts of claustrophobic. The PICC team is going to come eval me today to see if I have a vein that could support a triple lumen PICC, that's my only option at this point. So, I'm praying a lot for God to help me make peace with this stupid central line. I've got to get mentally unstuck from this and move on, I've got so much bigger things coming up that I'll have to focus on. This is done, and while yes, it sucks, it's done and I kinda need to get over it, since there's really no other options.


This time last year my biggest worry was my bad hatch rates with my new rooster. How things change, huh?

And next year your biggest worry will be a bad hatch rate. Hang in there Rachel!

 

[donrae]

Thanks for the flowers....sourland, were you the kid who picked them from the neighbor's yard? Thank you!

So, I've decided to leave the line in. Talked with the PICC team today and this seems the best option. I still don't like it when they talk about possibly needing 3 lines for different things, I just don't want to be that sick.

Chemo has been very uneventful so far. No nausea, etc. Mom and I went outside today, that did a world of good! They said I can go out until the day I get transfused my new cells, so hopefully good weather until Tuesday. After that it can pour rain, I honestly don't care.

 

[N F C]

Here's hoping for beautiful weather so you can enjoy the outdoors

the next several days!

 

[sourland]

Hoping for a GOOD DAY for you today.