A BUMP IN THE ROAD

I apologize for the delay but I’ve been sick. Pain has been a problem and my doctor changed my pain meds. Unfortunately, the meds make me sick. So right now I’m trying to find that delicate balance between pain and nausea. I have not found it yet but I’m working on it.

I saw the doctor on Wednesday, which is when he changed the meds. He told me I had the common type of pancreatic cancer that 95% of people have when they have pancreatic cancer. He wants another scan - this one a PET scan where they inject you with radioactive sugar and look for tumors. I have some “questionable” spots on my liver and some lymph nodes and he wants to see if that is cancer. This scan will be on Tuesday. On Wednesday I’ll be fitted with my port for chemotherapy and on Thursday I’ll meet with the radiation guy. As for chemo, I’ll be wearing a pump and getting chemo 24/7. No schedule as yet, pending on the test results.

However, my first priority is to get this pain/med thing under control. I have until Tuesday to make this work. If I still don’t feel much better, the scans and other things will have to wait until I do feel better. There is no way I’m going back and forth to those appointments feeling like this!

Thank you all for your concern and your support. It gives me one more reason to go on. My friends have been terrific and are there for me when needed. My son is coming up next week for a few days, then my sister will be here.