Kerri, I am so sorry to read of your latest doctor visit. You know we are here to listen and help get you thru this. Its ok to rant and be upset, we get you!!!! Please try to take this in small bites to help so you dont get overwhelmed. First, you have cancer, next you are beginning treatment very soon, third it will NOT be fun at all, fourth you WILL get thru this and recover.

Now, knowing everything you do already makes it hard to only think of the big picture. But if you focus on other things it will make this so much easier to get thru. My idea to help you take your mid off your troubles would be for you to make today a fun day for you and your family. Go to the park, have a picnic, take a walk with your husband, go to the drive in movies, play mini golf, go out for ice cream, take a drive in the country, stop at roadside stands and pick up some fresh veggies, get some flowers and replant them (mums are great this time of year), go to a county fair or carnival, if you are near the shore go to the beach, etc..... Just get out there and make the most of today, it really will help to make you feel alot better.

Good luck next week!!!!



Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile