My Thoughts

Has it been a month?  Yeah, I guess it has!  So much has been going on, each day just meshes into the next, and before I know it a week, the month has passed.  There are some things going on that I can't really post about, suffice it to say that its family related, and has cut me to the core, a pain so great that it defies words.  'Nuf said about that.

Work has been quite busy, end of the first quarter and all that comes with that.  One of my managers has been traveling quite extensively, the year end audit, investor relations...my yearly review has been put on the back burner.  It was due January 15!  Oh well, the good thing is it will be retroactive...although I don't want to wait another year! 

My dad has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.  We met with his urologist last Wednesday, and listened to the options.  It is in the very early stages, and the doc doesn't seem to think it is very agressive, so dad is eligible for the "wait & see" protocol.  He is re-tested every 3-6 months, then biopsied after one year.  Should anything change during that year, then he would have to consider the other options, surgery, radiation, radioactive seeds.  Once you start the more invasive procedures, there are so many side effects, and other possibles, that it boggles the mind.  This is my dad!!  He is going to do nothing for now.  I kinda thought that is the route he would take. 

My mom's other knee is bothering her.  She had knee replacement a couple of years ago, and now its the other one.  She has been using a cane for a couple of days now, and yesterday she was using a walker, so I know she is in pain.  She doesn't stop, though.  I was there on Friday night, and she was putting away laundry!  My sister and brother live there...hmmm, whats wrong with this picture.  She was putting away their laundry!  My sis says she doesn't listen...

I went to the doctor on Tuesday to have an ingrown toenail removed...ouch!  This is the second time, same nail, and I was surprised at what was removed.  It had roots!  He cauterized the base so it wouldn't grow back...just in time for sandal weather...not!  I also had some blood tests done mid-March for cholesterol, glucose levels, thyroid, and bone density.  Dang, I feel old :)  Thyroid came back ok.  Cholesterol came back very high...heart disease high.  So he gave me Crestor.  I was supposed to take Lipitor a few years back, but I was determined not to be on meds for this.  I changed my diet, and lowered it to a tolerable level.  Last year, during the health fair at work, my cholesterol tested at 237, so I decided to have my own doc re-test.  It is 277 now, so Crestor it is.  Then...I have diabetes.  Not borderline, not change your diet and let's re-test...no, full fledged diabetes.  The doc my blood re-tested, and the results from that will determine the course of treatment.  I am so bummed.  I don't even think it has sunk in.  I mean, I know, but I can't believe it!  I hadn't been feeling well for a while, and if I wasn't eating every 3 hours or so, I would start shaking, and feeling light headed, so I'd eat, then I'd be ok for a couple of hours again.  Very thirsty, and a big ol' pee-head!  Constantly!  I work out, eat a very low fat diet, have a fair amount of fruits and veggies, whole grain bread, I've cut out sugar from my coffee, no soda, I don't drink alcohol...so what am I doing wrong?!!?

I don't have the results from my bone density test back yet...osteoporosis...thats all I need.  I feel like I'm on the down side of "over the hill"...I'm on the ender end of my life.  I don't even want to ask "what else can happen?"  I'm not ready for that answer.

Talk soon...

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• #10 Comment from suzypwr 
  4/12/08 12:23 PM | Permalink

  Wow, Myra, that is a lot to process at one time in your life! At least you are already following a healthy diet, so you should be able to adjust better than most people who refuse to ever eat a healthy diet. Hopefully you can be stabilized with either just diet or maybe oral medications. Good luck to your mom and dad - so much to deal with! I will be keeping you in my thoughts!
  
  xxoo
• #9 Comment from queeniemart 
  4/11/08 8:49 AM | Permalink

  OH WOW, so much going on, Myra.
  I am SO sorry for whatever family thing has hurt you. I am SO sorry to hear your dad has prostate cancer but so grateful he has some options and it was caught early. You always take such good care of yourself and i hate it that you are going thru all this medical stuff. You are always in my thoughts and prayers. LOVE YOU.
• #8 Comment from jckfrstross 
  4/7/08 7:26 PM | Permalink

  Have a good week:) hope all of the doctor appts are all AOK!
  
  Deb
• #7 Comment from luvrte66 
  4/7/08 7:23 PM | Permalink

  I hope things settle down for you soon, Myra! Don't despair. Ken's stepfather just finished his radiation treatments for prostate cancer, and he's doing very well. It sounds like you maintain a very healthy lifestyle, and while none of us want to be on medication, your cholesterol drug will help you get your level down. Hang in there...this too shall pass!
  
  Hugs,
  Beth
  http://journals.aol.com/luvrte66/nutwoodjunction/
  
  P.S. You've been tagged.
• #6 Comment from stupidsheetguy 
  4/7/08 2:01 PM | Permalink

  And best wishes to your parents as well. I hope everything works out, my friend. Please hang in there.