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[fish-fighting-illini]

Well the good news is Chelsea is home from the hospital as of late Sunday. Thus it was a late tues night through Sunday stay which is light by our recent standards. She went back to school on Monday to try to salvage all of the work she has put in for the semester.

The only bad news is we still have no firm handle on what it really is, how to mitigate it quickly nor how to prevent it. Those are the cards we've been dealt and many others have much worse problems than Chelsea. It is starting to take a toll on everyone but we'll keep our chins up. Thanks to all for the good wishes.

WIII60 ( aka Josh ) thanks for the pm it helps and I fired one back at ya.

Keep up the thoughts we as well as others may need them.

[telecaster]

Matt;I'm a little unsure in reading your post if Chelsea is doing Chemo,or radiation,or both.I can only speak from my experiance,and its a differant cocktail for differant types of cancer.

She should eat even if she feels sick,for me I felt better,she has to keep her motabliism up and running.I ate, steaks,eggs,protien bars.things with iron and protien.I know eating those kinds of foods kept my red cell count up.I also stayed active even when I had to drag that pump around for a few days,each session.They tell you if your tired sleep,and all the different side affects you could have.IMO,alot of that is in your head,I believe you can with the right attitude make the side affects much less severe.You just have to get it in your head that your going to get well,and though things wont allways be fun,your going to put your game face on and live through it.

I wish you and your family all the best,dont baby her too much,bring out the fighter..

peace jim

[fish-fighting-illini]

 Sorry Tele I must have thrown you off. She doesn't have any type of cancer. The main problem is they don't know for sure what she does have. The doc's have different opinions on what she has.

Her symptoms are unexplained constant throwing up, food, medicine even water!

 The local specialist says she has Gastropharesis (sp?) also referred to sometimes as delayed stomach emptying. The nerve doesn't work properly that needs to cause food to empty from the stomach. This causes a tremendous amount of stomach pain due to the acids just sitting there.

 The Chicago doc says she has just an overeactive link between her brain and her stomach. The Chicago doc says they only see Gastropharesis in people who are diabetic ( which she is not ). He is adamit (sp?) that she does not have Gastorph... I tend to lean toward this doc's thinking but it is just tough to put all of our eggs in any one basket. Either way neither one has a concrete cure for what she does or does not have.

 They give her an IV to stay hydrated. The only thing that seems to help is Eurythromiacin and only via IV ( due to throwing up). Euryth is an antibiotic but its side effect is to cause your stomach muscles to contract and force food out.

Back to the drawing board I guess.

You have a great point in the game face deal though.

I've tried that approach with her.

My best wishes to you and yours with your situation Tele

[PaparockArk]

I wish all of you great fishing and good health. I will no longer be posting on this forum.

Rocky

[crazy4bass1]

I wish all of you great fishing and good health. I will no longer be posting on this forum.

Rocky

thats what you said last time........

jk but y

[Big T]

I have not posted on this thread in awhile, so I thought I would post an update. I finish my radition treatment Wednesday. I go back to Duke in a couple of weeks. When I started they told me there was a risk of damage to my spine. It looks like I have made it through with little problems.

I had a little nausea, and was tired. I lost very little weight, around 2-3 pounds. I am starting back to school today and going back to work hopefully next week. The doctors are pretty confident that the raditon will have taken care of any residual tuomr cells. Only God knows for sure. I just wanted to Thank everyone her for the words of encouragement.

Thanks

Big T

[fish-fighting-illini]

 Great news Big T keep commin with the good news

Enjoy your success you deserve it!

[fish-fighting-illini]

 Man this thing is still kicking the crap out of us. Chelsea has had hospital stays for several days in April, May and now the end of June. Sill nothing concrete to go on the Doc's seem perplexed.

 No offense to the great minds of medicine but how many times do they continue to give oral medicine to cure a person who's symptoms are constant throwing up? How much if any medicine stays down? Geeez they just don't get it. Oh well next time I will fight with them again. I was at a new job so I couldn't be there this time.

[jrhennecke]

Thoughts and prayers to you brother.

[fish-fighting-illini]

Thoughts and prayers to you brother.

Thanks JR. It is turning into a complicated ordeal but we think we might be understanding it better. Still not an easy solution.

Long story, just physicaly becoming exhausted of the whole ordeal.

[jrhennecke]

Got news today that my Dad has to go in for tests because he has an irregular heart beat.  Was thinking about some of the other fine folks on this forum and wanted to wish all good health.

[fish-fighting-illini]

Well we got to skip July which was good. Then the poor kid gets an ovarian cyst which they thought might need operated on. It ruptured on its own which relieved the pressure. She went in on Sun night ( mon am ) came home around 7:30 pm on tues and I had to stop the car 1/2 way home for her to throw up.

It turns out that her 1.5 yr illness decided to reappear as she was on the way home from the cyst illness deal.

Man this is really starting to stink ( as if it didn't already). I'm not sure how much more we can take of this.

I need to go fishing even if just for a few hours just to preserve my sanity.

My guess is she has been in the hospital for all of or part of 20-30 weeks in the last 1.5 yrs ( not positive we've lost count ).

With the job change I've got a different insurance co. If Mayo clinic is on the ppo I'm going to jump at it. I don't care how much it costs if not a ppo I might just go that route anyway. We've got to try something different.

[jrhennecke]

Bless you and your family. Don't give up.

[fish-fighting-illini]

Bless you and your family. Don't give up.

Thanks Jr and right back at ya

 Is your dad doing better?

[fishbear]

Guys, I have been dealing with this since April, and I have to vent somewhere, so here goes.

My wife has been diagnosed Bi polar, with Extremely fast cycling, basically she is a manic depressive on a daily roller coaster.  She can no longer work and is applying for disability.  

That being said, I think now I am going crazy, lol.  Her mood swings, and the fact she may be up for 24-36 hrs. straight when she is manic, and she will not take her medicine, because it MAKES her sleep, then she drops in a deep depression and actually had to be put in the mental hospital earlier this week for evaluation, because of it.

How am I supposed to deal with all of it.  She does nothing around the house to help for days on end, because she is depressed, she expects me to do everything even after putting a 10 hr. day in at work.  AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I love her to death, but somehow, I have to get her to understand what she does to me, when she acts like this.  

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent.

[jrhennecke]

Bless you and your family. Don't give up.

Thanks Jr and right back at ya

Is your dad doing better?

He is doing better thank you.  Has some more tests coming but we are optomistic.  

Fishbear there is nothing that is harder than having to take care of a sick family member.  I hope that your wife can make improvement and your lives can get back some normalcy.  Thoughts and prayers to you and your family brother.

[WIII-60]

In light of a recent thread, I wanted to put this up for some people who get it. Sadly, I think if I posted it anywhere else, there would be a response from someone ignorant to what is defined by "harrassment" or any other cliche' term that adults (whatever that means) use when they have they're hands slapped for acting like idiots.

Don't credit me with the mongrel prose: it has many parents-at least 420,000 of them: Policemen.

A Policeman is a composite of what all men are, mingling of a saint and sinner, dust and deity.

Gulled statistics wave the fan over the stinkers, underscore instances of dishonesty and brutality because they are "new". What they really mean is that they are exceptional, unusual, not commonplace.

Buried under the frost is the fact: Less than one-half of one percent of policemen misfit the uniform. That's a better average than you'd find among clergy!

What is a policeman made of? He, of all men, is once the most needed and the most unwanted. He's a strangely nameless creature who is "sir" to his face and "fuzz" to his back

He must be such a diplomat that he can settle differences between individuals so that each will think he won.

But...If the policeman is neat, he's conceited; if he's careless, he's a bum. If he's pleasant, he's flirting;if not, he's a grouch.

He must make an instant decision which would require months for a lawyer to make.

But...If he hurries, he's careless; if he's deliberate, he's lazy. He must be first to an accident and infallible with his diagnosis. He must be able to start breathing, stop bleeding, tie splints and, above all, be sure the victim goes home without a limp. Or expect to be sued.

The police officer must know every gun, draw on the run, and hit where it doesn't hurt.He must be able to whip two men twice his size and half his age without damaging his uniform and without being "brutal". If you hit him, he's a coward. If he hits you, he's a bully.

A policeman must know everything-and not tell. He must know where all the sin is and not partake.

A policeman must, from a single strand of hair, be able to describe the crime, the weapon and the criminal- and tell you where the criminal is hiding.

But...If he catches the criminal, he's lucky; if he doesn't, he's a dunce. If he gets promoted, he has political pull; if he doesn't, he's a dullard. The policeman must chase a bum lead to a dead-end, stake out ten nights to tag one witness who saw it happen-but refused to remember.

The policeman must be a minister, a social worker, a diplomat, a tough guy and a gentleman.

And, of course, he'd have to be genius....For he will have to feed a family on a policeman's salary.

[Uncle Leo]

Guys, I have been dealing with this since April, and I have to vent somewhere, so here goes.

My wife has been diagnosed Bi polar, with Extremely fast cycling, basically she is a manic depressive on a daily roller coaster. She can no longer work and is applying for disability.

That being said, I think now I am going crazy, lol. Her mood swings, and the fact she may be up for 24-36 hrs. straight when she is manic, and she will not take her medicine, because it MAKES her sleep, then she drops in a deep depression and actually had to be put in the mental hospital earlier this week for evaluation, because of it.

How am I supposed to deal with all of it. She does nothing around the house to help for days on end, because she is depressed, she expects me to do everything even after putting a 10 hr. day in at work. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I love her to death, but somehow, I have to get her to understand what she does to me, when she acts like this.

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent.

Fish Bear,

I suffered from depression as a chronic pain sufferer about 10 years ago. It took three years to beat the funk. My wife stuck with me and I have to say I do not know why. Depression must be treated, somehow you need to get your wife to take the medicine and get help. It is much more then just taking the medicine, at least for me. It requires a complete change, I found solitude in Self Help study and meditation along with the medicine. Keep the faith she really does not want to be that way.

[WIII-60]

I've kind of always deferred to this thread as a place to just say things. Most of what I put on here has to do with work, and often times there's stories about things that have happened. Even though this is a unique thread, and means different things to different people, I like that it can be a place for me to do that. With that said:

Tonight my partner and I were assisting one of the other guys in our squad at the end of a car chase. A guy (who may have just committed some armed robberies, it's unclear at his time) had run for blocks, bailed out of his car and ran into some yards behind a row of houses to get away (pretty common practice). We were right there and were running through the yards to meet our friend and the bad guy who had started to fight. As my partner cleared a fence, a pit bull ran towards him. I hadn't gotten all the way over yet, and jumped back down to the ground. The dog jumped on my partner and started to attack him. We both drew down and shot the dog. Between us, we fired four times and it looks like we hit it three. My partner had a pretty good bite on his hand. The dog died.

I did, and still do feel pretty bad. It was really a bummer having to tell these people that we had just killed their dog also. Didn't really have a whole lot of options. That's one of the last things we wanted to do. The dog was just doing his job. I can't blame the owners either. If I lived in their neighborhood, I'd have a giant pit bull also.  :-/

[jrhennecke]

WIII-60

Can't imagine the stress those of you that serve us everday go through.  We are alway quick to praise and support those that fight for us overseas and rightly so.  But we do seem to take for granted those that fight for us at home everyday.  So thank you for you service.  As far as the dog goes I think you know in your heart that there is nothing you could have done.  It was the assailant that put you in that position.   Hope your partner recovers soon.

[WIII-60]

WIII-60

Can't imagine the stress those of you that serve us everday go through. We are alway quick to praise and support those that fight for us overseas and rightly so. But we do seem to take for granted those that fight for us at home everyday. So thank you for you service. As far as the dog goes I think you know in your heart that there is nothing you could have done. It was the assailant that put you in that position. Hope your partner recovers soon.

Thanks JR, the guys and gals overseas deserve a TON of credit. I don't think that people "take for granted" what cops do.... it's just that nobody likes getting into trouble. Generally, that's the only time people see em'. They get to be a part of the worst times in peoples lives. It's the association I guess.

Post 9-11 everyone waved on the road, and said "thanks," and said "I'll pick up that bill for them..." that kind of stuff. It's just whatever people feel at the time. Then they get a speeding ticket and they say that they hate the police. It is what it is. I digress, it's what you want to make it if you're a part of it, rather.

My partner is fine. As far as the dog goes, my wife and I looked at adopting a pitbull pup from petco today. Pay it forward I guess......

[guitarkid]

Sign me up.  

Epilepsy. On valentines day of all days it reered its ugly head.

                          -tumnus

[jrhennecke]

Sign me up.

Epilepsy. On valentines day of all days it reered its ugly head.

                        -tumnus

Thoughts and prayers to you.  Are you able to take medication to keep it under control?

[Glenn]

I hope so.  Would hate to think what could happen if you're out on the water on your own.

As for the dog - I'm sorry to hear about that.  It's tough being put into a situation where any decision you make ends up the lesser of evils.  Thank you for your service.  It's not an easy job.

[guitarkid]

Sign me up.

Epilepsy. On valentines day of all days it reered its ugly head.

                        -tumnus

Thoughts and prayers to you. Are you able to take medication to keep it under control?

Yes, It is somewhat under control, i.e. no more since then. I am hoping it does not effect fishing too much. I have since been looking into self inflating life vests. I found one that looks like a tackle vest and has a built in life vest so I am happy about that.

                       -sm

                       a.k.a. tumnus