I feel very bad. What a way to start a blog post eh But it's true. I feel terrible that I have two bags of marbles seem to appear under the arms that are uncomfortable as hell (it's Lent, I am trying to reduce the curses). I feel bad that I can do things more independently for myself and my family .... I feel bad for all people without access to the kind of attention I'm getting and ultimately suffer worse than me and here I am whining .... awful.I feel bad I feel that I have answered some phone calls, emails and I can not seem to get my thank you notes out quickly enough. I feel so bad that Christians are rearing their ugly head again and I'm not in the mood .... and I can not fight like I want. I feel so bad that my good friend Jen who is also my teammate for the school helped with the project section for our team, but I hope for editing, I did my part .... a little. I feel bad for all people who have come out of their way to help ... I would do the same in a heartbeat for all moms and dads (Jimmy, Jim and Bobby), but I feel bad. I noticed the other day that my surgery is not even a month old .... ..... I'm impatient or is the Percocet, I need patience. Galatians 5:22 is a reminder that patience is more than a skill it is a gift from the Holy Spirit that gives me a nudge about how patience is also about doing GOD # 39; s will. Hebrews 10:36 tells me I need strength to do the will of God and receive what has promised.I am allowing pain to control what we already know what it is designed for me. I was talking to some mothers in unison yesterday (I do not sing my youngest son does) and we talked about how blessed my challenge will be what God has in store for me and how God uses me! How exciting indeed, but now I feel terrible physically .... ...... or the Percocet I go to the breast surgeon tomorrow and he will do everything possible to relieve pain, give me more pills surely absurd as part of the scheme and hope to be on my way to recovery. Mail I have included below a sister guild I do not know, but we have people in common than we know. Take time to read can save a life ..... ..... This is the story of Kathy West you know, I have Primary Peritoneal Cancer. This cancer has only recently been identified as a particular kind of cancer, but is essentially ovarian cancer. Both types of cancer are diagnosed in the same way, with the quot; tumorquot marker, CA125 blood test, and are treated the same way surgery to remove the primary tumor and then chemotherapy with Taxol and Carboplatin. Having gone through this ordeal, I want to save others from the same fate. So I send this message to you and hope you will print and give or email it to everyone you know. One thing I learned is that each of us must assume full responsibility for our own health care. I thought I had done it because I have always had an annual physical exam and Pap smear, did a monthly breast selfexam, went to the dentist at least twice a year, so even insisted that a sigmoidoscopy and a bone density test year past. When I had a total hysterectomy in 1993, I did not have to worry about having any of the cancers of the female reproductive organs. I did not know. I do not have ovaries (and they were HEALTHY when they were removed), but I have what is essentially ovarian cancer. Strange, huh These are just some of the things our Doctors never tell us: ONE out of every 55 women will or PRIMARY PERITONEAL OVARIAN CANCER. THE quot; CL�SICOquot; symptoms are an ABDOMEN that rather SUDDENLY ENLARGES and Constipation and / or diarrhea. I had these classic symptoms and went to the doctor. Because these symptoms seemed to be abdominal, I went to a gastroenterologist. He ran tests that were designed to determine whether there was a bacterial infection, these tests were negative, and I was diagnosed quot; Irritablequot Bowel Syndrome;. I guess I would have accepted this diagnosis had it not been for my enlarged abdomen. I swear, looked like she was 45 months pregnant! Therefore insisted on more tests took an xray of my abdomen, and was negative. They assured me again that I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome and was encouraged to go on my month long trip to Europe scheduled. I could not wear any of my slacks or shorts because I could not buttoned, and I knew something was radically wrong. Insisted on more tests, and reluctantly) scheduled me for a CTScan (just to shut me up, I think). This is what we mean by quot; take control of our own saludquot;. The CTScan showed a lot of fluid in my abdomen (NOT normal). Needless to say, I had to cancel my trip and have five pounds of extra fluid in the hospital (not a pleasant experience I assure you), but nothing compared to what was before me. Tests revealed cancer cells in the fluid. Finally, finally, finally, the doctor ran a CA125 blood test, and I was properly diagnosed HAD THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS FOR OVARIAN CANCER, AND YET THIS SIMPLE CA125 BLOOD TEST ME NEVER been implemented on not as part of my annual physical exam and not when I was symptomatic. This is a simple blood test and cheap! PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF WOMEN INSIST ON A CA125 BLOOD TEST EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS. Therefore be warned that their doctors might try to talk out of him, saying: quot; NOT NECESARIOquot;. Believe me, if I knew then what I know now, would have caught my cancer much earlier (before it was a stage 3 cancer). Insist on the CA125 blood test, NOT a quot; noquota; for an answer! The normal range of CA125 is between zero and 35. MINE WAS 754. (Yes, 754!). If the number is slightly higher than 35, may be another three or six months and keep a close eye on him, like women do when they have fibroid tumors or when men have a slightly elevated PSA test (prostate specific antigen ) that helps diagnose prostate cancer. Having the CA125 test done annually can alert you early, and that's the goal in diagnosing any type of cancer catching too soon. Do you know 55 women If so, at least one of them will have this VERY AGGRESSIVE cancer. Please go to your doctor and insist on a CA125 test and have every year for the rest of his life. And forward this message to all women know, and tell all your family members and friends. Although the average age for this cancer is 56 (and, you know what, I'm exactly 56, women as young as 22 have it. Age is no factor. A NOTE FROM THE RN: Well, after reading this I made some calls. I found that the CA125 is an ovarian screening test equivalent to a man's prostate PSA test screen (the doctor that my husband automatically gives his physical each year and pays for insurance him). I called the general practitioner's office about doing the analysis. The nurse had never heard of it. She told me she doubted that insurance would pay for it. So I called Prudential Insurance Co, and got the same response . Never heard of it will not be covered. I explained that was the same as the PSA test they had paid for my husband for years. After consultation with whom to talk to her told me that the CA125 would be covered. It's $ 75 at the office of a doctor and $ 125 at the gynecologist. This is a test that should be required as a pap smear (a PAP smear can not detect problems with the ovaries). And you must insist that your insurance company pay for it. Gene Wilder and Pierce Brosnan (his wife was, too) are lobbying for women's health, saying that this test should be required in our physicals, just like the PAP and the mammogram . Please take a moment to send this to everyone you can. Whether male or female, should not matter, since they can also be transmitted to the loved ones know. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION something as important as this, here There's a hint to help with the decision of the ~ Just Pretend This is a joke, which certainly is not, and SEND IT br br
