LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
Finally I am having my moment on camera!!!!
Thursday Afternoon, ( I will be having a Thoracoscopy.....a video camera inserted into my thorax and various things to be done. If the tumour is not attached to anything vital it may be removed. The fluid buiild up will be controlled by puffing sterile talc into the the layers of my pleura. The fluid already there will be drained. They will insert a 'Chemo box' into my chest for future chemo. The actual cell type is not absolutely diagnosed, but the treatment for the two types is the same, so they are going ahead. I will be in intensive care for 2-3 days, then a few days in hospital, but I am so happy that something is going to be done at last. The prognosis for this type of cancer is not particularly good, but I remain positive and keep living in hope. Having taken back my life from the Nicodemon, I am not ready to relinquish it any time soon!!!
Thanks to all of you for your good wishes, support and prayers. Graham will come here and give y'all an update when he can. I think it is he who needs the real support. He has been fantastic....making all my meals, cleaning the house, doing everything. I suppose that's why we have been married for 37 years!
Personally I cannot believe that this cancer has nothing to do with having smoked for 40 years!!! It must be in the equation somewhere! Whatever...........it's not a wonderful thing to have, and gives me all the more incentive to encourage everyone, every where to quit!!!
NEVER LOOK BACK. THE FUTURE IS AHEAD!!!
Love Lolly.
My Milage:My Quit Date: 11/25/2004
Smoke-Free Days: 1306
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 45,710
Amount Saved: �6,530.00
Life Gained:Days: 169
Hrs: 16
Mins: 22
Seconds: 1