DOC VISIT TODAY

Went got the IV reworked. Went saw oncologist today. All it did was bum me out. Blood work came back all good. We're going to go three more weeks on the antibiotics, then he wants to do a full MRI scan, and make some comparisons. Then he will give me some steroids and vitamins, anti side effect stuff, and start a new regiment of chemo. He's going to give me this stuff called Alimta. He said he likes it because the side effects are not so bad. (Look it up on the net, I found three pages of side effects).

I guessI shouldn't have asked the 20 questions. I inquired about some of this new pin point and gamma knife technology out there. He said it wouldn't do any good because of the size and quantity of tumors. I thought maybe we could work on the brain, MDA claims they can kill all of it, and then work on the other places. He wants to work on the other places with the chemo, and keep doing comparisons on the brain. So it looks like the brain is whats gonna git me. He was talking about terminal and hospice and shit like that. Moving on, this is bummin me out.

Hey Tim,
What ya'll doing for the game. If you're at the camp I might slide down there and watch it. Awful early to drink beer though. (ain't like it would be the first time) Otherwise probably watch it home, then about half time when it's 60-0 i'll get little work done around the house. Hows the back? Mine started on me Monday. Been running on Flexiril and Aleive.

Hey Big Al,
Wanda's making noise about us getting together and go fishing. We were thinking somewhere around Big Lake, she wants to get on some fish. We could come ya'lls way, maybe get Tim to bring the big boat. Think about, and remember I'm a flexable MF right now. And uncle 'B' is coming back from St. Croix next Thursday, so he'll have a pocket full of money we can play with.


GOD BLESS YA'LL / WE LOVE YA'LL
<'(((((>< The fish are biten

Still Idling

Well nothing happening today. So went to work. Going to the Dr. tommorrow for a follow up visit. Probably gonna lay the 20 questions down on him. Then go get the IV dressing changed. That'll probably shoot the hole day in the foot.

So I'll update tommorrow if anything changes.

GOD BLESS YA'LL / WE LOVE YA'LL

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UNEVENTFULL

OK, Today has been uneventfull. No Doc appts., no nurses, no unna boot changes, no nothing. So here I am at work playing with new software (and new hardware). Been catchin a lot of rain, so not really missing anything, anyway. Hey Alan thanks for the post. One of my buddies went to Lake Marapas last week while I was in hospital. Pulled up in the flats right off of dutch bayou, caught 137 catfish, all on tite lines. (BUTT HEADS). It always happens to somebody else.

WE LOVE YA'LL, GOD BLESS YA'LL.

The Paaaarty

Typical everybody gangs up in kitchen.
















Looking out my front door. (Amite River)

Finally got mom to get out and about.

Wanda, granddog and best friend Leslie.

This our mutt.

Thanks you guys for responding to the post. We had a little shindig at the house Sunday. Had a bunch of friends, bunch of bar-b-que, bunch of racing. A good time was passed by all. I think i overdid myself, back hurt a little Monday. Gonna see if i can get some pics up here. It was Wanda and I 16th anniversery Friday.

Go figure everybodies in the kitchen.

Saturday we boiled peanuts and watched LSU put on the nasty.

Really Going Home

Well, the ID Dr. came by to see me. He had adjusted my antibiotics, and apparently it worked. They both agreed to let me come home. Now here we go, think you just gonna sign a piece of paper and wheel chair it out the door, Go back to sleep and get in the dream again. I tell ya, I shoulda worked for CIA, me and Wanda had to run a covert operation to get out of the Lake. The Dr's want me to have this pic line. Which is an IV that runs from my elbow, in the the vein up my arm through my shoulder over and down into the tip of my heart. This gives the artery a liner, thus the meds aren't so ruff on them. These can be maintained by a social worker or you can DIY it. Well we met our social worker, she looked at us and said puh shaw ya'll can do this, you don't need a HCS. My blue shield had also been turned by three of them thus far. So we made a 5:00pm appointment to see the HCS people and get my pic. Then we made about 50 trips to the truck. Everytime I would walk in the hall, three or four of them would watch me, thinking I was gonna skate on 'em, probably would have. So I kept pushing my appointment at 5:00. At 4:35 they came got me. No papers to sign, no escort, no wheel chair, just walked right out the front door. I tore my arm band off going down Essen Lane.

GOD BLESS YOU GUYS, WE LOVE YA.

Professor gives his last lesson on life

Hey Everyone. Bradley sent me this video and article about an awesome story of a man's life. His name is also Randy, he's 46, and battling incurable pancreatic cancer. Please click the links below to view, I also have the links posted on the right side of the page.

-Krista

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Article

9/19 GOING HOME

Ok, the Dr. just left, their going to let me go home. The cultures are clear, but the MRI showed some infection where they injected me. So their going to give me a pic line. It's like and IV except it connection on it. I'm going to be gettin antibiotics though it on a pump you wear on your belt. Fine with me. Long as I can go home. Their going to send a nurse to give me the first one tonight, gonna put it through my IV. The tommorrow I go to the infusion center and they'll put the pic line in.

And no Krista I still want the football tickets.

Dr. Siva said don't treat me like a sickly. With my time frame, he said if I want to do it, or go, then go do it , Talledaga here I Come (if I make it that far). Hopefully, the good Lord willing i'll get to bring Wanda to Bristol Night race, i don't care if cost 10K.

OK PEEPS AS USUAL be in touch tommorrow.

GOD BLESS YOU, WE LOVE YA'LL

9/19 WAITING

/we are sitting here going crazy. normally the doc is here by 8am. Buuutttttttttttttttt go figure on Wednesday he flips his shedule. Wanda called his office, and he won't be here till sometime after noon. Wanda's packing anyway. (killer confidence) I love it. So I'll give another post after we see the doc. wish me luck, GOD BLESS, WE LOVE YA'LL

9/5 Oh Oh Not Good

Wednesday 4:00 am, my back and legs went balistic. I am talking pain like you don;t know it. Load up, headed to hospital,got to hospital and got stable. Ran MRI, results I have two degenerating disc and athritis in my back. Like I Need more shit to deal with. OH well Bring it on baby. They gave me two injections in my back, fixed like majic, guess I am fallin apart. OK now on 9/8 sleeping in middle of the night, I freak out and start hallucinating, I'm talking little men in the walls, people in closet, hidden under the bed. I understand they had to put me out, so I don;t remember alot of it, email Wanda. Then 9/9 my vitals went out the box, they think I had pneumonia, lost my vitals and they thought I was a gonner. They even asked Wanda about the life support thing, (got to do this). AS you can see they got me stable and I've been here ever since. Now I have a staff infection. Go figure. Well the cultures came back good today. If I have a good one in the morning, ya'll can come eat my bacon, I'll be the dude burning rubber out the parking lot. Ok other than that I feel good, I'm ready to go home. I'll update soon, GOD BLESS YOU ALL,' WE LUV YA.

Week of 9/3

so far everything is going pretty good. Went to the river with Tim and fly, road the party barge all over the place and very nice time.

8/19 or 8/20 Wow Man or Something Like That

OK, the kids are putting together this blog site, so we can communicate a little easier (hah). Not so much email, u know. I'll email everybody I can think of with site. Please visit, and donate to the sponsors.

OK, Sunday I had a seizure. They say it was bad. Wanda (Bless you) called 911 got me to the hospital and they got me stable. Went for a MRI Monday. It showed the cancer has metastated to my brain. So they immediately started me on 15 rounds of radiation therapy.