My Friends

Some things are staying the same, some are getting better some are getting worse.

Her breast is now showing the effects of the radiation. Some dryness, scaling and even hives in certain areas, even where the radiation is not hitting. That's the worse. The same is the two holes under her arm where the lymph node was removed. They just don't seem to be doing anything to improve or get worse. She is losing weight, about a pound a day. no one seems to be getting upset about it so that's the good.

Her mental state is still up and down. Mostly positive but she gets upset very easily about little things. Wrong size shirt purchased for our daughter had her crying. Just weird stuff at weird times. Three more weeks to go with the radiation.

It's a pretty taxing rollercoaster your both on perhaps your wifes immune system is down and the surgical intervention areas are being slow to heal I gather she would be on antibiotics.
When you say pre-diabetic is that stage 1 or 2 we nearly killed our boy when in NZ he was only 13 and had a cold high fever etc before we flew anyway he was eating like a horse and sleeping allot this we put down to growing up spurt.
We went to Stewart Island and he could not keep up with us saying his legs felt like they were crystallising on him so we finished the trip and he was no better infact got worse so we took him to hospital and his blood sugar level was 45 he should have been in a coma nearly.

So he had a virus and is now type 1 gotten over his needle phobia at 23 years of age but we very nearly killed him as in our house sickness well you've got to have just about got to peg it before any medical intervention is required.
I argued vehemently with my wife whilst going down with a heart attack about hospital, but when the pain went to my jaw I guess the game was up, God's not finished teaching me a lesson so kept me here for a tad longer to annoy ppl nicely.
I do like paying out on my wife but usually lose at those games.

Moral support from us all here Steve I hope alleviates some of the dark times you both find yourselves in it's not just words we are saying but earnestly trying to convey our prayers that will see you both come out of this journey healthier and stronger for years to come.
You can turn around and we will be here as I have never shied away from anyone who is in need of help or support.

Well keep you in prayer. This year after thirty years of struggle, my wife's doctors finally had come available a therapy that reasonably treated her chronic migraine. I had forgotten what it was like to be able to plan to do anything and we hadn't laughed together in years because of her constant pain. Her response? "Life is tough but God is good." She's the most courageous person I know. It has been amazing to watch her emerge from the thirty years of struggle and blossom back into the personality I knew before. But, thirty years of prayer.

Bob

She was lucky to have someone like you at her side. No easy job to be at the side of someone with chronical pain. Takes love and faith. Bravo!

She's pre-diabetic of the type that she's overweight and can reverse it with diet. It isn't something she needs medication for at this point. It can turn into the more serious types if she does nothing to reverse the direction she's going. Her dad was the same way and I was just waiting for the doctors to find it as I knew it was soon coming. I had warned her numerous times, but she ignored me. Is finally listening to the doctors. These things are hereditary.

Yes it is hereditary my wifes father was type 1 and on insulin the type 2 can be diet controlled.

My son was devastated when he applied for the Australian armed services he was denied at being a type 1, but he can join the Police force!

Progress and beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. The holes under her arm have sealed up again which is a relief. They have been open for over two months. Radiation has entered a new phase, they are using protons rather than electrons now and coming in at a different direction. Her skin looks horrible however. It's dying and peeling pretty bad. Very "tan" all around also and she doesn't tan.

She has two more weeks of this and then she can start recovering. She'll have imumotherapy for a while but that's once a every few weeks and doesn't cause her any distress.

C'mon!!!

Good. Yet one more hurtle crossed!

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Originally Posted by Bob Womack

"Life is tough but God is good."

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Good outlook