Sorry it has taken me so long to get something posted. So I ventured over to the great town of Houston where traffic is quite different from Abilene and where the whole MD Anderson complex might just be as big as Abilene. It ended up just being me but it was fine because the people there are amazing. I had to basically do tests and scans and blood work the first four or five hours and I had a person just be with me take me around get me drinks if I could have them make sure I was comfortable etc. I never had to worry about getting lost except from the parking garage but...
Anyway, so basically the cancer is "contained" although it has as this one Dr. liked to say 100 times "infiltrated" my lymph nodes but he believes only "slightly infiltrated" them. My blood work has improved some and they think a large part of this is finally getting the dehydration, electrolytes all those other problems that have resulted in a ton of IVs under control. They suggested another dynamite stick which I even got Dr. Mac Mr. serious Dr. to call it dynamite stick by the time I left!! Anyway, due to the constant complications I was not keen on this. They listened to me and went through the reasons positives and possible complications and we decided to go on and give it one more try. We are going to hold off on external radiation for at least a week and see what happens but that will eventually be a reality again. I guess overall good news it wasn't spread but in some ways I just feel like here goes the waiting game again. I guess for some reason God is wanting me to learn patience.
I have again this week been reminded how blessed I am by truly amazing friendships. I can't even start to thank all of you enough. At one point one of my friends texted me and told me he was going to fly to Houston so I wouldn't be alone and I started crying and the nurse with me asked if I was ok and I just told her that she would be crying too if she had just 1/4 of the friends I have. So thanks to all of you and most importantly for the prayers!!
Oh and Mandy - your friend's website might get a lot of hits because the bondibands were a hit!!
love you all, Rebekah
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Oh my goodness, Rebekah! I didn't know. This stinks! I'm sorry! I have a lot of family who lives in Houston and an aunt who works a lot with Lifeline Chaplaincy there. If you ever need a friendly face or something please let me know! Kelly
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