Hello all,
I am writing to let you know that my dear sweet husband, Jay, lost his fight
with cancer. He passed away September 15th at 1:00 am. He was a member of
this email list.
His memorial service was great. I am sure he enjoyed it.
Thanks,
Kristie








>From: skygaazer <skygaazer@...>
>Reply-To: colostomy@yahoogroups.com
>To: colostomy@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [colostomy] Introducing and a few Q's..
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:09:10 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Tia,
>
>I don't have any answers for you, but I want you to know that I hope the
>chemo works.
>
>Good luck to you, Sky
>
>Presley <elvisnredhot@...> wrote:
>Hi everyone, my name is Tia and I have been in this group for a
>while but have always been silent, until now. There are a few
>questions that I have. First, let me say that I have had my
>colostomy now for 4 years and was cancer free, until a few months
>ago. My back was hurting very badly, went into hospital just to have
>them say i am plugged up. Well, after all the tests they finally
>realized something was wrong. The Cancer came back and had spread.
>So now, I am on the 48 hr chemo, which I hate with a passion.
>
>I was also told that the chemo is what is keeping me alive. they
>said with the chemo I have about 9 months to a year. Besides going
>to chemo I am taking Ellagic Acid pills and my white blood cell
>count has gone up and I am not tired or sick. I am still afraid of
>the time they gave me cause I am raising 3 daughters on my own.
>
>Here is something now that really gets me mad. Before I was told
>about the return of the cancer, my legs would start to hurt when I
>was walking. Thinking that I may have PAD (peripheral artery disease
>(sp?)). Well, now my entire left leg is swollen and red, dry and
>itchy, at least three times it's normal size, I can't walk more than
>a block without it hurting, I am pretty much bed ridden cause it
>hurts like hell. I also have open sores on my legs because of the
>massive amounts of water in my leg. so my leg will leak from those
>sores. When I take a deep breath in, a sharp pain runs from my ankle
>all the way to my knee caps. Has anyone had or have this same
>problem?
>
>I am doing everything I can to stay alive, taking every little thing
>that I think will help. The leg is what bothers me the most. My Dr.
>said there is nothing that they can do like they cannot drain the
>leg because it will just come back. They said that it may be
>poswsible that it will stay like that the rest of my life. I can't
>accept that. They are hoping that the chemo is working and that in
>time my leg will go back to normal but they don't think that wil
>happen.
>
>So there is my story and a few questions, I hope that someone can
>help me with these, also, for those who have a colostomy, the side
>of the stomach that it is on, is it bigger than the other side? I
>hate not being able to wear certain clothes because my left side is
>bigger than the right side of the stomach.
>
>Sorry this was so lengthy. I hope someone can answer me back. Take
>Care, and TCB.
>
>Tia
>
>
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