cancer head

[Bwana64]

Mike,
How's it going? You gonna make it to the Father's Day Picnic in Winchester?
Tom

 

[chemteck29]

Mike, I'm newer here so I just caught on to the thread. I must say I'm impressed by your positive attitude! It will serve you well. You will be in my thoughts. Chemteck

 

[sam5570]

Mike God bless you hope you are doing well.

 

[mikim]

Jun 12----after 30 radiation treatments I got pneumonia and they admitted me into the hospital full time. It didn't get me out of the radiation treatments though. They'd just wheel me down to rad lab and wheel me back. On Wed Jun 5 my fever broke and on Fri I talked my way out of there. Released to home care by the wife and a bunch of prescription meds with a timetable on when to take and how to monitor. Turns out the pain meds they prescribed were too strong for me in their "normal" dose and on Fri & Sat night the wife found me walking the house doing "chores". 2AM trying to change a light bulb in the vaulted ceiling of the kitchen --it was working just fine at the time. Daughter came up from San Antonio to help monitor me. I finally convinced the wife she was overdosing me and the last 2 nights have been uneventful. I believe progress can now be made on recovery. The burn on the side of my head is showing signs that it wants to heal. There will be places I will never grow hair again. The inside of my mouth is the problem area. My saliva is nothing more than thick mucus and my throat is so sore.....like raw hamburger. Am hoping that time will be the best cure aid. Thank you all so much for the support and lending me your vent ears. Just knowing y'all were here for me like that helped more than I can say. My next appt in Houston is on Jul 1....and then "we'll see".

 

[mikim]

Mike,
How's it going? You gonna make it to the Father's Day Picnic in Winchester?
Tom

....Don't know when that is but I'm afraid I'm not going anywhere until mid August at least.

 

[brin]

God Bless Mike...praying for your full recovery..

 

[chemteck29]

Thanks for the update Mike, keep it up!

 

[creekbend]

Stay strong. Please keep Your head high. Best wishes.

 

[Bird]

The bad news is that it sounds like there's been some tough times, but the good news is that it also sounds as if progress is being made. And that's what we like to hear.

 

[Tig]

God bless Mike.
Keeping the pain meds under control is important. My FIL had some issues that made things quite interesting. He was still sharp as a tack, but had no concept of time. Conversation about current events would span decades.