On 8/11/2014 6:41 PM, Mayo wrote:
> On 8/11/2014 5:03 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 8/11/2014 9:41 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 22:13:47 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>>
>>> snip
>>>>
>>>> So glad to hear that celebrating another birthday isn't out of the
>>>> question for you, Janet.
>>>
>>> thank you.
>>> Janet US
>>>
>>
>> My birthday is Wednesday, the 13th. Will celebrate with a shot in the
>> AM for platelets and the washer repair man and the water softener repair
>> man in the afternoon. Maybe I should get a cake and share it with the
>> repairmen?
>>
>> Can't do chemo. I had a bag of platelets on Friday and by this morning
>> platelets were lower than they were before Friday's infusion. I have to
>> get a series of 5 shots to build them back up. Had one this morning and
>> a bag of platelets this afternoon.
>>
>> After my blood comes back, hopefully this week, we see the radiologist
>> and try to treat with radiation. I am fighting as hard as I can, but I
>> have no weapons. Doctor is optimistic.
>>
>> I am just plain ****ed off and frustrated at the whole business. I want
>> my life back.
>>
> You evidence a feisty attitude, that should be the x factor in the
> fight, no wonder the Doc is optimistic.


I will be 68 on Wednesday and that's just too damn young to die. I have
parts of the world I want to see. I have grandchildren at whose
weddings I want to dance. I have friends who love me and need me in
their lives.

What drives me the most is that if I am dying, I will have to move back
to New Jersey to be near the children. I don't want to leave the Lower
Rio Grande Valley in Texas. I love it here. It's truly my home.

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas