On 8/11/2014 6:07 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> 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.
>
God bless you, all good things can and will come true, keep the faith!