On 8/11/2014 8:11 PM, Mayo wrote:
> 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!

Thank you.

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas