Thursday, December 9, 2010

If life's a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the Pits?

Things have been a bit rough lately. Mostly having up and down days. I had recently decided to discontinue treatment for chemo. It wasn't improving quality of life for me and they were making me really sick and weak. Since then, doctor appointments have been mainly for keeping my pain medication up on the task at hand.
Thanksgiving was pretty eventful with our First Annual Woodbury Turkey Trot. To everyone's surprise, I WON! It was nice having dinner with all my kids, grandkids, Mom and Dad and Alice, Perry and two of their unmarried kids. We had the usual puzzle on the table and visiting after dinner. Dinner was at Grandma Hunter's house. We played a new game called Wizard. It has become a family favorite for us.
I went in for another doctor appointment yesterday. All seemed to go well, we made our two week appointment at the front desk and went on our way. Within 15 minutes, the office called and said we needed to get back to the doctor immediately. Apparently the blood thinner I was taking was working too well. They gave me a vitamin K shot and sent me over to the hospital so I could have a plasma transfusion. It was around 500 cc's of fresh frozen plasma.
I feel my tolerance level getting very low. Under Don's insistence I am under home hospice care. That's all I can think of so, Tah, Tah for now.