I'm gone for a little while, to regain my health.

I saw my doctor and have an update;
I have stage 3 uterine cancer. The doctor wants me to get 3 chemotherapy treatments to shrink the tumors before surgery. It will be a full hysterectomy, which will hopefully get all of the cancer. There's hope that they will get it all out and that I can live the rest of my life cancer free.
They don't think it has spread to other areas. They plan to do another 3 rounds of chemo after the surgery, just to be sure it's gone.

I appreciate all of your positive thoughts and prayers. I'm blessed to be be surrounded by so many caring individuals. {{{HUGS}}}

My angels are with me always and will be, no matter what happens. A strong faith in the Lord makes the burden more bearable. I always have my faith to turn to, when things get tough.

I'll check in with all of you from time to time, just not as much as usual.
 
Praying for you, @Duster ! Especially that the hysterectomy leaves you cancer free! Doctors don't usually say it's contained to one area unless they're pretty sure. Let us know when find out your surgery date. I somehow missed your update on the 12th. Sounds like the small stroke was actually am blessing if that's what led to discovering your uterine cancer.
 
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Duster said:
For those of you who’ve become my friends in the past year or so:
Checking in to let know I won’t be around for around for a time.

I don’t want lots of messages or replies, because I can’t answer them at this time.
Life has thrown me a curve ball. I went to bed Tuesday night, September 1, 2020, everything normal.

I woke up Wednesday to a different world. I started my tea and got on the computer. My thinking was muddled. I started spilling things. I fell out of my chair onto the floor.
By the time my husband came home, I couldn’t talk in sentences. He got me to the emergency room.
I spent the next week with tests and doctors { so far}. I had a stroke. My lungs were fulled with fluid. My swollen leg needs an operation to clear out the knots in my veins. I have a tumor in my stomach. More surgery.

My past week has been bed bound, in the hospital, with tubes and wires everywhere. There’s no end in sight. Next is the out of town medical specialists.
I’m tired. I don’t know when I can return. Take care and be good to each other. I’ll come back when I’m up to it. Bye for now.
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Hi, I am kinda new here but I hope I am not out of line here but is there any way your hubby could keep in touch with us to let us know how you are doing? Also I am going to put in a special prayer request for you at my church. May GOD Bless you and keep you safe and in good spirits.
 
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Hi, I am kinda new here but I hope I am not out of line here but is there any way your hubby could keep in touch with us to let us know how you are doing? Also I am going to put in a special prayer request for you at my church. May GOD Bless you and keep you safe and in good spirits.
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we're fortunate that Duster has been well enough to post on other threads today
 
I got my head shaved on Tuesday. My hair has been coming out and my husband was brushing it. It was making us both depressed, so he said maybe I should just let it go. I decided that would be best. I have a wig that looks like my own hair and I have some scarves and turbans that I feel comfortable wearing. I had my 2nd chemo infusion on Tuesday. On the way home my husband called his sister to see if she had some hair clippers that he could borrow. She said she could do better than that and told us to meet her at the beauty shop she works at as a beautician. It was after hours with no one around. She gave me a crewcut! My ears stick out more than I ever knew. It's comfortable and it's not shaved so much as it is almost not there. That was so sweet of her to do this for me! I'm so grateful to her.

As my husband is bald on the top of his head, he said we now have matching hairdos.
When my husband meets little children for the first time, they always want to know where his hair went. He tells them that he has a little car and rides in it with the top down. The wind blows through his hair and carries it away.

Then he asks when the child wants to go riding in his little car with him. He hasn’t had any takers yet. Guess I’ll have to tell them that I took a ride with him!
 
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@Duster, how very kind of your sister-in-law to cut your hair into a neat style albeit very short, it means you still have some confidence left too I would imagine... . Great to hear from you, I really hope you're coping with this Chemo.. is it taking much out of you,? don't be afraid to tell us if it is.. 🧡.. but we promise not to depress you by harping on about it.. (y):LOL:... funny story about your hubs and the children... I like that story..
 
@Duster .. Your husband is a sweetheart.

Even more than the chemo, losing her hair was the most depressing for my mother. However, one of my sisters had a wig for her to wear that made her feel much better. Glad you're dealing with it with a good sense of humour.
 
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