Cancer Support and Caregivers Who Are Trail Blazers!

suebee · 07-08-2010, 01:49 PM

Two years ago yesterday, and I forgot all about it until I saw this thread. I guess that's a good sign, huh?

Prayers and hugs to everyone.

Sue

Andrew, Jr. · 07-08-2010, 05:08 PM

Cancer never ends. It takes so many loved ones. I am just so unprepared for what it has taught me. It takes my very breath away each and every time.

Tommi · 08-02-2010, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by suebee

Two years ago yesterday, and I forgot all about it until I saw this thread. I guess that's a good sign, huh?

Prayers and hugs to everyone.

Sue

Yes..That is agood sign suebee..

Spirit Dancer · 08-31-2010, 07:59 PM

MRSA and Cancer do not mix; the symptoms of MRSA will mimmick those that you commonly go through with Cancer tx. If you're ever in doubt and they've not run tests for infection ask, it can save your life or your loved ones life.
It's funny the body doesn't like foriegn objects such as picc lines and ports a wonderful place for MRSA to lay in wait and take over and can cause serious issues even death.:
Defined by the Mayo Clinic
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections.

Most MRSA infections occur in people who have been in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. When it occurs in these settings, it's known as health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). HA-MRSA infections typically are associated with invasive procedures or devices, such as surgeries, intravenous tubing or artificial joints.

MRSA Death Numbers
The vast majority (85%) of those with MRSA infections who had visited a hospital caught the infection or had it when they were not even hospitalized. It's estimated that in America, more people die of MRSa than die from AIDS. The Centers for Disease control came out with the report in 2007, stating that in 2005, 18,650 people died and 94,000 people caught the infection. In the same year, only 16,000 people had fallen victim and died from AIDS.

Most cases of MRSA infection are considered harmless. The problem is when an open wound or weak immune systems is present, that the infection gains a fatal foothold. The other problem is that MRSA has continued to gain strength and mutate, so that when a person does catch it, it has become potent. In the mid-1970s, MRSA was only 2% of all staph infections recorded. Two decades, later the percentage climbed to 22% and another decadeafter that, the number was up to a staggering 63%.
being proactive, when in doubt ask for blood cutures.

BestButchBoy · 10-03-2010, 08:48 AM

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fiercegrrl · 10-03-2010, 07:07 PM

tonight i can't figure out why i should go tomorrow and get an infusion of a drug that will add some extra time to my life. i don't really have any reason to get up any more. my friends have mostly all run away. i have no job. i can't find the energy to do the things i like to do. things that would help bring in some money. driving my truck is now painful sinc ei have a manual and my joints all hurt. i just don't see why i should prolong this. kind of a sucky place to be in.

Corkey · 10-03-2010, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by fiercegrrl

tonight i can't figure out why i should go tomorrow and get an infusion of a drug that will add some extra time to my life. i don't really have any reason to get up any more. my friends have mostly all run away. i have no job. i can't find the energy to do the things i like to do. things that would help bring in some money. driving my truck is now painful sinc ei have a manual and my joints all hurt. i just don't see why i should prolong this. kind of a sucky place to be in.

Because you are alive, and it is in living that hope can be found.

SuperFemme · 10-03-2010, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fiercegrrl

tonight i can't figure out why i should go tomorrow and get an infusion of a drug that will add some extra time to my life. i don't really have any reason to get up any more. my friends have mostly all run away. i have no job. i can't find the energy to do the things i like to do. things that would help bring in some money. driving my truck is now painful sinc ei have a manual and my joints all hurt. i just don't see why i should prolong this. kind of a sucky place to be in.

i spent the better part of last week getting 6 bags of blood, four bags of cold plasma transufions and god knows what else to keep me on this planet.

i have to tell you that i am one of your biggest fans, and quietly cheer you on especially when I am in my worst of ways.

the universe will take care of you if you take care of you. i know this for sure.

please don't give up or in. your star shines bright and i need it here with me.

xoxo
cancergirl

Spirit Dancer · 10-21-2010, 09:56 PM

There comes a time when we don't fully comprehend
what our loved ones are feeling or thinking at certain times.
As of late it feels like a twilight zone movie and no matter what
I say it is the wrong words at not a good time.

Being the Partner/ Caregiver/Advocate can really
be a demanding roll especially when your partner
feels you're siding with the doctors over them. It's a fine line we walk in
assisting with decisions and being supportive as well.

Now I find that keeping a separate journal with issues for the doctor
to review and then the issues my partner has with the doctor,
has helped me to better improve communications with both.

Most important role for me is Hys partner and protector, the guard
of the gate that will allow no harm, and if there is an issue the doctors answer to me.

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08-31-2010, 07:59 PM	#4
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10-21-2010, 09:56 PM	#9
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,904 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	There comes a time when we don't fully comprehend what our loved ones are feeling or thinking at certain times. As of late it feels like a twilight zone movie and no matter what I say it is the wrong words at not a good time. Being the Partner/ Caregiver/Advocate can really be a demanding roll especially when your partner feels you're siding with the doctors over them. It's a fine line we walk in assisting with decisions and being supportive as well. Now I find that keeping a separate journal with issues for the doctor to review and then the issues my partner has with the doctor, has helped me to better improve communications with both. Most important role for me is Hys partner and protector, the guard of the gate that will allow no harm, and if there is an issue the doctors answer to me. __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

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