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Good evening sistas
Well I definetely got a fastpass on the cancer coaster today
1. Surgeon looked into my trachea with the lovely camera after he told us depending on what he saw I might have to go to the hosp. and get oxygen and a possible trach. Praise God !! The trachea was good. He thinks thie wheezing might be due to the bp med. Well my bp was like 167/97. He also said go sleep in the recliner if I cant sleep laying down. He says he wants me to see a pulmonoligist for a pulmonary function test. I dont know when I can do this. The preop stuff is thurs. Dh is taking me to that. He is leaving friday and will be on a red eye back a little earlier so he is changing his schedule.
2. The surgery is now moved up to Jan. 29. It will be about 2 pm till 8 or 10 pm.
3. I got to endure the lovely core biopsy today. Wow, can I just say my dh said he almost threw up. He was holding my hand. I can take alot of pain since I had the 3 ds with no epidural etc. Well it hurt like heck, but I toughed it out. The needle was huge, not as big as a knitting needle, but huge. He had to make 3 passes as he called it. He didnt like the lst sample, so he did 2 more. He explained to us about his talk with the 2 pathologists, both of these men who see thousands of stuff have never, ever, seen anything like what I have. They think its like 1 in 10,000 to 1 in a million. They are asking around their little pathology circle to see if anyone knows about this. They think it still could be the meduallary cancer but its acting in a way they never saw before. I asked him if they save some of the stuff, in case I go elsewhere in the future.
I took some tylenol. Its obvious the surgeon was talking to the endo because he said, oh she told me as soon as the 14 days were up (for the bp med) we were good to go. Wow, I dont know how this bp med is working with these numbers. I should say I never had a problem lately. I think its nerves etc.
So there is the latest update. Thank you for your prayers. I am sending an e mail out to the friends and relatives etc. I think I am going to call it Rare and Prayer - a little update on Maryann. Heah, I got to keep up the sense of humor right?? Well the surgeon knows I drive him crazy with questions and now he said if he thinks my question is trivial etc. he will just smile at me.
I told dh I am thinking of getting him and the staff a nice fruit basket when this is all over. DId any of you give your surgeon a gift? He has really put up with alot from me in the question and driving him crazy dept. He did crack a joke with dh. And sweet dh took me out to the Outback tonight with ds17 because he said I was so brave today.
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Bless you all.
There were a couple of things in there that I knew were around somewhere, I just didn't look for them under the bed!
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And your trip sounds lovely! 
along."One day at a time." (or hour/minute/second) was one of my mantras during chemo...puts it into perspective. 
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Keep that sense of humor. It'll serve you well. Glad they didn't have to keep you, and also glad that the biopsy is behind you. Each hoop you jump through is one more towards diagnosis and surgery and getting better. More prayers heading your way.
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