kessa
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love your pets as if they were your children, and they will love you as if you were there parents
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Post by kessa on Jun 20, 2005 21:51:17 GMT -5
 hey everyone, i haven't got to post much the last few months. i thought since i was up on one of my many sleepless nights i would post a few lines. my reptile family is doing great! barney, my gorgeous iggy is over 2 feet from snout to tail and his getting bigger everyday it seams. fred my rainbow boa is about 4 feet now and eats great. my two red eared sliders are growing like weeds. as far as my human family  i hate to say were not doing so good . i am getting my heart problems under control but my husband brad just got out of the hospital on friday where he had to undergo numerous test and a blood transfusion. his white blood cell count had droped into the fatal zone and we weren't given the best hope. he has been sick for some time now and doesn't seam to be getting better. were not sure how bad his cancer is or the extent of it. him not having insurance is the worst part  . i am sorry to say that i am not able to help any with the blue iguana's. :'(i wish i could but we just cant afford it. with four kids and a sick husband its very hard right now. i am sorry that i cant help them. :'(my children know a little about there dad and they try to understand but i know its hard for them to see him this way . i however am an emotional basket case. everyone tells me to try to look on the brite side and it'll get better soon but i am starting to wounder and have many many doubts. i know this isn't the greatest of news and I'm sorry, it just makes me feel a little better to be able to get some of it off my chest. the hurt and the anger sometimes run together and i dont know what to do about it.  if you would please say a prayer for my husband and my family. sorry for such a bad post kessa
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Post by elizabeth on Jun 20, 2005 22:27:08 GMT -5
Kessa thank you for the update, I am sorry you are having to struggle with such troubling things... My thoughts are with you and your family take care and just let us know how things are going when you can!
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kessa
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love your pets as if they were your children, and they will love you as if you were there parents
Posts: 142
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Post by kessa on Jun 20, 2005 22:36:46 GMT -5
thank you elizabeth, and i will. its getting to where my days turn into nights before i know it and most of the time i dont even know what day it is..lol... hopefully this will all be over soon and we can slowly get back to normal what ever that is. it just sucks sometimes that i have to be the strong one for everyone when in realialty i just wanna cry and scream "why me lord?" it seams i never get a break or ahead just futher behind and worse than i started
againi am sorry for the way this post has turned out
kessa
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Post by ChamZilla on Jun 20, 2005 22:38:04 GMT -5
My heart goes out to you and your family Kessa, as we know what you are going through. My mom is not doing good with her cancer and I am stuck taking care of her for the past 11 years. It is very sad how bad things happen to good people. I wish the best to you and your family, and we appreciate that you let us know what has been going on and we are thinking about you guys  Stephanie |
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Post by Marie on Jun 20, 2005 23:29:52 GMT -5
Kessa,
I am so sorry about all that is going on right now in your life. I am glad you feel you can come here for support. Feel free to come anytime and get anything you want off your chest.
You and your family will be in both my thoughts and prayers. Please take care of yourself and if you can, keep us updated. Best wishes to you all.
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kessa
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love your pets as if they were your children, and they will love you as if you were there parents
Posts: 142
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Post by kessa on Jun 23, 2005 6:36:16 GMT -5
:(first i want to say to :'(Stephanie that i am sorry that you have had to go threw this for so long , its only been 6 months for me and i'm not sure i could handle it for 11 years... i know thats bad to say but its just really hard! i love my husband very much and do wish it was me instead of him. bad things do happen to good people and i wish i understood why. i want to thank you, Marie,Stepanie and Elizabeth for taking the time to read my post and for the caring words, it does mean alot to me. now i want to let you guys know that we go in tomorrow for more blood work and grueling test, were keeping our fingers crossed and our prayers going, hopefully luck and god will be on our side and we will get some good news for a change. i will let you all know something as soon as i can. :)last but certainly not least i want to say how nice it is that i can come here and say things with out judgment and get such caring replies. i live at least 2 hours from my family and sometimes its very hard to get to talk to someone to get some stress release and support. i absolutely love being able to come on here and talk to all of you. you have a wonderful site with caring and loving people and thats very hard to find these days. so i want to end this with "THANK YOU ALL" KESSA |
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Post by Marie on Jun 23, 2005 6:52:04 GMT -5
Kessa,
Yes, please keep us updated. And I am glad we can help in some small way. We also will keep our fingers crossed and our prayes going. Hope you get some good news. Thank you for letting us know what's going on. Take care.
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Post by Denise on Jun 24, 2005 9:08:42 GMT -5
Hey Kessa My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I hope you will get some good news soon. I'm so sorry you have to go through all these problems. I'm sorry I didn't answer this sooner but was trying to think of what to say. Because Cancer is what took my mom at age 24 and my Aunt and sister and I are survivors. Feel free to pm me if you have any questions. I can try to help,maybe? Since I have been through some things. At least my experiences anyway and things I have read. So I feel for you and will pray that things will get better for you and your hubby. Glad your reptile family is doing good though.  |
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kessa
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love your pets as if they were your children, and they will love you as if you were there parents
Posts: 142
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Post by kessa on Jul 14, 2005 20:05:50 GMT -5
hey everyone, i thought i would share whats been going on here. well brad went to the hospital last friday morning at 7am for a colon oscopy. then into surgery at 11am. they removed about 1/2 of his colon, and checked his liver, kidneys and other organs. the surgeon said that he is 98% sure that they got all of the cancer. he also said that his lymthnodes were not infected!! he got to come home this past tuesday  . so far he is doing great!! he goes back to see the doctor on the 26th and then to see a oncologist. the surgeon that did the surgery said that in his opinion he doesn't need chemotherapy! but he wants him to get a second opinion anyway. after 7 months of hell we finally got some good news and he has gotten relief from all the pain. i thought i would share this good news with all of you since you were all so very sweet to me. i want to thank you all again for the e-mails and the posts on here as well. i strongly believe that god is watching out for our family. and brad will be getting better and stronger everyday. kessa
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Post by Marie on Jul 14, 2005 21:11:23 GMT -5
Hello Kessa I am so glad to hear that Brad's operation was a success, that the prognosis is good and the pain is gone. I hope he doesn't have to go through chemotherapy but if he does I hope that will be the end of it for you and your family. I hope you keep us updated. I will keep Brad, you and your family in my thoughts and prayers for his continued recovery. God bless you and take care. |
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Post by elizabeth on Jul 14, 2005 21:26:01 GMT -5
Oh Kessa with all that is going on for you and your family I am very happy you have had some good news!!I hope it keeps coming! Wishing Brad a speedy recovery!! Thanks for checking in again!!
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Post by ChamZilla on Jul 14, 2005 22:28:10 GMT -5
Kessa,
That is great news! I'm glad you have some good news about your husbands cancer. I can't say the same for my mom's cancer.
I'm glad that he is in relief from the pain, as that can be horrible to deal with and be around someone with a lot of pain. That is great that his dr cares so much as to send him for a second opinion in regards to the chemo.
Hope everything starts to smooth out for you and your family and he continues to have a great recovery.
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kessa
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love your pets as if they were your children, and they will love you as if you were there parents
Posts: 142
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Post by kessa on Jul 17, 2005 18:43:14 GMT -5
stephanie,
hey there i just wanted to say that i appricate all the nice things that you have had to say to me during this ruff time. i think that its great that you have such a possitive and great attitude towads me even though you have been going threw this a lot longer than i have. i cant imigine how hard things must be for you. thank you for your support i cant begine to tell you and the others here how much yall have helped me.
thank you all kessa
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Post by ChamZilla on Jul 17, 2005 21:12:41 GMT -5
It is no problem because you guys are doing the same for me That is what good people do they stick together through thick and thin times. I mean I haven't been a member here forever and I look at a lot of these people like my new family members. We have to stick together or we have nothing in life Glad to hear the good news Steph |
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Post by renee on Jul 26, 2005 21:25:26 GMT -5
Oh Kessa, I'm so sorry to hear about all you and your family have been going through. I didn't read this until today. I'm so glad that the outcome is going so well. I'm sending you a BIG "HUG" from me to you. Don't ever feel sorry for your post. Whether it is good news or bad we're a unique bunch of people with similar cares and interests who have banded together and created a type of surrogate family. We're here for you no matter what girlfriend. xoxoxoxoxoxo R' |
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hey everyone, i haven't got to post much the last few months. i thought since i was up on one of my many sleepless nights i would post a few lines. my reptile family is doing great! barney, my gorgeous iggy is over 2 feet from snout to tail and his getting bigger everyday it seams. fred my rainbow boa is about 4 feet now and eats great. my two red eared sliders are growing like weeds. as far as my human family 
i hate to say were not doing so good 
. i am sorry to say that i am not able to help any with the blue iguana's. :'(i wish i could but we just cant afford it. with four kids and a sick husband its very hard right now. i am sorry that i cant help them. :'(my children know a little about there dad and they try to understand but i know its hard for them to see him this way 
if you would please say a prayer for my husband and my family. 
