SteveFord Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I said that it was going to be such a great year and now I'm starting to wonder. My wife is undergoing chemo and the effects have started hammering her with the vomiting and hair loss. Tomorrow is treatment number five, I believe. They're going to do 6 treatments and then see how things stand - it's thyroid cancer which I'm told isn't all that terrible considering what cancer is. I've been sick since January and it looks like I'm going in for sinus surgery again. For whatever reason, I can not shake the common cold and it turns into a sinus infection which just keeps getting harder to get rid of every year. I had a tooth pulled about 6 weeks back and the surgeon didn't realize that I had a sinus infection which is probably what took out the tooth SO he kept digging away at infected tissue and now I have a temporary (?) miniature tunnel running from the roof of my mouth into my right sinus cavity. Yes, this means I can squirt liquid that I'm drinking right into my sinus. While this may sound like cheap entertainment when there's nothing good on television it's really not as much fun as you might think. Plus it's not helping this infection any. The one good thing is that my wife is still her same old self. Understandably she's been a little down in the dumps so last Saturday I bought her a dozen roses which she liked a little bit but on Sunday I took her to a big motorcycle meet in Ephrata, PA which was a real good time. All you can eat breakfast for ten bucks and there must have been 1000 bikes there and the weather was just perfect. The perfect day, as Lou Reed once said, and what she enjoyed the most is when I customized her helmet right before the ride home: Every time she sees that I know it will make her laugh. That's probably the best dollar I've ever spent. Hope your 2015 is going a little less bumpy than ours is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Thankfully Steve you seem to have an incurable sense of humour and positive outlook which I'm sure will serve you well! Kind wishes - I trust it will all work out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I am sorry to hear of your problems. I have had nasal/sinus problems for many years - getting a cold really is no joke at all, the older I get - as well as dental (very expensive to put right) so I know at least a bit of how you must feel. Best wishes and I hope things improve shortly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Best Wishes to you and your wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Thank you, gentlemen, I'm sure it will all work out okay. After all, there's still just about half a year to go and these are probably just some speed bumps on the road of life. I'll borrow my neighbor's Harley Ultra and his wife and pulverize them with sheer tonnage. If your 2015 is going great then don't change a thing, whatever you're doing is working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson Artist Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I said that it was going to be such a great year and now I'm starting to wonder. My wife is undergoing chemo and the effects have started hammering her with the vomiting and hair loss. Tomorrow is treatment number five, I believe. They're going to do 6 treatments and then see how things stand - it's thyroid cancer which I'm told isn't all that terrible considering what cancer is. I've been sick since January and it looks like I'm going in for sinus surgery again. For whatever reason, I can not shake the common cold and it turns into a sinus infection which just keeps getting harder to get rid of every year. I had a tooth pulled about 6 weeks back and the surgeon didn't realize that I had a sinus infection which is probably what took out the tooth SO he kept digging away at infected tissue and now I have a temporary (?) miniature tunnel running from the roof of my mouth into my right sinus cavity. Yes, this means I can squirt liquid that I'm drinking right into my sinus. While this may sound like cheap entertainment when there's nothing good on television it's really not as much fun as you might think. Plus it's not helping this infection any. The one good thing is that my wife is still her same old self. Understandably she's been a little down in the dumps so last Saturday I bought her a dozen roses which she liked a little bit but on Sunday I took her to a big motorcycle meet in Ephrata, PA which was a real good time. All you can eat breakfast for ten bucks and there must have been 1000 bikes there and the weather was just perfect. The perfect day, as Lou Reed once said, and what she enjoyed the most is when I customized her helmet right before the ride home: Every time she sees that I know it will make her laugh. That's probably the best dollar I've ever spent. Hope your 2015 is going a little less bumpy than ours is. Hope you and little lady have a better rest of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Best wishes and good luck taking care of the sinus issue once and for all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carranoj25 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Sorry for your troubles Steve. I've been going through some of my own. Just remember life is a cycle so the good things will come around and thats when you learn to use your new character strengths to prepare for the next cycle and so on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hang in there! There's a thunder storm around every silver lining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awel Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hi Steve, Sorry to hear about this. Best wishes to both of you. Take care Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmis Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Sorry to hear about you´r illness and you´r wifes cancer, **** cancer! I thought 2015 would be a releave to myself, but it sucks as did 2014, in february it was found that my father had lung cancer, in mars he died, again, **** cancer! Now, at last, after a divorce last year, i finaly own my lodging, so there is hope. I wish you and you´r wife quick recovery!! And **** cancer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Yeah that's a rough 2015 for sure. Hope things begin to turn on your favor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. C.O. Jones Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I wish you, your wife and everyone else on this forum that is going through rough times all the best! Hope both of you get better soon. And most important keep always your sense of humor! Greetz, Marcos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Geez. Sorry to hear about all of that. You guys sound pretty resilient. Hang in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Man Steve. 2015 sure has started out as challenging for you. Keep up the positive attitude and there's still half a year for things to improve. Best of luck to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hello Steve! I wish, the second half of the year will bring You and Your beloved ones so much joy, that You'll all forget these hard times. Best wishes... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderchild Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hey Steve, you've got my prayers for both of you. Went thru the ****ing cancer thing with my wife the first of the year. Fortunately she's in remission as of May 18th. Thoughts and prayers for you both. She didn't get sick from the chemo , but it tore the sh1t out of her knees, and the hair loss didn't go over to well either. It helped her some when I cut my hair off too. So for awhile we were a couple of cue balls. I truly believe that the folks on this forum & the Epi side got us thru this, GOD Bless TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 As 'Scales said for sure. And may the second have go positive for you each. steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hi Steve, ya know, just when you think "wow, this is crappy day" someone reminds you how crappy it can really be. we've had a few cancer scares as well, so I know how much it can take out of both the person dealing with it directly and those who feel helpless and just wish "why not me instead of her" My wives family is predisposed to genetic cancers at very young ages, so she's had it, as well as three of her brothers, and most recently a niece which oddly enough was thyroid cancer as well (That came right out of the blue). And you're right, it's a treatable form of cancer and it can be dealt with. When my wife was in this fight, those were dark days for me, and that's were where you guys are now, but, take heart knowing these days wont last forever, there is light at the end of this tunnel. The care we can get these days is remarkable. Best wishes and prayers to your wife as she battles this disease, one more round left.. God bless you both. it's also a double suck when both of you guys are down on your luck health wise. WTH?? If there's one thing for sure about this forum, it's the level of care and concern that we all seem to share for each other. I don't believe I've seen any thing like what goes on here in this regard. If positive mojo can heal, you'll get all we can give right here. Hang in there Steve, please keep us posted on how things are going. /Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderchild Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hi Steve, ya know, just when you think "wow, this is crappy day" someone reminds you how crappy it can really be. we've had a few cancer scares as well, so I know how much it can take out of both the person dealing with it directly and those who feel helpless and just wish "why not me instead of her" My wives family is predisposed to genetic cancers at very young ages, so she's had it, as well as three of her brothers, and most recently a niece which oddly enough was thyroid cancer as well (That came right out of the blue). And you're right, it's a treatable form of cancer and it can be dealt with. When my wife was in this fight, those were dark days for me, and that's were where you guys are now, but, take heart knowing these days wont last forever, there is light at the end of this tunnel. The care we can get these days is remarkable. Best wishes and prayers to your wife as she battles this disease, one more round left.. God bless you both. it's also a double suck when both of you guys are down on your luck health wise. WTH?? If there's one thing for sure about this forum, it's the level of care and concern that we all seem to share for each other. I don't believe I've seen any thing like what goes on here in this regard. If positive mojo can heal, you'll get all we can give right here. Hang in there Steve, please keep us posted on how things are going. /Ray Amen, +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Oh dear. I hope things start looking up for you. A lot of what's going on right now has the potential to become positive outcomes. I hope the situation is reversed soon and some of this sh1t starts turning out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I hope things turn around for you soon. This has been a rough time for my best friend, an man I have known since 1962, his wife is suffering terribly and is now in hospice, they took her feeding tube out a week ago, her pain is unbearable. The tumor is on her socrum pressing on her kidneys and has now spread to her bones. At this point we are all praying for her passing to end her sufferings, she started this fight in December, she is 58.Pray for the end to cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I hope things turn around for you soon. This has been a rough time for my best friend, an man I have known since 1962, his wife is suffering terribly and is now in hospice, they took her feeding tube out a week ago, her pain is unbearable. The tumor is on her socrum pressing on her kidneys and has now spread to her bones. At this point we are all praying for her passing to end her sufferings, she started this fight in December, she is 58.Pray for the end to cancer. Oh man,, she's my age.. that is a sad story Jaxson. I don't think eradicating diseases like cancer is possible, but clearly the treatment protocols are improving all the time. we have to be aggressive in how we screen.. early detection and knowledge, best weapons.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I am sorry to hear of these troubles Steve and Jaxson. Best we can do is hope for the best. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 I figured out what to do. Life throws all sorts of weird, miserable situations your way and the thing to do is to always keep looking forward with an attainable goal in mind. Lynda has been talking about getting a used Subaru for years SO this upcoming August I'm going to help her get one and I've made arrangements for us to fly on up to Minnesota next Spring where I'm going to visit and write an article on the Magnepan speaker company, purchase a buddy's Triumph motorcycle, we'll go to the Red Wing boot factory and buy a few pair of factory seconds (and get our picture taken with the world's largest boot) and then take the scenic ride on back to Pennsyltucky with a "new" motorcycle and some very stiff foot wear. Funny how things just seem to come together out of nowhere all of a sudden but there it is. She'll beat the cancer, I'll get the piss lasered out of my schnozzola and it's off to the races once again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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