spooky520

Hello my friends. I just figured i would write something on here since i am terrible at doing this. I have been busy here lately so i really havnt had the time to do more than glance at the site so if i missed something important, im sorry. I have been taking care of dad here alot more lately. For any of you that dont know, my mom passed away this april from breast cancer. Her cancer spread through her body and was really bad in her stomach and in the bones of her pelvis and her spine. She fought for a little over three years....a very remarkable woman. Well when dad and i were taking care of mom, dad wasnt feeling well and since we were at the doctors all the time he went in for a check up. To make a long story short.....dad was diagnosed with stage 4 pancriatic cancer right at 19 months ago. He has fought hard also, most patients with the type of cancer he has only last from 6 to 12 months and he lasted a bit longer. Well dad went through all the chemo that they could offer and even did some medications that were experiamental. We went in about three weeks ago to get the results of the last pet scan that they did and it wanst good. the cancer is spreading and so the the doctors took dad off all meds except the ones that were to treat pain ect. This last two weeks has been really bad, it seems that he has just kind of given up on fighting. We had to get him a cane, walker and wheelchair, a shower chair ect. He has been getting really dizzy when he gets up so even with the things to help him walk, i still have to be there to assist him. We found out the hard way because he fell twice last week. I have been doing every thing that i can to help him out so now you know why im not around much. i guess just typing this on here helps relieve some of the frustration about things. My back is still killing me and i am waiting for the lawyers to get things settled down so i can get some insurance. the doctors say i still need at least one more surgery on my spine....need to put in more rods around L4. im in alot of pain still but dealing with it,......dont have much of a choice right now. just take all the pain meds the doctor prescribes for me and go on with what i have to do.

love to ya all.....just wanted to let you know why im not around much......i will try to at least read more of your blogs when i can....

spooky