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Update: con crud and bad/good news
11 years ago
Hello everybody.
Welp, on the ride back from AC I got hit with a sore throat. Lo and behold! Infamous con crud got me on Tuesday as a full blown cold. I don't know if I'll ever be able to avoid getting this nonsense from now on. Having an autoimmune disease (my Rheumatoid Arthritis) doesn't make it easy to not get and then not get rid of.
I've put my scarf making on hold for now. Sorry,
, but I don't want to hack all over your stuff. I was nice, I shared it with Brandon. He got it yesterday but it seems it will go by quick for him.
First, some good news! Dad seems to be doing well with the chemo treatments. He goes for his fifth or sixth one on the 17th of this month. His PSA level keep going down after every treatment. Yay!
For those that don't know, here is a tiny explanation. "The prostate gland produces a substance called PSA, or prostate specific antigen....PSA is measured by nanograms per millimeter of blood. Most men have under 4 nanograms."
My Dad was at a PSA level of 295. Now he's somewhere around 160. Hopefully, it'll keep going down with every treatment.
Now the bad news. Annette, Brandon's grandmother, isn't doing well. Her levels are good, she's hydrated, the internal bleeding has stopped but she won't eat. She refuses to. If this keeps up, she'll not be around much longer. She's not hurting, everything is registering normal. I have a feeling she's given up on life.
Brandon is talking to his uncle now, which is her son. They are trying to find a way to fix this issue. If they can't think of something, we may loose her soon.
So, that's the news as of today!
Welp, on the ride back from AC I got hit with a sore throat. Lo and behold! Infamous con crud got me on Tuesday as a full blown cold. I don't know if I'll ever be able to avoid getting this nonsense from now on. Having an autoimmune disease (my Rheumatoid Arthritis) doesn't make it easy to not get and then not get rid of.
I've put my scarf making on hold for now. Sorry,
, but I don't want to hack all over your stuff. I was nice, I shared it with Brandon. He got it yesterday but it seems it will go by quick for him.First, some good news! Dad seems to be doing well with the chemo treatments. He goes for his fifth or sixth one on the 17th of this month. His PSA level keep going down after every treatment. Yay!
For those that don't know, here is a tiny explanation. "The prostate gland produces a substance called PSA, or prostate specific antigen....PSA is measured by nanograms per millimeter of blood. Most men have under 4 nanograms."
My Dad was at a PSA level of 295. Now he's somewhere around 160. Hopefully, it'll keep going down with every treatment.
Now the bad news. Annette, Brandon's grandmother, isn't doing well. Her levels are good, she's hydrated, the internal bleeding has stopped but she won't eat. She refuses to. If this keeps up, she'll not be around much longer. She's not hurting, everything is registering normal. I have a feeling she's given up on life.
Brandon is talking to his uncle now, which is her son. They are trying to find a way to fix this issue. If they can't think of something, we may loose her soon.
So, that's the news as of today!
Congrats on your pop doing better.
I hope something can be done for Brandon's grandma. You have my thoughts and prayers.
Hope you feel better soon! Brandon's grandmother is in my thoughts
Thanks hon and we may loose her in the next 48 hours. We shall see.