Lets get
this out of the way … SORRY! Yes I know I
have not been keeping up with this blog but I do have an excuse and I hope you
can move past my tardiness … as minor as it seems typing is very very
uncomfortable for me. Since the end of Chemotherapy “spa treatments” I have had
neuropathies (nerve issues) in my hands and feet that have left me with little to
no feeling and difficult control. The exception to the lack of
feeling is the irritation from pressure on finger tips and toes, so as some of
you know I type very hard and it really irritates my fingers as well as people
in rooms next to me.
As you know,
if you had read the previous posts, I was first diagnosed with Colon Cancer last
March 1st. Surgery on March 31st
did not go well, so I had another surgery 2 days later and another the day
after that … April was a difficult month for my friends and family … for me … it
wasn’t as hard because I think I may have forgotten the rough parts and I had
the black button I could push. Simple graces
I would call it.
Tomorrow
morning I go back to the same hospital to reverse the result of the 2nd
surgery which left me with an ileostomy.
i.e. the bag attached to my belly. “The bag”, which was a key part of my recovery,
has also been the curse with which I have lived with since April 2. Chemo was
difficult but the bag is a constant reminder that I have been sick. Tomorrow
morning, God willing, they will reverse the ileostomy and I will no longer have
the bag to keep me company and dictate my schedule. Dr. Nagamoto
will also remove the port in my chest and fix anything else that has “come
loose” over the past 9 and ½ months. The
port was used to administer my spa treatments and kept me from being a pin cushion
when Doctors needed to check “How I’m doing”
I expect to
be in the hospital aka “Big House” for about 3 days, hopefully out for the
weekend. At which time I will be able to again catch up on the morning sports
page in the comfort of my own bathroom.
You have
been a great resource and inspiration for me during the past 10 ½ months. You have
cared for me and said prayers but most importantly you have been an anchor for
my family, supported them when I could not and given them happiness during this
time when I have been unable. Thank you!
God willing,
I’ll update this blog on Wednesday but will have Lori update her facebook page
tomorrow, just so you can stop your worries and know that it all worked out
fine. I would appreciate your prayers tomorrow, not just for me, but for Lori,
Brooke, Connor and Elizabeth. The past
10 ½ months have been hard on them but this week should end this chapter in our
lives as I am free of cancer and am just healing from the cure now.
May God
Bless you and keep you safe,
Dave
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