Re: What I learned today!

Today was quite the same with her and her husband. Ed and I had a lot of
fun with them the short time we were together. I will see them Thurs.,
Friday and then again next Wed. They are really good people.

Hugs,

Nettie

"Nanny" <dorlchas@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It sounds like both of you were meant to encourage and cheer each other
up! Things happen that way sometimes. Nanny
"Mercy" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Today I had to go and get my infusion of iron (same place I get my
Rituxan). I will be going every day this week and then Rituxan on July
5th. Then I "think" I might be done for a while. I can only hope.

Anyway, what I learned today is that somebody is always having a more
difficult time than one's self. There was a woman there who I have seen
since the beginning of my infusions. She is getting the real hard core
chemo. She has uterine cancer, as I found out since we struck up a
conversation. Her husband sat with her. She said the malignant tumor on
her uterus is too large to remove the uterus. She had been doing
radiation for several months in December/January. She was sick,
vomiting, the whole 9 yards. Now she is getting chemo. Unfortunately,
non of the above are shrinking the tumor. Thus they cannot remove for
fear they will cut into the tumor itself. She and her husband were
inspirational to me. We talked about how difficult things can get but you
cannot give up. Some how you just keep going on one day at a time and
doing what ever you have to do to stay alive. I even laughed a lot today
with the nurses. My mood today has taken a turn for the better. I guess
I just needed to talk to two other people who understood even more than I
did how difficult life can become at times. The woman is originally from
Germany and he is originally from Poland. They were full of caring and
humor and the whole experience with them just helped pick up my spirits.
I cannot say that tomorrow I will feel quite like I do today, but at
least for today, I feel OK and I hope the rest of you do too. Perhaps
sometimes the best therapy is to meet and talk to/with somebody who has
it harder than one's self.

Love n Hugs,

Nettie






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