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poodlecamper, you are spot on! I saw my surgeon this morning and he said it is an allergic reaction to the disinfectant he used on me before taking the port out. He gave me oral and topical steroids. I'm still itchy but it is more tolerable now at least.
Thank you all for your kind thoughts. Both the CAT scan and blood results were not what I hoped for. I see the oncologist on Thursday.
be sure and keep us posted. If you can keep a positive outlook, I know that is easier said than done. Just one thing that might help a little: today, I was at a church meeting and Our pastor, who, BTW is a cancer survivor said this to us: he keeps this on his desk: something like this: I am not agrue for what I don't have, but thankful for what I do have...
Sending you so many hugs and healing thoughts, Charley.
One of my close friends from cancer camp passed away last week. She had been fighting breast cancer for the past 5/6 years, with recurrence after recurrence, even after a double mastectomy. I'm devastated - she was just 38 years old with a 3 year old son. She found out about her first recurrence while pregnant with him.
Even after popping a chemo pill and feeling like absolute ****, she would strap on her helmet and go climbing with the best of us. This disease is so ****ing unfair. Her son lost his mother - and his only memories of her will be in the context of illness since she has been in and out of the hospital for his entire life. When I last spoke to her last month, she seemed well and was planning his 4th birthday party in a few weeks.
This journey has introduced me to a proximity to death that I never experienced before. None have hit me so hard as this.
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