Update on my wife Carol

underdog · **Posted:** Mar Wed 09, 2011 11:46 am

Alright...
Her cancer is back. It started about 5 weeks ago.
She's doing full blown chemo every Monday.
She's been to the hospital 5x in the last month.
She's completely bald again.
Fluid keeps building up in her ab area, the cancer has blistered her insides so it's weeping trying to heal itself, she has to be drained of this fluid, they usually take off about 2.5 liters each time which has been about every 4 days.
She vomits all the time as her intestines are now not working right. The intestines are not working like they are suppose to as the Ovarian Cancer has now diseased them so they can't squeeze the food through. They say it's 50% blocked, kinda like a really old water pipe in an old home.
She was in the hospital last Thursday and Friday. I expect her to be back in very soon as she can't even keep water down.
Very rough times right now.........for me as well.
At first I was dealing with my stress by eating, eating alot. I put on about 15lbs in 2 weeks. Now I'm taking my flustrations out at the gym. I found I just didn't have time to go to the gym as she needs my help and support now more than ever before, so I now get up at 3:45am so I can workout before work. :cry:

BT Race Cars · **Posted:** Mar Wed 09, 2011 1:55 pm

Very sorry to hear this Dogg. Hang in there.

bbnova · **Posted:** Mar Wed 09, 2011 7:18 pm

Damn Dogg. I'm speechless. Let me know if there is anything you need.

My thoughts are with you.

underdog · **Posted:** Mar Fri 11, 2011 9:58 pm

I spent the entire day with her, in fact I've only had 2.5 hrs of sleep in the past 40 hours, so I'm headed to bed right now.
Sounds like hospice will be helping out in the near future. They are working with her now in the hospital to tweak in her morphine so she has zero pain moving forward. Alot of tests tomorrow, they are trying to understand what exactly is going on with her intestines. She had another rough day, but after they drained her ab off again, she perked up tonight. Her doc said today that most patients at this point only have about 6 months left in them but she's going to prove them wrong again, she's so strong.

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Mar Fri 11, 2011 11:26 pm

Brian. Cherish every moment you have together. You two are in our prayers constantly.

bfnjz52 · **Joined:** Jan Wed 25, 2006 9:03 pm **Posts:** 2668

Brian said it Dogg. We are praying for you both.

underdog · **Posted:** Mar Sun 13, 2011 7:50 pm

Wow, rough weekend. She's still in Butterworth, we hope she can come home tomorrow, we'll see, but she had a better day today.

underdog · **Posted:** Mar Tue 15, 2011 7:00 am

She's home now, She's tough as nails. Hospice will be here today so we can find out what happening moving forward.

RICK MILLER · **Posted:** Mar Tue 15, 2011 8:03 am

Hospice is a great group of people. You're still both in our prayers

underdog · **Posted:** Mar Thu 17, 2011 3:17 pm

Get to know them all now, you are correct they are awesome.
She's doing pretty well, went for a few walks yesterday and today, she can do about 1/8 mile or so but gets exhausted.
I'm off all week so I can be with her, she really needs me right now.
I'm only working part time from now on so I can care for her as much as possible and still draw a full paycheck, I have a great boss.

bbnova · **Posted:** Mar Thu 17, 2011 8:37 pm

Good to hear Brian. Don't forget to take care of yourself along the way.

underdog · **Posted:** Apr Mon 11, 2011 6:42 am

Carol's been home for weeks now, she's hanging on by a thread. She really struggles even to walk around the house now.
Hospice is visiting 2-3x a week now and more and more medical devices show up all the time. We sat on the front porch swing for about an hour last night at dusk just talking. She's very very tired and just doesn't have a fight inside anymore. She sure it tough though through all of this. Doc's are only giving her a couple months.

bfnjz52 · **Joined:** Jan Wed 25, 2006 9:03 pm **Posts:** 2668

Prayers for you both Dogg.

bbnova · **Posted:** Apr Mon 11, 2011 8:32 pm

Damn Dogg. How much time are you able to be with her?

underdog · **Posted:** Apr Tue 12, 2011 12:27 pm

As much as I can, but I do have to keep a job, sorta worked part time for the past 3 weeks, but on full time right now.
Hospice brought a hospital bed and wheel chair today, she's pretty much at the point that she can't walk now.

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