Bless Your Heart

I have lots to tell you regarding my health and the health of my family. I will start with my family.

You may remember that I told y’all that my Aunt L was diagnosed with Leukemia. She had a bone marrow transplant 2 weeks ago and so far it is looking good. I didn’t want to blog about it until she was sent home from the hospital. She is recovering at home. Sort of. They live in SW SC but she’s in Charleston receiving treatment. A friend is lending her and my uncle the use of his condo for a year while she undergoes treatment. She’s doing really well and while she has to go in to the hospital for treatment each day she’s able to spend the rest of the time at the condo with my uncle. This is good news.

You may also remember that I told you my Uncle A had surgery to remove 3 tumors in his brain. We’ve been receiving constant updates but things are changing so fast with him I’ve been hesitant to post anything. It turns out he has lung cancer and that had metastisized (sp) to his brain. He’s going through chemo but it’s not looking good. And just today, just a couple of hours after I talked with my cousin about coming down to see him, he was re-admitted to the hospital and now he’s on life support. He’s septic and has pneumonia. They are thinking that barring a miracle he may not last the week. I am beyond sad about this. He’s such a good guy. I hate cancer. Why do we not have a cure?

Now, before I start sobbing again let me tell you about my day on Monday. I saw my regular doctor and I also saw the surgeon to whom I was referred about a hysterectomy. And….drumroll….he’s going to do it! Yay! I get to have my uterus removed! Woohoo! I know most people wouldn’t be happy about this but most people don’t bleed daily. I have to have a pap smear and an ultrasound next week or so, some blood work and a physical the next, then my surgery should be around the 2nd week of June. I should know the date within a week. I cried when he told me he’d do it, I was just so relieved. I’ve had so many doctors turn me down for being too young, for refusing to try the IUD (what if it failed? I’d just end up having the hysterectomy anyway. It’s the same drugs I’ve taken that failed except they’d be putting them right in my whoopie. Why should they work this time?). He totally understood that I’m under a time crunch with the adoption. I just can’t try something else, have it fail and then risk trying to time recovering from a surgery while picking up my child on the other side of the world and taking care of her. I wanted to hug him but I didn’t want to freak him out.

So that’s my news for now. We should hear something about my uncle over the next couple of days. They say tonight is pivotal. I’ll be praying extra hard. My heart hurts.