Yikes, Birdman! I missed this post. So sorry to hear about your bout the big C. By now you're well into the chemo and radiation, so hope it's going as well as can be expected. Just enjoy some TLC for the remaining few weeks, and I'll be adding my prayers to the others. -Linda

Birdman, I haven't had a chance to talk with you as I'm still pretty new to this, but I'll be praying for a quick recovery and comfort for you.

Birdman need an update on how you are DOING!!!!! Never back down,not yesterday,not today,not tomorrow.You got the grit now just get mad.

well being as ya asked so nice, OK so the first week of treatments is over, really not that bad. Feel sort of like a pin cushion from all the IV"s n the skin from my eyebrows down to my collar bones is starting to get a light sunburn look everything seems fine. Noticed a bit of hearing lose but they say that is normal with this strengh of chemo, might get some ringing in the ears too. Other then that I feel pretty normal, a little tuckered but that may just be from all the traveling to n from home n the hospital, kind of a long day.I'll fill ya all in as things progress, I know its really not hooked up with muzzleloading but if Ms Linda n Ms Diane don't mind I would guess there are folks that might be interested in a first hand accounting of something like this.Still kicking butt n not taken names. YMHS Birdman

No problema Birdman, you just go ahead and tell us.
Hombre del Bosque

update on the cancer treatments. "oh what a difference a day makes!!!". it is not more true then during treatment. The damage to my throat n mouth changes day to day. Last monday it was not a problem to eat or swallow but by days end that was coming to a quick close.By wednesday I was eating n drinking through the belly tube thingy . Today is Sunday n I barely want to open my mouth to whisper to the wife, changea come fast n painfully. Now its not something that can't be handled n deltwith but it sure nuff is uncomfortable n we gots 5 more weeks a this stuff, I get my second hit of chemo Monday but the docs say I should deal with that the same as the first time if all goes well. WE SHALL SEE hee hee hee other then dying for a good philly cheese steak n fries I'm doing ok n still swinging for the fence. Ya all take care n thanks for letting me vent some YMHS Birdman

Thanks for the update Birdman, glad you're still hanging in there tough. You're a real inspiration, friend.

Fervent prayer sent on your behalf - you just keep on sluggin'.

Spot

Thanks for the update Birdman. Glad to see you still have a sense of humor after all you've been through.
Still in thoughts and prayers.

Birdman,
Thanks for letting us know how things are going. I'll continue to keep you in my thoughts and prayers and you keep up the battle and fight your way through.
YMHS,
Ken

Next thing you know, you'll have IT by the throat!

Prayin'sticks

Great hearing from you Birdman!

Five more weeks...sounds like you get treatments out of the way before the Christmas Shopping Season is Over!

Having you around beyond Christmas is all I want from Santa.

Sparks

Keep at it, Birdman.
If you ain't at Jacobsburg in April I'm gonna come over to your house, set down in your front yard, and drive down your property values!

If you ain't at Dixon's, I'm gonna camp there for a week!!

Been wonderin' how you've been doin'.
Just think after this is all over you can get a new wardrobe!!!!...hmmmmmm..... "who shall I be today????"
Hang in there and remember...Believe!!!!!

Yes, like Gabi says, "Believe!" Good to hear you chuckle a bit about such doin's, "hee-hee-hee." Keep at it and update us often. Shoot sharp's the word, Mike

folks the reason I'm posting all this stuff is because most of us hear about so-n-so who had cancer or someones brothers uncle so to speak, It is always some what removed from being right in our faces. Guess I kind of feel eveyone here is family n ya may want to find out the sort of things ya have to go through first hand. I won't get all syurpy n graphic but I'll try to give ya sense of what I'm going through as it happens. who knows might actually help somebody here qquit doing something bad for themselves or help somebody else through a rough health period. Ya all take care n I'm gonna go grind up some pain killer so I can get some good sleep tonight before chemo tomorrow. ---YMHS Birdman---

Birdman,
Thanks for keeping in contact. Indeed, you are the only one I know who has brought me along on the nitty gritty, day-to-day, day-in-the-life details of someone undergoing cancer treatments. I appreciate it.

Sparks

Good luck Birdman. We all need somebody to show us the way, well I suppose that should read, tell us what takes place during this type of treatment. Not only what takes place but what are the expectations.

My best friend has spent the last year going through leukemia chemo treatments and it is different than the other cancer treatments. The first time he was treated and sent home, he told me; "what they don't tell you is that they send you home to sit on the toilet for a week. When your not doing that, your throwing up in the kitchen sick." The first treatment was the worst.

My weekly visits with my friendwhile he's been going through leukeia treatment has been a real eye opener. In any event, I thought it very nice of Volatpluvia to open a line of communication for you. I've never met the fellow but you just might want a neutral party to chat with. I know my friend really appreciates my weekly and sometimes oftener visits.

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