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Nancy,
I didn’t know what a seroma was and had to look it up. I’m so sorry you’re going through this on top of everything else you’ve had going on. The picture of the pink flower and the words were beautiful. I agree that it’s kind of surprising they put it up. I never know exactly how to pray and feel very inept at it, but will be praying for good results on your test and for healing. My daughter has been very stressed at work and I’ll pray for you what I pray for her that you can feel God’s presence and the peace and calm that come from it. Please keep me posted.
Love, Cheryl
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Nancy,
I didn’t know what a seroma was and had to look it up. I’m so sorry you’re going through this on top of everything else you’ve been going through. The pink flower and words were beautiful and like you I’m a little surprised they put it up. I will definitely be praying for good results and for healing. I always feel very inept at praying and never know exactly what to say. My daughter has been very stressed at work lately and I will pray for you what I’ve been praying for her: that you feel God’s presence and the peace and calm that come from it. Please keep us posted.
Love, Cheryl
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This thing is acting squirrelly today and my post will either not come through or come through half a dozen times. 🤷♀️
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Cheryl, I just responded to your post and it duplicated. When I deleted the duplicate I lost everything. SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a dentist apt today way out of town so I don't have to repost. Sorry.
Nancy
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Nancy, I love the prayer petals. It is a beautiful picture. I pray for you dialy but will also start praying for your mammogram and ultrasound on Nov 9th that all will be clear.
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It was fun having my sister here for Halloween. We had maybe 250 Trick-or-Treaters. We have people drive into our neighborhood for it and see truckloads of kids and even one guy drives a decorated flatbed truck in every year. There is a line of traffic going into the track. My DD went to church and had to navigate through the cars and kids to get home. Our neighborhood has streetlights, sidewalks, and the houses are well lit and the whole neighborhood is new enough that it feels safe. Also many of the houses are well-decorated including ours. I look at it as a fun community activity instead of focusing on the witches and goblins side. Most of the costumes were fun and creative. I love seeing the little ones. Every child was polite which was a bonus. They started a little before 6:00 with the little ones still in daylight and we shut down everything just after 8:00. This year even the weather cooperated at about 45°.
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Nancy, Chris and Wheatfields -- thank you for your feedback regarding Humana Part D coverage. It's reassuring to hear your experiences. We currently have an AARP prescription drug plan, but it is being discontinued in our area. While there were a couple of glitches with mail ordering, AARP was otherwise seamless. I'm disappointed their plan will no longer be an option. I've attended two insurance seminars so far: one general information session, and a Humana specific presentation. This week we're registered for a Q&A with representatives from several insurers: Humana, Kaiser, Cigna, and Moda Health (a company new to our area).
Nancy, it's no wonder you drove home from the oncologist appointment in a fog. His comments must have been hard to absorb. I'm glad that you don't have to wait long for the diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound. I pray that you receive a good report and encouraging results.
Chris, 250 trick-or-treaters, wow! What a great turnout! I'm glad that you and your sister were together to enjoy the evening. Very few kiddos were trick-or-treating here. There are so many trunk-or-treat events in our area now. They've become huge community events with music, food trucks, games, face painting, etc. Going house to house for Halloween candy has pretty much fallen off the radar around my neighborhood.
Cheryl, low back pain can be debilitating. I hope the MRI gives you and your physicians some answers and points to an appropriate resolution.
Praying that everyone has a calm and peaceful week.
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Hi dear sisters,
I am finally going out to get groceries today. I didn't go last week at all and boy my choices of food were diminishing quickly. I had planned to go to church on Sunday and I woke up after manually setting my alarms not knowing if they were going to auto correct for the time change and they did and so my alarm went off two hours earlier than expected. I woke up with a sick headache. So I did not get dressed all of Saturday and Sunday. I was am on day 4 of Prednisone and it took a while for to finally notice a difference in my sinus infection but I think I have finally turned a corner. It has been weeks and weeks. I will be compliling evidence for my ENT apt on Nov. 18 as a medical necessity to have a Eustachian tube either enlarged by a balloon procedure or ear tubes which an ENT told me in the 90's after having sinus surgery on every single cavity that I might be a good candidate for ear tubes. I have had repeated ear and sinus infections after doing so many daily treatments which seem to be failing.
Chris, thank you for your prayers. This sickness that just seemed to never let go has been pretty disheartening so I really appreciate your daily prayers. I am so glad you and your SIL had fun with the whopping amount of trick or treaters. That is amazing. I pray that you are doing well and the fun of all the trick or treaters gave you a boost.
Hershey, I am glad you are going to all of these informative sessions. I had not heard of a couple of the companies you mentioned so hopefully you will come away with some clarity to make a well informed decision.
Cheryl, I'm sorry I never got back to reposting. I do appreciate your prayers and I hope that you can get some back pain relief. I see my pcp this Thursday and I am going to overwhelm him with all the things I want to discuss in the short time we are allowed these days for a visit. Asking for a low back MRI will be on my list even though with my Prednisone pack I am on it has helped my back and leg issues.
I am really doing fine regarding the upcoming diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound on Monday. The day I had such awful pains running through my breast is the same day I had my botox neck injections. It really is neck and shoulder injections in reality. Could my breast pain have come from the botox? It does have quite a lot of SE's but I was having issues with this breast before last Monday procedure. I have such a busy week with preparing for this upcoming pcp apt that I will be occupied doing that which will be a good distraction.
Wheatfields, I have been praying for your time with your sister.
Teka, we miss you when you are on break but everyone needs that from time to time.
To our newcomers to this thread I pray that you are taking one day at a time. God gives us our daily bread as he gives us daily grace. Not for tomorrow but for today. No looking at past regrets nor dreading future challenges but living in the present with His grace guiding us is our goal. Is my goal as well.
I hope you all have a good week.
Love,
Nancy
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Dear ladies, I want you all to know what is going on with Pastor John. He has decided to switch over from active treatment to 100% comfort care.
This week Pastor John, his wife, and his children met with their Palliative Care team. They will be a tremendous source of help and comfort to the family.
Please continue to pray for John and his family. The Lord is very near to his good and faithful servant.
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hersheykiss Thank you for the update on Pastor John. He has been in my nightly prayers, and it is always good to be able to pray specifically. I know this is a brave decision and I pray he and his family will receive extra comfort.
Nancy I will continue prayers for your many issues. It seems like you have been going through a lot lately, more than any one person should. I know you see your PCP today and I will be in extra prayer that this appointment goes well. Hopefully your pcp can even address some of your ENT issues as two weeks is still to far away to be this uncomfortable.
I know there are other prayer requests on this forum that I have not addressed and that we all seem to be going through many trials. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed but God always pulls me close and assures me of His love and presence. He will do the same for you.
Love, Chris
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Hershey, I will pray that God will give special comfort to Pastor John and his family during this big decision. He has fought valiantly and with great courage. Now I pray he can rest in God's comfort as he prepares him for his eternal home. I pray especially for his family as I am sure this is a very difficult time for them as well.
Chris, I see my pcp soon, today. I have spent a long time getting ready for the ENT visit on Nov. 18 but with the help of my AI it appears that I need to talk my pcp into ordering a CT scan of my sinuses before I see the ENT. So many hoops to jump through with Medicare Advantage plans to have a procedure that could possibly fix this situation. I finished my steroid pack yesterday and as I lay in bed this morning I could feel the congestion in my head with my ears popping as if I am starting all over with this again. I have been dealing with this particular situation since Sept. 28. I have spent a long time documenting all the trips to urgent care. I have been sick for over 3 months this year and I don't think I am still out of the woods yet. My nasal irrigation, two prescription nasal sprays, countless days on antibiotics and then when they didn't work the added steroid pack has not solved the issue. So basically the usual protocol has failed. I am going to "suggest" a balloon treatment for my sinuses and ear. I didn't even know this balloon procedure existed for the sinuses. I had sinus surgery opening up every single cavity in the 90's but I have no documentation of that but a CT scan done last year clearly showed evidence of a prior sinus surgery. I am going to ask my pcp if they could do a nasal swab to check for a fungal infection. One of my friends suggested that. The problem with this whole system of going to urgent care is that no one doctor is keeping track of all of these infections so if I don't advocate for myself no one is going to. I just know I can't go on living like this being sick every time I turn around.
I do need to sign off as I have to get ready soon. Thank you for your prayers. I really do need them. I had a dream that my cancer came back so I woke up today with quite a bit of anxiety. I had been pretty calm up to this point. I have my diagonstic breast tests on Monday.
Have a good day everyone.
Love,
Nancy
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Hi everyone,
I hope you are enjoying this fall season. I was able to quickly get my solar fountains cleaned and stored for winter just in time for the freeze we had last night. Between a slew of medical apts and then several days of rain I knew yesterday was it. I had a furnance guy here to so waiting on hin to finish the clock was ticking.
I haven't been out with my cameras since Labor Day when I was in Iowa. So today I am going out for a short time to the Morton Arboretum and hopeully get some nice fall pics. I have been studying this new technique that I want to try out to make your photos look painterly as it is described.
I saw my pcp on Thursday and I told him I had been sick with sinus and ear infections for over 3 months collectively just this year. I pled my case for a CT scan of the sinuses which has been approved and I will have it Tuesday. On Monday I have my breast diagnostics so I am trying to find pleasant things to distract. I still have sinus congestion even though my pcp thought I looked ok. I feel sorry for the pcp's in our network. Things are set up where it is very difficult to get in to your doctor when you are sick but they have their own immediate care centers in several locations. So the drill is you go to immediate care and see maybe a doctor or a PA and then they want you to follow up with your pcp. Double billing is just the thing I didn't sign up for but I used to comply and then if I felt I was out of the woods I would not follow up so that is on me. I have followed up with an ENT but then my pcp is left trying to piece things together which he doesn't have time for. So I have documented everything and will type it up and look more professional when I see my ENT and then it will be rapid fire talking on my part to save every single minute of time we have. That is how I approached my pcp apt. He has an AI that takes notes which they have made some big mistakes in my after visit summaries. That had a big mistake this time but I just left it. Too many other topics of concern.
I would appreciate your prayers for Monday. I will have a diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound. If they want to follow up with a biopsy I will be very concerned. I have scar tissue which already has a marker in my breast so I know that can be a false red flag. Being on this BCO site for 12 yrs I know too much now if you know what I mean.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. We are finally seeing the sun after days of rain and clouds.
I hope to get a picture like the one below today.
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy, wow, you have a lot at once but at least things are happening. Of course you are in my prayers for the breast diagnostics Monday and the CT on Tuesday. It will be good to have some answers. I don't like the double-billing system idea. It seems like there should be some way to control that. I am motivated by justice and these types of things bother me. I hope you have an enjoyable distraction with your camera and I am eager to see the marvelous pictures you take. We are experiencing our beautiful Fall Colorado weather although I wish I felt well enough to get out and enjoy it. For now I will just have to rest. My DD and DGD went out today on a quest to find someplace to play some archery. They are creative in their activities and I know the strong relationship and special bond they share will help them in the future. My DD is no longer dating her boyfriend so it is important she keep herself busy and I am glad they have each other.
I have been thinking of all you new ladies here as well as those of you who have been around for a while. It is good to have a place where you feel you belong. Sorry that my brain power just doesn't allow me to remember everything.
Blessings, Chris
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hersheykiss,
I'll continue to pray for Pastor John and his family.
Nancy,
In my prayers for……
Monday, okay results from diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound.
Tuesday, okay results from CT scan.
Chris,
Sorry DD is no longer dating her boyfriend.
wheatfields and l1ttlec,
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November, plan Online Xmas Shopping done before Thanksgiving!
In my prayers one and all. 🙏
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Nancy, Praying for good results Monday and Tuesday.
Praying for all. 🙏
Love, Cheryl
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Thanks everyone. I really appreciate your prayers.
Yesterday when I was probably very groggy in the morning I heard my phone getting messages and I had put myself on a waitlist to see if I could get into my ENT earlier than Nov. 18. When you sign up for these you are daily bombarded with several in the early morning and through out the day. If you happen to have a reminder text in there too the codes when responding are different.
Bottom line is I accidentally hit number 1 instead of number 2 without realizing it. That automatically erased my Nov. 18 ENT visit to another doctor in the same time frame as my CT scan tomorrow except more into the city of Chicago. I would not have noticed this except they had sent several texts for e check in and one was from this doctor. Talk about ruining and evening!!!!!!!
I called every possible number and now am waiting for 8 am to start again even though I have to leave at 9 for my out of town apts. I do have another apt with my ENT for Dec. 7. UGH I am realatively calm right now which is a good thing.
More prayers for this fiasco. Got to run. I hope you are all doing well now.
Love
Nancy
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Hi dear sisters.
It has been a wild day!!!! I had my diagnostic tests for the breast and everything was clear. Praise the Lord. I called at 8 am to see if I could get my ENT appointment back and they said no someone has already taken it. Then just a few mintues ago I got a call from this ENT's office saying they had some available apts. Guess who got their exact time back!!!!!!! The scheduler even said that is unusual. So another Praise the Lord. Then I saw someone had left a voice mail on my landline which I get through my email as well. It said someone from Walmart has opened an account in your name and number and charged $2600 of electronics. Call if you did not make this purchase. Well I didn't make the purchase but thankfully their fraud dept reached out to me. They said they had called on Nov. 1 but I had no record of that. So Praise God again. I had my phone number compromised in the past and I remember the detective from our police dept said just know they will try again. Sorry, not today thieves. So a wild ride indeed but all is good. I am thanking God for many saves today. Thank you Lord for answered prayers from my sisters here.
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy,
Blessed ……NED 🙏
You lucked out on the new ENT Office appointment.
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joeygirl314,
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Hi Teka,
I think ALL of it was a God thing. I am not sure what your questions are? Not understanding your abreviations.
Hope you are doing well.
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy, I thought of you so often today and have been praying that all these issues could be resolved. Praise the Lord for wonderful answers to prayer. I just returned from Arizona, oh and took some pictures of the snow on the Colorado mountains from the plane, but of course just with my iPhone. My sister is more confused but seems calmer in some ways, she is not desperately trying to leave but does still comment on it. It is really hard to see, I almost melted during the hymn sing along on Friday as I was sitting next to her and she knows all the words to the hymns and was singing, we were singing God be with you till we meet again, and then the first till we meet at Jesus' feet. But I prayed that I wouldn't start crying and didn't, Praise the Lord.
I'm thankful she does still know who I am and will say I love you or goodbye sweetie : ) I still call her each evening and she talks with me but what she says is hard to put together. I went with my nurse friend to the eye doctor today and she has something called RAM that causes fuzzy vision at times in the eye, and is caused by consistent high blood pressure. So we may try again to bring that down. It runs around 140 over something and they never seem overly concerned at the cardiologist.
Praying for each of you.
Love, Wheatfields
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Nancy, so thankful to hear all the good news. I will pray the good news continues on to tomorrow with your ENT.
Wheatfields, memory care is so difficult. I will continue to pray for you and your sister, You are special to still call her every night. Not a lot of people would do that.
My cousin's daughter, Chrishanne, is in surgery right now. She has esophageal cancer and they are removing her esophagus and pulling her stomach up and reattaching in its place. She has now gone past the 10 hour surgery mark but is still doing okay. If any of you are still up I know she would appreciate your prayers. She is a good Christian woman and has already gone through the pre chemo regime to get to this point. She is brave—I don't know whether I would have agreed to this. Her kids are in college.
Thank you. Chris
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wheatfields,
A loving sisterly bond has kept you in your sister's thoughts. 💕
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Thank you all for your prayers. I didn't tell too many people of this situation. For one things happened pretty quickly. I am so grateful for all of you and so grateful to God in how He worked all things for good for me today. I have been studying up tonight on the CT scan of the sinuses. I would love to have this balloon surgery for my sinuses and my ear. This all starte with me seeking relief from the ear pain but the more I studied my documentation it was sinus and ear equally getting infected.
Wheatfields, I know how difficult it is to watch your loved one going through this awful disease. We were so fortuante that our Mom recognized us always. I volunteered in the memory care wing of this assisted living facility for many years. My church partner and I would give the patients a mini service. I was always amazed at how some of the people that didn't speak much knew all the words to the old Hymns. I would stand behind and most of the time i could not get through the Hymns because it was just so emotional for me so I get it. Of course I would be not only grieving for all of these patients but for my Mom as well.
Chris, it is quite late here but I will pray for Chrishanne for this very long surgery. My Dad had esophagus surgery many, many years ago and it was a very painful surgery for him. I realize things can quickly change in the way they perform surgery and I will pray right now for a successful surgery and with GOOD pain control. A ten hour surgery is hard to imagine for the patient, the doctors and nurses and everyone taking care of her. I pray that she will make a complete recovery and that she will recover from this is record time.
God bless all of you. Teka, and Hershey and Cheryl andTw,Jenn. and Joey Girl. Praying that each one of you the Lord will touch you with just what you need from Him. He knows our needs before we even ask Him. Joey Girl I left you a response and I couldn't find it today. Praying as I know you needed peace in your fear. I do pray God will envelop you with his strength and guidance.
Have a good night.
Love,
Nancy
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Dear sisters,
Our assistant pastor sent an email late last night to let the church family know that Pastor John has gone to be with our Lord and Savior. He is home with Jesus and cancer free in paradise.
Luke 23:43 Jesus answered, "Truly, I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise."
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Hersheykiss, I am sorry to read of the passing of Pastor John. He was a faithful servant now celebrating life in heaven. May you church be comforted.
Thank you for your prayers for Chrishanne. She is recovering in ICU for a few days after 11 1/2 hour surgery. She will have a long recovery but the doctors say they got it all and see no evidence of any spread.
Nancy, continued prayers for your appointment today.
It is chemo day for me today. I know God is with me.
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Overy, Chris
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