Medical Ramblings
It's me again with an update on my left shoulder injury. Here I have been saying my bicycle accident was July 4, 2018. That is incorrect. It was on July 14, 2018. I saw Dr. Brian Ogg an Orthopedic on September 20, 2018. He had looked at my MRI from on the 5th. I have a rotator cuff tear and osteoporosis arthritis in my left shoulder. The tear is in the back of my rotator cuff. Usually those type of tears are found in the front. He gave me a steroid shot for my pain in my rotator cuff. He said he could do surgery, but he chose for me to have the shot, do therapy exercises and take Glucosamine for joint health. I am to try that for a month and go back and see him for a check up. Just from the shot I had a lot more movement in my shoulder and hardly any pain. He recommended me to also take Tylenol Arthritis 8hr. and use a topic creme for pain. I have been taking Tylenol and a muscle relaxer I had left over from my cancer surgery. The exercises he gave me to do for therapy, are compatible to my exercises I was given from CTCA after my breast cancer surgery to speed up the healing process. I am to do them 3 times a day. I need to get back into a routine, as I have gained a few pounds back from the original 17lbs I lost in 2017. This does not make me very happy.
I go back on October 5, 2018 to CTCA for my first mammogram after my surgery. After my surgery on April 4, 2018, I was pronounced cancer free. I am praying the mammo shows I am still cancer free. At the time of my diagnoses, prognoses and surgery I praise God I had no pain or sickness from the tumor. I was very sore and still am a little from my surgery. The doctor had to cut through muscle tissue to get to the tumor. This is a major surgery. My road with breast cancer is a miracle in itself. I feel such a fake going to CTCA for follow up appointments. I go there and see so many people fighting all kinds of cancer. Many are dying. Many are taking chemo and radiation treatments and loosing weight and their hair. I didn't have any hair loss from my cancer. My hair has been thinning for several years now. I can't do much with it any more. I did not take chemo treatments. I was given radiation at the time of my two surgeries. In between the two. I am on a pill for 10 years to block hormones in my body to keep the cancer from coming back. They are called chemo pills. I kept saying I wasn't taking chemo, but actually I am. Some times they upset my stomach and cause cramping in my arms and legs. I was already dealing with those and arthritis pain. It is recommended for me to take the pill at night so the side effects will be lessened when I wake up in the morning.
I don't think I blogged about a dear sister in the church that lived at Jasper, Arkansas, Kathy Lawson and her journey with cancer. I didn't know her personally until about four years ago. I have known her husband Donnie since I was about 9 years old. We met at Dover Family Camp in about 1962. She was a very sweet and gentle lady. She had a long and hard journey with different kinds of cancer. The last it had went to her liver and she died. When I went to Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Ok for my surgery, I did not realize that is where she was going to take her cancer treatments. She and I shared the same oncologist, Dr. Sagun (Say-goon) Shrestha. A very nice and caring doctor. I was the one to inform her that Kathy had passed away. She was very saddened to hear this sad news. She asked me to let Donnie know how sorry she was to hear of her death. I told the doctor I hardly ever see Donnie but I would contact him on face book and tell him. I was able to tell him just a few weeks later in person. A dear brother in the church Lawrence Eddy passed away from cancer and we both attended his funeral.
So many people are being diagnosed with all kinds of cancer. To me the sades cases are those of the children. Praise God many have been healed, but sad about all those who have lost their lives. As most of you know, my mom passed away with cancer in December of 2014. She had two kinds, breast cancer and later lymphoma. It was sad to see her struggling after so many chemo treatments. The cancer kept going in and out of remission. All though it wasn't diagnosed as such, the cancer eventually went to her brain. She became very confused and afraid of dying. In the end she went peacefully. She just went to sleep. I praise God for his mercies to her. She lived about 15 years with cancer, dying at the age of 82. Here it is 2018 and she will be gone four years in December. Do I still mourn her? NO! Do I miss her? Most definitely, but praise GOD she is at peace and no longer suffering. I am waiting for the day we will meet again in God's wonderful and ever lasting Kingdom here on earth.
God Bless
*Starlight*
I go back on October 5, 2018 to CTCA for my first mammogram after my surgery. After my surgery on April 4, 2018, I was pronounced cancer free. I am praying the mammo shows I am still cancer free. At the time of my diagnoses, prognoses and surgery I praise God I had no pain or sickness from the tumor. I was very sore and still am a little from my surgery. The doctor had to cut through muscle tissue to get to the tumor. This is a major surgery. My road with breast cancer is a miracle in itself. I feel such a fake going to CTCA for follow up appointments. I go there and see so many people fighting all kinds of cancer. Many are dying. Many are taking chemo and radiation treatments and loosing weight and their hair. I didn't have any hair loss from my cancer. My hair has been thinning for several years now. I can't do much with it any more. I did not take chemo treatments. I was given radiation at the time of my two surgeries. In between the two. I am on a pill for 10 years to block hormones in my body to keep the cancer from coming back. They are called chemo pills. I kept saying I wasn't taking chemo, but actually I am. Some times they upset my stomach and cause cramping in my arms and legs. I was already dealing with those and arthritis pain. It is recommended for me to take the pill at night so the side effects will be lessened when I wake up in the morning.
I don't think I blogged about a dear sister in the church that lived at Jasper, Arkansas, Kathy Lawson and her journey with cancer. I didn't know her personally until about four years ago. I have known her husband Donnie since I was about 9 years old. We met at Dover Family Camp in about 1962. She was a very sweet and gentle lady. She had a long and hard journey with different kinds of cancer. The last it had went to her liver and she died. When I went to Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Ok for my surgery, I did not realize that is where she was going to take her cancer treatments. She and I shared the same oncologist, Dr. Sagun (Say-goon) Shrestha. A very nice and caring doctor. I was the one to inform her that Kathy had passed away. She was very saddened to hear this sad news. She asked me to let Donnie know how sorry she was to hear of her death. I told the doctor I hardly ever see Donnie but I would contact him on face book and tell him. I was able to tell him just a few weeks later in person. A dear brother in the church Lawrence Eddy passed away from cancer and we both attended his funeral.
So many people are being diagnosed with all kinds of cancer. To me the sades cases are those of the children. Praise God many have been healed, but sad about all those who have lost their lives. As most of you know, my mom passed away with cancer in December of 2014. She had two kinds, breast cancer and later lymphoma. It was sad to see her struggling after so many chemo treatments. The cancer kept going in and out of remission. All though it wasn't diagnosed as such, the cancer eventually went to her brain. She became very confused and afraid of dying. In the end she went peacefully. She just went to sleep. I praise God for his mercies to her. She lived about 15 years with cancer, dying at the age of 82. Here it is 2018 and she will be gone four years in December. Do I still mourn her? NO! Do I miss her? Most definitely, but praise GOD she is at peace and no longer suffering. I am waiting for the day we will meet again in God's wonderful and ever lasting Kingdom here on earth.
God Bless
*Starlight*
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