Tuesday, April 27, 2010

STUPID CANCER/CHEMO

I AM GOING TO BLOG IN ALL CAPS TODAY BECAUSE I AM SO FRUSTRATED!!! MY HUSBAND CASEY HAS BEEN IN SO MUCH PAIN FOR SO LONG AND ALL BECAUSE HIS FIRST LIVER TRANSPLANT AT BAYLOR, WHICH BAYLOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE WELL KNOWN FOR, GOT SCREWED UP SOMEHOW!!!  THE LIVER DONOR THEY USED HAD  LUNG CANCER!!  THEREFORE, THE LUNG CANCER THAT HAD  METASTICIZED TO THE DONORS LIVER WAS "SOMEHOW" MISSED AND THEN TRANSPLANTED INTO POOR CASEY!!!  BECAUSE OF THIS, WE HAVE HAD TO ENDURE SO MUCH PAIN AND ANGUISH!  HE RECEIVED ANOTHER LIVER TRANSPLANT TO REMOVE THE CANCEROUS LIVER, BUT IS STILL HAVING TO GO THRU CHEMOTHERAPY!  BECAUSE OF THE CHEMO, HIS WOUND IS NOT HEALING.  HE HAS AN OPEN WOUND THAT IS AN OPEN INVITATION FOR INFECTION...ONLY TO CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS!!  BECAUSE HIS WOUND IS NOT HEALING QUICK ENOUGH, HE HAS DEVELOPED TWO HERNIAS WHICH ARE CAUSING HIM TO BE IN CONSTANT PAIN!!  BECAUSE OF THE MEDS HE IS TAKING AND THE EFFECTS OF THE CHEMO, HE  CANNOT SLEEP.  MY POOR HUBBY IS A MESS...HE IS IN PAIN, CAN'T SLEEP, HAS DARK CIRLCES UNDER HIS EYE, WALKS HUNCHED OVER...ALL THIS HAS NOT ONLY TAKEN A TOLL ON HIM BUT ON ME AS WELL!!  IT DEPRESSES ME TO SEE HIM IN SO MUCH PAIN...KNOWING THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. AND  AS IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH!  I STRESS OUT ABOUT HAVING TO PAY THE MEDICAL BILLS AND PRESECRIPTIONS AND COPAYS...IT SURE AS HELL IS NOT BAYLOR...WHO PUT US IN THIS SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!! 

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