Update – Long Overdue!!

My life has been… CRAZY to say the least. I apologize to my readers for not keeping up better updates. I will try and nutshell as much as I can and I will try to keep up MUCH better with the updates!!

First, my dad. In case you didn’t read this post he has cancer. It’s a trying time for my family. We are going through a lot of changes and a lot of things. This is especially hard on me because I am daddy’s little girl AND because my brothers are not showing much support or concern. I will be there through every moment of my dad’s journey. No matter what. I just will. I am very family oriented and we have a SMALL family. My dad and mom, my 3 siblings. My husband has his mom and dad and 1 sibling. So it’s close knot because we don’t have a large family to depend on. My brothers are avoiding everything like it’s not happening or that they don’t care. I understand that everyone deals with things differently, but it’s hard for me. I know *IF* something happens they will regret it later. They don’t see that. Anywho… My dad had to see a dentist for his teeth on Tuesday. He got them all pulled. He only had 6 left, but they removed them. They won’t last through Chemo & Radiation so it was just best. He’s healing from that…. SLOWLY. On Wednesday, he had the PET Scan, which came back CLEAR for cancer anywhere, so that is good. On Thursday, he seen the surgeon. They inserted a G-Tube in his stomach. This is because his throat will be very damaged and he may not be able to eat by mouth. Sad, but it’s to ensure he stays healthy and nourished. He’s healing good, although very tired. I feel bad because we haven’t even started treatment and he’s so worn. He’s officially on disability at work too.

Next, my brother. On Monday my brother text me and said “Can you come and get me?” This was odd because he has a car. I replied and said “Where are you?” He replied “My apartment.” I replied “Sure, what’s up?” He replied “I am in pain and it’s not right.” I replied “On my way. Stay still till I get there.” Now I know it’s odd to have this via text and your thinking why didn’t he call… well when I got to his apartment I found he was completely out of breath and could barely breathe, let alone talk. He said there was a TON of pain in his left side. We got him into my SUV and drove him to the ER. There we sat from 2:00pm until 6:00pm. They ran a lot of tests and hooked up an IV. He entered up having a CT Scan at 6:00pm. At 6:30pm they came back in and said… Surgery at 7:00pm. His appendix was rupturing and needed to be removed NOW. But wait, his pain is on the LEFT not the right. His pain was displaced, and it is common. So at 7:00pm I called my mom up there, she stayed until 9:00pm when he was out of surgery and ready to go to recovery. I needed to leave so I did. He stayed the night and I picked him up the next day at 11:00am. He’s home and recovering and getting ready to eat his first REAL meal. They have you on liquid and soft diet for 3 days after appendix surgery.

Lastly, me! I am set to go see the surgeon and muscle specialist on Tuesday the 23rd. They will be taking a biopsy of my muscle from my left leg, thigh area. This has been HARD. I haven’t been able to take any Advil or Aleve. Only some Tylenol but not a lot. UGH! I take Advil daily so this is a struggle. I need it to get through the day with my pain and inflammation. I will know more once the biopsy is complete. I will update then! As far as my weight loss, that is going well. There are no diets for quick weight loss that have worked for me, so this is an ongoing work in progress. I will keep working on it. For now the Quick Trim and exercise is working. After the biopsy I won’t be able to exercise for 10 days though. That is going to be tough!

A lot is happening here in the next couple days. The kids birthday party is tomorrow. Mariah turned 9 and Alex turned 6, so we are celebrating tomorrow with all their classmates. My MAC laptop is on it’s way. FedEx site says “On FedEx vehicle for delivery” so I am JUST waiting…. impatiently!! I will have more to update soon!! TTFN bloggers!!