-- Sue R in Ohio
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin M" <rmasse2333@aol.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 8:29 PM Subject: Keep me in your thoughts & prayers
> Dear All, > Sat will be my last chance to get in here until after I get to Germany > for my surgery with DR Korell & Spray Gel. My dear Dan will post for me > while I am gone. My 1st surgery is on June 3. Please keep me in your > thoughts & prayers that I may have a successful 1st surgery with out the > return of adhesions. > I also found out that my insurance co has denied my claim agian!! Saying > I could find someone to help me in my plan area. I have been to so many > Drs & no one is willing or able to help me. My PCP keeps me semi pain > free with pain meds. I resently went off the duragesic patches because > my co pay was $80 a month. That was on top of several other meds I > take. > I also have to return tomorrow for a repeat mamogram from 2 weeks ago. I > do have a mass that has been watched for the past 12 years, but this is > a smaller lump they are looking at. I also am having a ultrasound done > on it tomorrow too. I will not have the results until after I get to > Germany, so I will be leaving not knowin what is in store for me when I > return. My family history with breast cancer includes my grandmother > who lost a beast to cancer, my Mom lost both breast 7 years apart to the > cancer & her sister lost a breast to a fast spreading cancer. I am not > scared as I know the Lord is with me and will comfort me, but am > frustrated that it is one more thing to deal with. > I will be gone from home for 4 weeks because I am flying out of Phoenix > and it is 6 hours away from home, so Dan will not have to take off work > to take me to & from the airport. He has already had to take off a lot > of time from work to take me to Dr appointments in and out of town. > I am going to miss Dan & my kids. > This Saturday, our son Jacob is graduating from High School. This is a > great accomplishment since he has a short term memory problem and has > been in special Ed since elementary school. He is graduating with a > high A this year and an over all high B. Several of his cousins have > droped out of school, so I am especially proud of him. His older Sister > & her hubby will come and my parents will also come & his other Grandma > will be there too. We will be having a little party afterwards & then > he will be off to celebrate all night with his friends. (all the kids > spend the whole night out on graduation night-small town-but we all know > what is going on & where) > I will also miss my pets! My dogs, Pack Rat, Feliz, & Patches, my cats, > Kitty, Mooch, YumYum, Lilly & Sugar, and my hamster Little Bit, and my > fish. I am taking my teddy bear that Dan gave me for Valentines so I > will have a cuddle buddy. > My prayers continue for all of you. For those in pain, I pray for pain > free/less days. For those who have had surgery, I pray for continued > adhesion pain free. > all my love, > robin M >