Can You Read Me Now???????

Whence last I posted it was meant to be only for a day or two before the next post and here we are over a month later!  This time lapse is due to a restriction being placed on our internet service.....seems we have a kind of metered type; which does work nearly as fast as what I had with dsl in Colorado, BUT, if the metered terms are violated then the service is essentially shut down until the appropriate amount of 'punishment' has been exacted.  There are three of us who use this service and one of us was downloading waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy too big of something.  The someone who just had to have that something had to suffer with the other two of us; especially since that something downloaded won't even work without the internet....sigh. (no, it wasn't me)  So anywho here we are, can you read me now?

Much has taken place since the last post in this quest for healthcare. As of July 8th, I am finally in the medical program I wanted to access.  In the end they were able to accelerate the process for me due to the nature of my health condition; which is deteriorating daily.  On this Wednesday, the 14th, I'll go back to the GI specialist for updating my records then hopefully even have the colonoscopy yet this week.  This needs to be done asap, I'm losing quite a bit of blood daily and of course all those old symptoms connected to anemia are back; including losing my hair again.  I still cannot get dental care until this situation is fixed.

Being in this program means I can go to the hospital I've already been to here.  This is very good as they are hooked up with MD Anderson cancer center in Houston just in case I am in need of more monster care.  The program is also retroactively picking up the tab for my two trips to the hospital, plus all the 'satellite' billings connected to those visits.  So after a bit of wrangling down here I have a primary care doctor, a GI specialist and access to monster care.

Big news after 3 weeks of waiting for test results are:  my 2nd PAP/HPV tests came back in good standing!!!  This means I'm hopefully still in remission.  What's going on now has been verified as radiation treatment fallout and if I'm not in remission let the battle begin, again.  You all know how I feel about this:  I am in a win/win situation; healed here or in the hereafter and that makes it a bit easier to go through treatments having that reassurance.

I should make this post longer with more details of what's happening but right now I'm tired and pleased to finally update this little blog.  I know even when you don't hear from me that you're still praying for me...I know because I can feel the results of them.  Thankyou for your continued support and love.

To know the joy of living is to know life's worthwhile things:  The satisfaction of work well done, the joy that friendship brings, courage after doubting, understanding after sorrow, learning from our yesterdays and looking toward tomorrow; it's counting up a lifetime, not by the years we've spent but by our store of memories and by our hearts' content. ~Amanda Bradley