Well, we have a lot to cover so I thought we'd use the Q&A format to catch everyone up.
Q: What did you find out Friday when you went to the Holdenville Hospital for your CT scan?
A: Not much yet. The doctor will look at the scan this coming week or the next, and I'll have an appointment with him and get the results and go from there. I suspect we'll have the lung biopsy after that -- probably in March -- but I'm still hopeful the scan or the blood tests will show that I don't have to have one. We'll see. The Holdenville Hospital, by the way, is first class. Very nice facility, first rate equipment, and friendly personnel. I would recommend it to everyone in our area who needs a CT scan.
Q: How are you feeling?
A: Pretty good. In a strange quirk, I've felt better the past couple of months than I have for a long time. If I didn't cough blood in the mornings, I'd think I was the picture of health. I've continued to exercise at the fitness center, and I'm gaining strength and endurance weekly. I've also been working on controlling my blood sugar, and I've been doing much better on that. (I've mostly stopped drinking soft drinks and given up sweets. It's amazing how hard that is, but I'm doing it.)
Q: Do you think you have cancer?
A: No. I have no symptoms of lung cancer other than the coughing blood. No shortness of breath, no unexplained and rapid weight loss, no overwhelming fatigue. The first CT scan showed my lungs filled with whatever it was. If it's cancer, I should not be feeling as well as I do. Or at least, according to the research I've been doing. I also have never smoked or been around anyone who did smoke. I also didn't work at any job where I would was exposed to hazardous chemicals or dust. I'm also young for lung cancer to develop. However, there are people who get lung cancer and are outside the normal parameters. Let us hope and pray that this time I DON'T beat the odds and have it.
Q: How are you feeling emotionally?
A: I won't lie. It's hard. I'm on a roller-coaster. I'd like to get off, but I have to ride this one until the end. Hopefully that end will be a good report on my health.
Q: You haven't been blogging.
A: Sorry about that. I do check on everyone's blogs, and of course, I'm on Facebook daily, but no blogging. Haven't felt much like doing so. I'll try to do better.
Q: So what have you been doing?
A: Praying, reading, walking, talking and praying with friends, housework, etc. Nothing that exciting other than the next thing I'm going to tell you.
Q: So tell us already!
A: I've opened a new Cafepress store! It's called Oakleaf Harbor, and it combines all the Murder by Dewey Decimal and Murder by the Acre merchandise as well as new items for EndlesS. I don't have much in the EndlesS section yet, but there will be more. And there will be an Inspirational section and a Humor section. I have big plans for the store and hope to implement them over the next couple of weeks. Here's the link: Oakleaf Harbor.
Q: What all are you going to be offering there?
A: T-shirts, sweatshirts, caps, mugs, bags, clocks, cards, calendars, magnets, buttons, journals, boxes, etc. Quite a lot of different merchandise. I'm particularly excited by the plans I have for the Humor and Inspirational sections. I'm be updating you as I offer more and more merchandise over the next few weeks.
Q: How goes the writing?
A: Not well. All this emotional turmoil has stalled Murder by the Mile. I'm hoping I will get writing again soon. I do think about the book a lot. I haven't given up on it and will get it written eventually, I hope this year.
Q: Anything else?
A: Just that I greatly appreciate the support, friendship, prayers, and concern I've been shown over the past couple of weeks. You have lifted me up. I thank you, thank you, thank you. Please continue to remember me in your prayers as I remember you. Have a great week and God bless you.
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2 comments:
Keep hanging in there, dude.
I am glad to hear the good stuff you're writing and will continue to keep you in my prayers. I hope the results are as you hope. On an unrelated note, I did start reading those books...it might take me a bit longer than usual since convention is coming up in 4 short weeks and this is the absolute busiest time of the year for me...so I'll do my best, but I'm afraid I'm not going to be as fast with these as I was with others in my collection. So far, very interesting...I just don't feel like reading when I went to work at 4:00 in the morning and didn't come home until 6:30... This week is going to be a killer. But, THANK YOU for the books, and I'll get them read and give you my thoughts ASAP!
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