Ten down and ten to go-9/15/09

Hi All,

I have finished 10 radiation sessions and have ten to go. I'm feeling it for sure. Without going into all the gory details. Keep praying and thanks for praying. The nausea and vomiting are less and somewhat under control. Like one of my doctors said, "it's like a 3 ring circus". You use one medicine to help one problem and then that creates another problem. Last time I did radiation I did get radiation pneumonia. They fixed that with steroids. I saw Dr. Rigberg today and he did mention that their is fluid on my lungs again. That explains the constant tickle and cough.

Anyways...At Rigbergs today we talked about what he called me about last week after the scan. It looks as though my Superior Vena Cava is about 80% decreased. So I will need to have the vein stented. I still have not had a consultation with the radiologist who would do the procedure. That appointment with Dr. Hayward will be on Fri. The Dr. at my Radiation place suggested we wait to place the stent until they are finished with my radiation. This will run into the end of Sept. By my Fri. appointment that leaves about a week and a half left of radiation that is supposedly shrinking the tumors making it all a little less dangerous. I will wait till Fri. to find out what is next. Meantime I do have an appointment set with Dr. Kerr my regular family dr. We'll let him weigh in on all these changes since I have last seen him too.

Thankful for my family and friends and all the moments we have together. Thanks so much for all the prayers! I'm believing for a miracle and for God to reverse all of this and heal me!

Love to all!!, Peggy