My nickname is kelly. I'm a 40yr old mom of two beautiful little girls, two guinea pigs and a hamster(Rocky)~ICU nurse~cancer survivor~recovering addict~ex-smoker~living
in Calgary, Alberta.....
.... or...
just another sheep searching for the meaning of life and everlasting
happiness....
bahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
When i find it i'll be sure to let you know though ;)~~~~~~~~
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Currently i don't know if i'm going to maintain
my blog on a daily basis but i am going to blog ACC (cancer) updates - the
original reason for creating my webpage and blog. *Hugs* to my friends and i wish
anyone looking for information about cancer on behalf of themselves or friends
and family all the best on your journey. ~kelly sXe
"With happy
thoughts,
faith and trust and
a sprinkling of fairy dust"
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Tuesday, December 31, 2002
Gee i keep forgetting to mention i'm booked for a CAT scan on the 6th of January. I'm amazed they got one so fast... that was less than two weeks... only saw the doc last week. And they say the Canadian medical system is screwed... ha! ;)
Also, my last chest xray didn't show anything. Whatever the nodules were/are they have either gone or are not showing up anymore or as my doc says the doc reading the xray may have not bothered mentioning them. I don't like the last option very much but that is what she said. Oh well whatever... if and when they get big enough to be a problem i will find out. I get chest xrays at least once a year so they will not go undectected. I'd rather find out sooner than later but i can wait till my next cancer clinic appt in March to mention it to the oncologist.
I'm really pleased about getting the CAT scan sorted out. That was much more important to me so i can find out what this lump in my mouth is. It's a little bigger i think and it doesn't hurt anymore. I think all the poking around i was doing was making it hurt. The doc says it's in the floor of my mouth. I wasn't quite sure how to describe where it was.
I'm a little concerned that the CAT scan won't help them determine what it is and even more concerned it will show nothing. To the docs it just feels like the skin in my mouth is bumpy and that is more or less what it feels like to me when i feel it with my fingers too. But when i feel it with my tongue i can tell it is definately a lump and there isn't another one the same on the other side.
After the difficulties i went through getting diagnosed the first time i'm not very confident they will find out what this is for sure. And now after reading everything there is to know about adenoid cystic and how few docs have a experience with it i'm even less confident they will deal with this properly. But i have been known to be wrong... *grin*. Time will tell.
susi
4:50 PM
"I have heard it all my life,
A voice calling a name i recognized as my own.
Sometimes it comes as a soft bellied whisper.
Sometimes it holds an edge of urgency.
But always it says:
Wake up my love.
You are walking asleep.
There's no safety in that."
- -- Oriah Mountain Dreamer
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"You're an interesting species... an interesting mix.
You're capable of such
beautiful dreams...and such horrible nightmares."
- -- Contact
C A N C E R S T U F F
accoi - adenoid cystic
carcinoma organization international
