Well.....I made it. It was questionable for awhile but I did it. The stent has been destroyed, smashed into a zillion pieces and I can't tell you how much pleasure that gave me. I got to take home my mask. I thought I'd keep it for awhile and ultimately dispatch it to the trash room. I am going to try to insert some pictures in here if I can remember how. If not, I'll call my friend Nicole and she can give me the rundown again.
Dr Beadle, Nurse R and me. l
I gurss I managed without Nicole, but thanks anyway It was good knowing you were there if I needed any help. I know that it ain't over yet but the soprano is warming up and she can't wait to scream those opening notes. I look at this as the end of phase one of the treatment. I won't know anything until phase two which will occur in December when I meet with Dr Weber and Dr Beadle for an evaluation of the Radiation. At that time I'm sure it will all be perfectly clear.
Bell Ringer
Above are but three of the important people in my treatment. There were many more and so much more that I want to say about my treatment and M.D.Anderson. First that it is an amazing institution where the patient comes first. I've never been to a hospital like this and I hope that I never have to go one again, but it's so good knowing that it is here in my back yard if it is needed. They must issue subliminal training tapes to all their personnel stressing the patient comes first and that it's always the patient. All the people with whom I have had dealings certainly felt this way from the valet parkers (who always remembered my name and always asked how I was doing) to the people at the check in desk to whom I was more than just a number. I always had the feeling that I was not just one of the 90,000 patients that MDA sees in a year but that I was special. Everybody feels like they are special but there it is a reality. This is a hospitsal where doctors are available to the patients, business cards with cell phonne numbers are dispensed and no matter how busy they are, they aren't too busy to see you. Are there drawbacks to this? sure, sometimes there is a little longer wait to see the doctor but knowing that the same treatment is being afforded to other patients is comforting unto itself. Cancer is the great equalizer and we are all the same and we are all pulling for one another.
Now, I'm really tired and am going to take a nap.
WoooHoooo! I am so excited for you (and proud that you remembered how to post the pictures.). Congratulations on making it. We knew you could (and congratulations to Nurse R for making it too).
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