marching orders

sheila · Senior User Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 480

thats good news Bruce hope things keep going smoothly for you. It had to have gone well being that your released from the hospital already. Smile

DulcimerGal · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: marching orders

Bruce -

Yeah - great news to see you out already - that laproscopic stuff is amazing!

Don't worry - we can handle the details if you feel like posting -
Keep resting up and thanks to God for listening and answering prayer!

Cheers
DulcimerGal
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Finished 6 weeks of radiation and chemo 4/23/08
Surgery to remove tumor - June 18th 2008
Colostomy Reversal August 20th 2008
Five rounds of Xeloda (chemo) to ZAP anything left!

bruce henderson · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:10 pm Post subject: Re: marching orders

hey everybody...i can only sit up for a few mins.at a time. this is by far the worse i have felt in 5 years. no way to get confortable. i have a deep burn at the base of my spine angled into my left hip. it is burned from the inside to the surface and needless to say it will not get better until the plastic surgeon does the grafts.he want even look for two weeks. one looked while i was on the table and declined to do anything at the time.wait for all swelling to go down. good news is they were able to get both tumors. the liver went smooth the next day. i opted to get it over while i was there......my wife and i was married 45 years in july but eventhough i hate divorce i'm not sure how many more bandage changes this union can stand. god bless......bruce

star · Senior User Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 308 Location: Ohio

HEY BRUCE,

Good to hear from you and glad everything went well, and hopefully swelling and pain will all subside. You are a tough guy, and your marriage will survive.... so you keep going and we are all praying for you and cheering you on...

God Bless ... Best Wishes ........Rob

bruce henderson · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: marching orders

thanks rob...i'm either going to knock her out or cancel her credit cards. would'nt want to go on without her. she's the wind neath my wings. may god bless cach of you......bruce

bruce henderson · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: marching orders

hey everybody...two weeks since surgery and accident. no improvement. pain worse daily.i was called in yesterday. burned area was peeled of dead skin and absess drained.much relief. back next mon.for repeat and continued weekly till skin grafts can be started.very deep burn and i have no idea when it will start to heal. thanks for your kind words and prayers. god bless....bruce

topazil · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject: Re: marching orders

Tears in my eyes as I read this, dear Bruce I pray for you and your pain to ease, I pray that nothing comes back to make you have to go through any of this again and I pray for you and your wife and your marriage.

You are in my eyes very courageous and very brave as I do not know if I could endure half of what you half ((((((BIG HUGS))))))))))))
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Total hysterectomy July 23 2008, mass in colon.
Colonoscopy Aug 2008
Rigid Sigmoidoscopy with a laparoscopic-assisted partial colectemy with en bloc small bowel resection Sep 2008
Diagnosed: Stage IV Colon Cancer mets to lungs and liver. (T3,N2,M1,G2) KRAS Mutation
Started chemotherapy: 09/14/09 Folfox-6 with Avastin then Avastin alone.
Next treatment 03/22/10 Camptosar with Avastin every 2 weeks for 3 months then PET scan
Most recent CEA Level: 03/08/10 79.4 down from 240 on 03/01/10

star · Senior User Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 308 Location: Ohio

HI BRUCE,

Thinking and praying for you every day, and hey you are going to make that 50th anniversary, as your mansion long way been ready yet.

Keep going and keep smiling and know we all care and God cares more

BEST WISHES ROB

bruce henderson · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:04 pm Post subject: Re: marching orders

hey rob...thanks for your kind words and and all your prayers on my behalf..like i told sheila ''my bags are packed for the journey'' ...i know the way to the station..the ticket is free if you ask for it..i know my destination..i just don't know the time of arrival. as long as i am here i will fight and it will take more than i have been given this far to change that. man can live fourty days without food ...eight days without water eight minutes without air but not one second without hope. all of you give me hope.,,,god bless...bruce

REB · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: marching orders

Stay strong, Bruce.
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10/01/07 - Removal of Stage III Colon Cancer Tumor & Temporary Colostomy
11-07-07 - 04-09-08 FOLFOX regimen and Avastin.
04-28-08 Colostomy Reversal
06-02-09 3 Tumors in the adipose tissue.
06-23-09 Start FOLFIRI and ERBITUX chemo.
10-26-09 Tumors gone.
11-25-09 Finish FOLFIRI, continue ERBITUX
01-27-10 Tumors in Liver and Adrenal Gland
01-28-10 start FOLFIRI and ERBITUX chemo.
Age Diagnosed 40. Current Age:43

sheila · Senior User Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 480

hope your hanging in there! thoughts with you and yours tonight.

bruce henderson · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:07 pm Post subject: Re: marching orders

hey young lady...hope your mom's trip is just a brief one and all she needs is a little tune up. i'm doing fine. going in mon. for another peel and hope grafting can be started soon. pain is nothing compared to last week and it seems to my wife there is some pink signs around the edges. we hope this is new live skin. thanks for your concern. may god keep your mom safe...bruce

star · Senior User Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 308 Location: Ohio

Hey Bruce ,,

Pink is good....yeah ??? praying for you for Monday and sucess, glad pain is a bit better and I am praying it away,,, you are right about hope we all need that so much.....

You are amazing Bruce ... and inspiration to us all..

God Bless You and Your Wife

Rob

bruce henderson · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject: Re: marching orders

hey everybody....just got home from ''skin peeling'' no grafts will be forthcoming!!! plastic surgeon is just to evaluate the damage and see how much can be repaired. surgeon only said not yet when asked by my wife when she should make app. w/p.s. hole will have to fill in on it's own. how a 2'' deep crater almost the diameter of a half dollar can heal is beyond me. she watched the entire ordeal and was given new orders. seems she was using the wrong gause to keep it plugged and must now use the one they supplied as it is much coarser and will dry out in 12 hours so when it is removed everything comes out with it as opposed to the soft one she was using that did'nt stick. she was sparing me the discomfort but was defeating the purpose all in all i feel ok. she did say she saw live tissue all the way around and it seemd to be more cone shaped like it was filling in from the bottom.sure hope so .....god bless ....bruce

bruce henderson · Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: marching orders

hey ya'll...just got home from hospital. they said everything looked fine and would just take time!!! it's been five weeks? at least they had me sent down for cat scan to see how deep the burn was.and doubled my dossage of pain killr. a wound spec was called in and changed everything we had been doing and hopefully something will get better. thanks for letting me whine. big ole cry baby from ga....bruce

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