06.29.05 - Fuck!
Fuck!
Well, here I am sitting in Sloan Kettering in NYC. Just found out that I do indeed have cancer mets in my lungs. There are about 9 spots. The protocol is CPT11 every other week and this other drug (the one that Martha Stewart got in trouble for) every week for 2 months. Then another CT scan, then take it from there. More news as it happens...meanwhile back home on the phone....
Right now I am on hold on the phone with United Health Care to see if I am covered for Erbitux (that was the drug they threw that criminal Martha Stewart in jail for). Well, after getting the usual runaround, I was connected with a nice woman named Karen. she explain to me that I have to have my Dr submit a predetermination (I guess it's like seeing if I'm "sponge worthy") Of course that could take 30 days, but after a little gently prodding, I was told to ask for it to be expedited and it could be done in 5 days. I'm still rather numbed and bummed, but not too angry. I was kind of planning for the worst and the worst side effects are constipation (everyone else on chemo gets diaharerra -I can never spell that word) and I may get acne! Great, my 11 yr old and I can share the Clearasil...
9 Comments:
Crap, Phil.
I know you have a lot on your mind, but if you think about it please keep us posted. I wish I could think of the right thing to say.
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fugusashi, At
June 29, 2005 10:17 AM
Fuck indeed, so sorry to hear the news. Be like Sharkie, stay focused on destroying the enemy. Destroy! Destroy!
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Chloe, At
June 29, 2005 1:50 PM
I will keep you all posted. I sometimes feel it's better me than my kids or my wife. I seem to handle it pretty well (I guess, at least that's what everyone tells me) Paula, there is no 'right thing' to say, or a 'wrong thing' to say. I don't mind talking about it, so if you want to ask anything about it, please feel free. Also to all of you, don't take your health for granted. I felt great before all of this shit happened to me, so make sure you get yearly physicals and get your husbands/boyfriends to do it too. Guys are so anti-doctor, it's amazing. I was getting regular checkups, and this still happened. But that is another Blog! One other thing for you Paula, I see you've been graced by the presense of a total asshole on your site. I'd like to knock his teeth out ;-)
And Chloe, I'm sicking Sharkie on the tumors....
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:phil:, At
June 29, 2005 2:47 PM
Thanks, Phil. I'm totally thinking of you. Don't worry about the 'asshole'. He's humorous. He's artsy. He's totally face punchable.
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fugusashi, At
June 29, 2005 3:13 PM
One man's art, is another man's fart!
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:phil:, At
June 29, 2005 3:36 PM
That is true. Bunkton's website is hilarious, once you get used to his humour. If you're in need of a laugh, you might go there. He's a good writer.
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fugusashi, At
June 29, 2005 3:57 PM
Phil, is there any symbolism behind your use of Sharkie? I mean, you can inject sharks with cancer and they just gobble it up like nothing happened. How cool is that!
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Chloe, At
June 29, 2005 9:56 PM
Hi Chloe, I didn't make the connection about the shark, but may there is something there on a subconcious level. It just started out as a response to one of Paula's funny posts. I do remember hearing that sharks don't get cancer (but they do eat people!) and in the 1970's, there was a craze that shark cartilage was the miracle sure for cancer. Of course, they were wrong....
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:phil:, At
June 30, 2005 7:48 AM
Phil..I'm on vacation at my folks and just had a chance to log on. I am so sorry about this crazy stuff you are going through. Gads...like Paula said, what can you say? I'm going to have to turn up my positive energies to a higher frequency. That's what I get for buying a positive energy generator made in China. Dang. :)
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evawebdiva, At
July 01, 2005 6:10 PM
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