Post by CherUniverse on Jul 24, 2004 15:27:31 GMT -5
Hi everybody! This is my first try at being back online since becoming sick... so I thought I`d drop in on you and give you my own personal update.
First off I want to say THANK YOU for all of the prayers, phone calls, well wishes, cards and Cher gifts!!! I can`t say how much they all have ment to me or convay what the Cher community that I have been a part of for so long... has especially ment to me as an extended family outside of my surroundings. Being a Cher fan has almost always been a positive thing in my life and came to my aid in unknowing ways when I needed Cher in some fashion in the past, and now more then ever. So guys are a part of that and I THANK YOU.
I live day to day now, moment to moment, and right now... today... I am doing good. I`ve been in and out of the hospital but I`m home now and have been for several days. I`ve had 2 blood transfusions and white count shots to get my low white count up after my first round of kemo. They have you wear a mask if you have to go anywhere when it is that low and anyone with a cold or anything near me at those times must wear one especially. My count was as low as a 2 and now that it is 11 I don`t have to use the mask now. If it drops again after my next round of kemo (which is Tuesday, Wed. & Friday of this next week)... then I`ll have to wear it again until it`s up again.
BUT... I am STILL going to Cher`s concert Aug. 4th though, mask or no mask or if I need pushed in a wheel chair for lack of energy! I can`t miss her in my own hometown and it is the only thing I have to actually look forward to right now. See? Cher comes to my aid again.
Perfect timing for a show here Cher! To the over-all powers that be... THANK YOU. Meds come in all forms.
Well, 2 days ago was a hard day. I lost my hair. Most of you know that I have always had long blond hair down to my waist, so this was hard for me. I saved 2 pigtails of it but that was it. Caps are now a part of my future and Cher is part of that as well, along with cool looking biker do rags that I like a lot. Bount one on a whim once a few years back (has white skulls with red fire on black) but little did I know I was really going to need this one day. Glad I kept it.
But ya know what`s coolest though? A couple of Cher friends contacted this lady on the net who sells scarfs, caps and do rag type things and she made me one with Cher`s name all over it, white on black just like I wanted! She`s rushing it here so I can have it by show time and thanks girls for getting this for me!
Well, I`m not sure what else to tell you all except my treatment continues and I`ll keep you post if I can myself, if not... one of my friends will. I have yet to have another scan to see if the tumor is shrinking or not, so we`ll see in the next few weeks I guess.
Thanks again for everything... and please keep the positive prayers coming, as I appreciate every single one!
Pam
First off I want to say THANK YOU for all of the prayers, phone calls, well wishes, cards and Cher gifts!!! I can`t say how much they all have ment to me or convay what the Cher community that I have been a part of for so long... has especially ment to me as an extended family outside of my surroundings. Being a Cher fan has almost always been a positive thing in my life and came to my aid in unknowing ways when I needed Cher in some fashion in the past, and now more then ever. So guys are a part of that and I THANK YOU.
I live day to day now, moment to moment, and right now... today... I am doing good. I`ve been in and out of the hospital but I`m home now and have been for several days. I`ve had 2 blood transfusions and white count shots to get my low white count up after my first round of kemo. They have you wear a mask if you have to go anywhere when it is that low and anyone with a cold or anything near me at those times must wear one especially. My count was as low as a 2 and now that it is 11 I don`t have to use the mask now. If it drops again after my next round of kemo (which is Tuesday, Wed. & Friday of this next week)... then I`ll have to wear it again until it`s up again.
BUT... I am STILL going to Cher`s concert Aug. 4th though, mask or no mask or if I need pushed in a wheel chair for lack of energy! I can`t miss her in my own hometown and it is the only thing I have to actually look forward to right now. See? Cher comes to my aid again.
Perfect timing for a show here Cher! To the over-all powers that be... THANK YOU. Meds come in all forms. Well, 2 days ago was a hard day. I lost my hair. Most of you know that I have always had long blond hair down to my waist, so this was hard for me. I saved 2 pigtails of it but that was it. Caps are now a part of my future and Cher is part of that as well, along with cool looking biker do rags that I like a lot. Bount one on a whim once a few years back (has white skulls with red fire on black) but little did I know I was really going to need this one day. Glad I kept it.
But ya know what`s coolest though? A couple of Cher friends contacted this lady on the net who sells scarfs, caps and do rag type things and she made me one with Cher`s name all over it, white on black just like I wanted! She`s rushing it here so I can have it by show time and thanks girls for getting this for me!
Well, I`m not sure what else to tell you all except my treatment continues and I`ll keep you post if I can myself, if not... one of my friends will. I have yet to have another scan to see if the tumor is shrinking or not, so we`ll see in the next few weeks I guess.
Thanks again for everything... and please keep the positive prayers coming, as I appreciate every single one!
Pam
There is a Cher after party happening too that night so if I`m upto going for a bit I really want to take it in. I`ll have to play it by ear. It`ll be a long night and I`ll do what I can.
