"we should ask the scientists to change our car into a drill so we could dig deep in the earth to search for dinosaur bones, and diamonds and mole people." - my son Nathan
"...those kids fight like wild chimpanzees on steroids and cocaine. Enough to where you may want to break it up with a broom stick rather risk a infected secondary wound." - My husband talking about our youngest sons.
"This is to all us guys who do dishes. Do not wash a piece of Tupperware...you used to soak a carburetor in gas and carb cleaning liquid... in the dishwasher." - my hubby
" Mom, make sure you take a deep breath and bring an extra pencil with a BIG eraser". - Nathan when I told him I had to get lots of tests done in L.A.
When I asked my son Ben if I could help catch the bad guys, he very seriously looked at me and said, " No Mom ~ deep sigh~ I work alone.".
"Mom, could you please pause the story, I need to get a drink of water." - Ben when I was reading to him one night.
"That Joe don't have a very good memory does he Mom." - Ben while watching a Blues Clues episode where Joe was trying to get the kids to guess the answer.
When I told Jonah he needed to get dressed for school before he watched TV , he said " MAN, no'fin 'bout dis is wight!"
I was reading to the boys, "The Berenstien Bears, Too Much TV", the part when Momma Bear says no TV for a week, and Nathan said " and that's mean right?"
Not a quote, but I LOVED it when Jonah figured out how to "work the system" at school. He noticed when he was riding the bike at school other kids would do pesky things like ask for a turn. He figured out that if he used the scooter track instead of the bike track ~ the kids would forget about him and go play something else. What a smart kid!
Oh and on a scale from 1 to 10 my pain level is a big fat 0 !!!!!!
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Hi Stacey... my name is Maureen and I was just introduced to your blog by my daughter, Erin, who has been keeping a blog about her Dad's cancer of the esophagus. I have spent a little time reading about your experience with EC and it sounds like it almost mirrors our experience. We have been very blessed to live by one of the leading cancer hospitals in the country so we have been able to stay home for treatment. I can only imagine how hard that has been for you to be away from your family. It sounds like you are in what I called "the honeymoon" phase of treatment - the time between treatment and surgery. It was a wonderful six weeks for us because he got almost back to his normal self before surgery. It was kind of hard to believe that he still needed it, but like you, we know the chances of it returning and we just wanted all of that nasty cancer out of him! I just brought my husband home from the hospital last night after having his surgery (they took 1/3 of his esophagus and 1/5 of his stomach). He was only in the hospital one week instead of the 10-14 days they originally told us. It has not been nearly the horrific experience we were "warned" about! As a matter of fact, I think it has been much easier than treatment was. They have WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL drugs they have been giving him and as long as he keeps getting his drugs on time he has had very little pain. He is, of course, uncomfortable, but like I said... nothing like chemo and rad were! The one thing I hated more then anything since we started this whole thing was how any one who has had cancer or "knew" someone that had cancer would tell us EVERYTHING we would or could experience while going through this. The one thing we have learned is that everyone's experience with cancer is different, so I will spare you all of our details, but I will leave my e-mail address below so that you can e-mail us if you should have any questions at all that we could answer for you. I do know one thing and that is that many more people beat this then "research" on the internet would have you believe (especially those that are otherwise healthy and young)! We are LDS too (my husband is currently serving as Bishop - an additional challenge during treatment) and I know that my husband being so healthy (no smoking or drinking) in addition to his Priesthood blessings have made all the difference in the world! I wish I had known about you a few weeks ago. We were in Newport Beach for a business trip (yes, he has continued to work through all of this). I wish we could have had dinner together or something (even if it was pureed)! We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers as you go through this next phase and will continue to read your blog to see how you are doing! Again, please let us know if there are any questions you have. May God be with you and your family and friends that have endured this with you! Maureen (texasmacs@comcast.net)
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