Saturday, November 14, 2009


Good morning all.I have some wonderful


news on this bright and sunny day.We


have been looking for me a new pulmonary


dr. now for months.but I wanted someone


I knew and trusted to know them and trust


them.No more like I had before I went to Houston.


Well it took months,but we have him.He


could play Santa,sh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!He's a big


man with a bit of a tummy.And a beard.


Very blunt,so much he apologizes for it.I


would rather that than to be mealy -mouthed.


He had nothing but awesome things to say


about my drs in Houston and what an awesome


job they did.And this Dr.has started doing lung


volume reductions also.They have brought it back


here.So he knows exactly what is going on with my


lungs. But he also said,'i wouldn't have touched you."


"You were in just


too much of a mess".But thank God they did.


He said I can of course see,you were just doing


whatever you could just to live.


I had had a runny nose forever and been to


an ear nose and throat dr.(because of my vocal


chord being replaced).And--------------my tongue


burned.I thought here again,it was the chemo.


He gave me a script for the nose,first spray,


no more runny nose.and I had thrush mouth from


the inhalers I use.I am on the 4 th pill now and the


blisters in my mouth are nearly GONE...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


He has made quite the impression on us.He also guessed


for me to have 5 to 7 yrs.Of course no one knows but God.This is


an estimated guess.But it felt good to think I may live this long.'


Who knows,in five to seven yrs.they may have another procedure.


I figured maybe a year after all I'd been through.5 to 7.I'll take


gratefully.


I also have a cute little story to tell you.Most people,especially


Ms Melissa of Melissa's' heart and home know I have a pet rooster.


This rooster lives in the house.


When he was little we were trying to train the dog.Roo paper


trained.The dog,still not.


He is fascinated with shoes.1.He hates them because I got him


In April


and in the house 1. am always barefoot.He knows when you put


on shoes you are going to leave him.Never the less he doesn't


like shoes.But he still likes to play with them to try to tear them up.


My hubby works for the city of Garland and wears big,ole steel


toed boots.Roo of course was playing with them one day.I would


give a hefty penny to have a picture of this.But alas by the time I


got the camera,the "show"was over.


He actually had BOTH feet in the correct shoes.Can you imagine?


These big ole Strong study boots and this scrawny little rooster trying


to lift them.I was just surprised he got the right feet in each.Of course


he couldn't lift them.


He weighs 13 lbs which is big.But not as heavy as those shoes/ha.


I have given up on trying to keep my blog going.I just don't have the time.


I have radiation everyday,chemo once a week.And during the week I have


other drs and dr chores to do.Right now we're trying to get my glasses


and my "free"cranial prosthesis"(wig).


It was suppose to be that simple on both.Get my eyes surgery then j"just run by any optical and pick -up my "free glasses'.Same with the wig.My dr gave me a prescription and I can just "run by any wig salon and pick one out.WRONG.................But after two days on the phone......and i am NOT exaggerating,my daughter found someone to take BOTH...........
But I will jump in every once in awhile like I am doing now and give my precious friends an update.And perhaps as update on Roo if you'd like.Meanwhile I will just visit you all and see what wonderful and creative things you have come up with.You ladies amaze me with all your talents.
love you all.....Anniepoo


Thursday, November 5, 2009

THANK YOU LORD


I must tell everyone what is happening .It is

so wonderful.Yesterday I cleaned out my

fridge.By this I mean taking everything out

and taking all the parts to the sink and washing

them .

Can you believe this?I didn't keep track,I wish

I had but about4 weeks after surgery I started

cleaning.ha,if you can call it that.Most of you know,

my daughter moved in and her and my husband

literally took care of me totally.There was so little I

could do for myself.If it had stayed that way much

longer,I would've gone to a nursing home.It was

almost too much.

But back to my story.I started by making up my bed,

Easy, Right?We have a simple comforter and sheets.I

would have to sit and rest and catch my breath literally

5-6 times.I never timed me,but it took a while.

Now lets update this sad story.ye-ha--------------.

I have been taking of course chemo and radiation.The

first week I got flu-like symptoms from what the dr

thought was the chemo and it would happen every week.

Wrong,this week I feel GREAT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.

I have become anemic from the chemo,Tuesday they gave

me a super-duper iron and vitamin shot.WOW.I felt so good

I wish I could have them everyday.

And along with cleaning my fridge,I am about 99 % in charge

of my house cleaning.My dh has to do the vacuuming.I

may never get to vacuum again,aw----------------.tee hee.

I have 3.5 weeks to go.It s tiring to go to Dallas everyday and

fight the traffic.But these people are so and kind,they all but make it

fun for you.

For instance on Halloween they had a spread for us.Cookies,

chips,dips,you name it.All of it was delicious.As my dr.passed by I

thanked him for the little party."he said.we'll do anything to get yall to eat."

haha.

And another blessing?I.of course i am on oxygen.My "lease "is 50 ft.long.

I can just barely stretch from one corner of my house to the other.I am

constantly getting tangled and stuck.So like every thankful just to be

able to breathe person would do.I YANK my cord.Sometimes pulling it

away from the machine
.End result,I am on ZERO oxygen.I am on 4,we are going to try to get me down

asap.sometimes I run out of air before i know it.Sometimes I realize it and am still breathing almost normal.

What happened to that lady that was suppose to be dead i.5 yrs ago?

What happened to that lady that woudln't make it through the surgery

and set records there?What happened to the same person the drs said

the copd and emphysema would get me before the cancer?

My baby girl used to tell her brother and sister with her little fists on

her hips,"you ain't the boss of me."Well I know who the boss of me is,and he

isn't quite ready for me,YET...............................Love you all.Anniepoo


Friday, October 30, 2009

HAPPY PINK SATURDAY


Happy Pink Saturday to all.Of course we all


know our sweet and charming Ms Beverly is


our fine hostess of this event.Please stop by and


see what everyone has for us today.It will be



very interesting,especially this close to Halloween,


hummm?Here's the way to Ms Beverly.




I have only one picture to share today,but she is special.

I bought her recently at a garage sale.sh----------we won't

tell any of the drs.okay?

We have to go to treatment 5 days a week.Sooooooooooooo

on some of those days I feel really good,some days not too good.

But when I feel good we stop and shop and look.I have been

shopping and thrifting more recently than in the last 2 yrs.

No I don't ovedo it.We stop here or there for a few minutes

and I ride a scooter car.

But back to this lady,isn't she lovely.Doesn't she remind you of Vanna?

She does me.I have found several jewells,but this is the only pink

for today.I will try to keep up and join in one of the other days so I

can "legally" show you my other "toys".

Thank you all for your concern,now to go see everybody else.Lets'

goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

A very happy Pink Saturday

First a little note to my sweet Ms Beverly.

She not only let me slide by for months,

she also e-mail constantly checking on me.

And with her with a very sick mother.

Bless you Ms Beverly.

Hello everyone.

I am so tickled to be back.

More so,I am so happy to feel like being here.

I have tried to keep up with even a few of you.

But when you don't feel well,even reading is a

challenge.

I don't know if I will be able to post every

one of the ones I used to post.But everyone

has been so patient and so loving I am going to

try to at least keep up with more of you all.

As we all know this is cancer aware time.

So today I celebrate the lucky ones and the

ones with more grit than John Wayne.

You know some smart person said ,"growing

old is not for sissies?Well,I am only entering

cancers gates and it's not for sissies either.I

toast my glass to you all.All you survivors.

I had no idea what it was all about.You all

deserve some kind of GRAND AWARD.My

hats off to each and everyone of you.love

Anniepoo=============

Now lets all go check out Ms Beverly's long

list of beautiful pinks.
http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/























Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Another Miracle

Well you all can guess by the title,
my Jesus helped me one more time.
First,thank you for all the love,the prayers,and all those
tears.
We went Mon to get the mri.I was a mess,I was
so nervous.As we were leaving the tech said it will take
2 days to get the results.Even with medication
I had a time sleeping.
My pastors wife told me yrs ago,"if you ever have
trouble sleeping,just pray."'the ole devil will have you asleep fast."
Yesterday morning as soon as the dr opened we were on the phone.
My daughter called,since I haven't been able to talk on my own behalf
she is used to it.Yes,the results were in.
You can imagine,i could not--------wait another
minute.I called the dr back and asked to talk to him,PLEASE..........
I promised i would still come,but please,i'have to know.
He said," you have a beautiful brain,your sinuses
are horrible but your brain is great.Oh
thank you,Jesus,thank you.
Now we start radiation.And he wasn't trying to say mine is nothing to worry about
but in the cancer realm,mine is easier to fix.Thank you again Jesus.So,lets,all get back to living,huh????????What cha say?yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Monday, October 12, 2009

An Add On

Well today is the day I have long
dreaded.At 2:45 today I get MY
MRI to see if the cancer has gone
to my brain.I really don't feel like
it has.Come on now,I'm too smart,
haha.
Then tomorrow the worse day of all,
the verdict.Both my girls,my son and
my hubby are going,I wish I could
just stay here.
What I really wish is,he would call me
with the results,Then we could make an appt.
and talk about the options.
There again.if you don't want to hear the worse,stop
reading now.The way it has been explained to me.
If there is cancer i will be a 4 carcinoma,inoperable.
Either way,it will be Gods will and i am truly
comfortable with that.God Bless you all for caring.
I dearly love you all.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Can we talk?

Ladies,I do hope you don't think this is gross
of me.But.....I have a zillion questions roaming
around in my mind.I have read some on the
internet.My Dr.gave me a book,but I want a
person to talk to.
I remember not to long ago going to visit a
friend in the hospital.The hospital was under
construction.A nurse was kindly showing me
how to find my friend.We passed a sign that said
oncology.I had no idea what it meant.I asked her.
Was I living in a fairy land or what?I still wish so
bad I didn't know what that word meant.
I know alot of you have had cancer.Would you
mind sharing with me?If you are uncomfortable
telling the world,here is my e-mail.
Jamesaskelton@yahoo.com.
I will appreciate this so much.................ANN