Errant Penny ([info]errantpenny) wrote,
@ 2005-10-25 12:13:00
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Mom update
Mom called -- tests show no cancer but "several" ulcers. :) & :(

Her docs think this may be a result of her years-long aspirin therapy for heart problems.

Mom said, "So -- I think I need to get my heart doctors and stomach doctors in one room and ask them what I'm supposed to do!"

Go, Mom.

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[info]blakeh
2005-10-25 07:28 pm UTC (link)
Ulcers are no fun, but I'm glad it's not cancer. I wish her the best!

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[info]errantpenny
2005-10-26 02:49 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! She's a very tough lady -- she's been through more in her life than most of us could ever imagine.

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[info]seajelly
2005-10-25 08:47 pm UTC (link)
what relief:-) so glad to hear it's 'just' ulcers! and i'm glad you didn't have to wait too long for those results!

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[info]errantpenny
2005-10-26 02:50 pm UTC (link)
Thanks. Yeah, the speed of the diagnosis was a good thing. Apparently, what they saw when they looked in no way resembled cancer, though they did take some cells for a biopsy, just in case.

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[info]pinkroo
2005-10-25 09:54 pm UTC (link)
my mom had the exact same thing--except hers was bleeding, and she passed out and threw up blood while on vacation. NOT fun--but after some meds, she was fine.

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[info]errantpenny
2005-10-26 02:51 pm UTC (link)
Wow -- that sounds traumatic!

Mom said that she'd just been experiencing a lot of nausea and bloating. She said, "It felt like I was pregnant again -- and I KNOW I'm not pregnant!"

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[info]quiet_life
2005-10-25 10:06 pm UTC (link)
glad the news is (mostly) good. i hope the docs do come up with some concensus that eliminates her ulcers. (she might be able to get them to do a phone conference)

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[info]errantpenny
2005-10-26 02:54 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! Hey -- a conference by phone is a very good idea!

Mom's care is tricky -- she's exhibited severe reactions to a lot of different medications. She suspects that may be related to...some things that were done to her when she was a child, when she was in Auschwitz (and I know that I haven't written anything about that, yet.)

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[info]myasma
2005-10-26 07:45 am UTC (link)
Well that's good news! Other than the ulcers, anyway.

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[info]errantpenny
2005-10-26 02:55 pm UTC (link)
I know! You've met her, you know -- she seems indestructible to me. I have to keep reminding myself that that's not true, so I won't be completely sideswiped when she's no longer around.

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[info]inishglora
2005-10-26 09:26 pm UTC (link)
I'm glad you didn't have to wait long to find out.

I know that aspirin makes the stomach bleed, so if I have to use it, I use the enteric-coated kind. Doesn't help that I have a genetic predispositon to ulcers, thanks to my high-strung grandfather.

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[info]errantpenny
2005-10-27 01:57 am UTC (link)
Yeah, the speed was good for all. It surprised me, too. Apparently, what the doctors saw on the scope-y thing in no way resembled cancer, though they did take some cells to biopsy, just to be sure.

Mom *has* been taking aspirin daily with her doctor's knowledge -- I'd assume it would be the type to limit stomach side-effects, but I don't really know.

Mom is a high-strung type, too, in case that wasn't already apparent from the ulcers and heart trouble. Though I also consider myself high-strung, I tend to take after my healthier, lazier dad -- we both love our doin' nothing time, and our sleep!, while Mom is the type who always has to do three things at once.

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[info]seajelly
2005-10-28 08:31 pm UTC (link)
waving 'hi!' hope the new job is going well!!

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