cancerhat Patient Expert

Minneapolis, Minnesota
My name is Patty and I'm a person who hates wearing hats, both literally and figuratively. Now I... Full Bio
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The last month or so has been in ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer The last month or so has been incredibly stressful as I was finishing out my old job (my job was eliminated and my last day of work was this past Friday and I was STILL transi ... Read on »
Someone must have, dammit. We ju ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Someone must have, dammit. We just got a phone call. TB now also has bone cancer. EDITED 10/23/2009 – He does not have bone cancer, the kidney cancer has metastasized to ... Read on »
Boy, oh boy. When it rains it po ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Boy, oh boy. When it rains it pours, doesn’t it?First of all, some good news. TB was in a really good mood yesterday! He even agreed that yes, he needs to eat more and w ... Read on »
I think by far the toughest ques ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I think by far the toughest question presented to us so far is how long will hubby (TB) live? Answer: No one knows. Here’s the deal.Because kidney cancer affects each in ... Read on »
Much has happened since the last ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Much has happened since the last time I posted. Not all good, not all bad. With regards to my mom’s cancer, in addition to the numerous body scans to determine where in ... Read on »
Last week we found out the hubst ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Last week we found out the hubster’s cancer treatment is no longer working, so this coming Wednesday we’re going to meet with the oncologist to start a new one. We ... Read on »
The dude is crabby today. Has be ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer The dude is crabby today. Has been a couple times this week, very snappy and biting in responses to me – very unusual for him to be crabby more than a couple of times a ... Read on »
Nearly two weeks ago TB and I we ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Nearly two weeks ago TB and I were in the waiting room at the cancer treatment center, and I remember noticing a woman wearing a handmade shawl. I only know it was handmade be ... Read on »
We saw the oncologist last Tuesd ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer We saw the oncologist last Tuesday and the results are: status quo. Or as the hubster likes to call it “suspended animation.”What this means is that the mass of ca ... Read on »
You know that post just before t ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer You know that post just before this one? About the HUGE bill? I received a call after about 2 weeks and they said, yes – that is an error, feel free to tear up the bill. ... Read on »
On Monday this week, the physica ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer On Monday this week, the physical therapist came to give TB a work out session. But TB ended up over doing it. He keeps telling his friends and whoever else will listen, that ... Read on »
My previous post ended with: ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer My previous post ended with:I bet you any amount of money that some other thing will happen or change between the time I leave here and arrive there.I was so correct. Not all ... Read on »
A frustrating day. First, we&rsq ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer A frustrating day. First, we’re informed that TB needs to go to a transitional care unit and that the social worker is attempting to find him a bed somewhere. Then this ... Read on »
TB called me last night and was ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer TB called me last night and was very medicated and apologized for being in a bad mood when we visited him. I told him because he was in pain, that he deserved to be in whateve ... Read on »
One of my best friends came over ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer One of my best friends came over today and we went to the hospital to see TB. When we entered the room there was a nurse there talking with him. When I saw him for the first t ... Read on »
October 20, 2009 ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer October 20, 2009 TB decided and the oncologist agreed (I believe with a sigh of relief), it’s time to finally do the surgery on the right femur (the kidney cancer has me ... Read on »
Before I talk about TB and how h ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Before I talk about TB and how he’s doing, I’d like to note how well my mom is doing. She’s had 4 (maybe 5) chemo treatments to date for her B-Cell Lymphoma. ... Read on »
TB has decided to not do radiati ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer TB has decided to not do radiation after all. See this post for information about that. He contacted the doctor’s office and explained that unless someone can tell him w ... Read on »
An individual left an anonymous ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer An individual left an anonymous comment on this blog stating he (I’m using ‘he’ for simplicity sake) felt I was out of line sharing TB’s and my thought ... Read on »
The nurse from the oncologist&rs ... by cancerhat Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer The nurse from the oncologist’s office called about TB’s lab results from the bloodwork yesterday, she said his calcium levels are too high (I was at the store whe ... Read on »