Sending prayers and hugs. I hope the biopsy is benign, and things get better for you soon.
Thelma Lou, I’m sorry you are having to deal with all of this and that it’s hitting you all at the same time. I am sending many hugs and positive thoughts your way.
Wow, that would mean so much to folks there who don’t get visitors, and create love and good from a relationship which didn’t have enough of it. So meaningful and such a generous thought.
Hoping for the best.
Sorry to hear about the crap that Fate is throwing your way, Thelma. My best wishes for a healthy outcome!!
Many years ago I work part time in the kitchen of a care facility. They had every level of care, from small private apartments on down to full time 24/7 nursing care.
There will surely be something you can do. Or you could create a job. If there’s a local library that has no delivery service the large print books, could be a real boon.
And just having someone to talk to helps. One time I was going down a hallway to an assisted dining facility and a little old lady in a wheelchair was going the other way. She stopped me, and I found she thought I was a relative. She was distressed because she said she was hearing that my brothers and I were fighting again. (She wasn’t a relative and I have no brothers.)
I could have said “Ma’am, I think you are mistaken, I don’t know what you mean.” But I decided in that instant to, well, lie, to her. I hung my head and said “Yeah, I’ve been meaning to talk to them about it, I’ll do what I can.” And just like that she was happy and rolled on down the hall again. Those folks need an ear, no matter how often family visits.
PS, I’ll be thinking about you tomorrow morning.
Thanks, y’all. I’d appreciate positive bolts and waves of energy sent toward South Texas at 8 am CDT tomorrow morning. I’ll report back.
I’m in central Texas and at 8 a.m. I will be walking laps on a track at the gym with a bunch of other oldies, and I will send energy and get everyone else to do same. Good luck.
Oh this is really too much to deal with all at once Thelma Lou. Just be sure to ease up on it all you can as you go
My condolences. Being an only child is difficult sometimes.
Positive energy your way!!!
yes energy from me sent. Your threads here are my mostest favorite:D
Sending you megavolts of positive energy. My late mother used to say, “I’ll take whatever you send me, Lord, but ONE THING AT A TIME!” I don’t know if you’re religious or not, but the general sentiment seems apt for the week you’re having.
I will be thinking of you tomorrow. I had a partial mastectomy a week ago and can’t imagine having to go through the whole biopsy-diagnosis-surgery thing again, let alone having a biopsy the same week I lost my mom. I’ll check back here to see what you found out.
I think the universe owes you big time. I hope it pays up soon.
I’m sorry you’re having to go through all of this.
Best wishes.
fingers to temples, eyes closed, beaming the Thelma-love
It’s almost 0800 CDT, “Intensify beaming in 7 minutes and counting”.
Prayers and white light sent to Thelma Lou at 8:08 CST Thursday. I’m sorry about your mom. No matter how sucky the relationship was, it’s a difficult thing to go through. We at SD have some might broad shoulders for you to lean on.
That is a terrible week. I hope you get good news this morning.
The vibes came through loud and clear this morning—whoa–they had to strap me down to the table. (Not really, but thank y’all so much.) The procedure went fine, everyone there was very nice and competent. The Doc who did the biopsy is the same one who did mine three years ago.
For those who don’t know, a [POSSIBLY NSFW] stereotactic breast biopsy like I had is done by the patient lying face down on a table with her breast hanging down through a hole in the table. The doctor is in a rolling chair, and they raise the table and he rolls under there. Pretty freaking weird. You get a shot of lidocaine and they start poking and slicing away. It was not painful, but the table was hard as a brick and uncomfortable.
Unfortunately, I remembered incorrectly and you don’t get the results immediately. I guess it doesn’t really make sense that you would because the tissue has to go to a pathology lab, etc., etc. So I have an appointment next Tuesday at 1:30 to get the results. I said, “Can’t you tell me over the phone?” Of course, no. They will want to check the healing of the place where they took the tissue, but why can’t they say, “Your results were fine, you don’t have cancer, but come in and let us take a look at your wound.” But no. <shrug>
At this place you do get your mammogram results immediately, so I guess that’s how I got confused.
Thanks for all the kind words, understanding, and good wishes. I’m going over tomorrow to finish clearing out my mother’s room.
Ugh. I’m sorry you have to wait that long to find out. Not the same test, but I did get the ultrasound-guided biopsy results by phone. It still took two business days. I didn’t have the stereotactic biopsy, but the MRI was similar: lying face down on a table with breasts in holes. I kept humming, “Do Your Boobs Hang Low?” Fortunately, the tech couldn’t hear me over the machine.
I hope the time flies by.
I am keeping a good thought for you ThelmaLou, during this time. Take care, and here’s to better days ahead!
Glad that’s over, but we’ll just just keep sending Bounteous Beams of Benignitude til your next visit. But don’t leave that appointment before you update us…
(Next Tuesday, 1:45-3:45pm CDT, got “check TL thread” on the calendar)