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Main Boards => Prayers/Concerns/Honors/Ailments => Topic started by: BenBow on September 06, 2011, 10:51:00 PM
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HI all
I got out from the hospital A week ago Saturday felt pretty good till Tuesday morning. I'd had a shot to boost my immune system that was to build up my white count. When my body tried to comply the rest of the weakened system collapsed. So had to go to the ER Saturday at 11 am and finally got admitted to the main hospital at 3 am Sunday am. My room had major electrical and plumbing boxes in the ceiling so I haven't wifi or good cell coverage. Yesterday afternoon they gave me a new room and my strength is coming back. Anyway my red cell blood count went way down and had severe chest pain like the worst heartburn you ever had. I lost count but I think this is the 5th or 6th blood transfusion I've had since Saturday. I also had a bag of platelets as well several bags of antibiotics. The finally found the source of the chest pain which was what's call a thrush. They've been treating me for that so I can drink water again. Now that they are able find out what was causing everything I've been feeling better. They had me do another CT scan to check for internal bleeding to see why I need so much blood. Hopefully they'll get that resolved soon. At least the pain is manageable now.
Thanks for your prayers
galen
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Lord please stand with this brother in this time of need. Father thank you for allowing him to share this news with us here and me most of all as it shows me how selfish I am in my day to day affairs. Lord you must be ashame of me and my little pity parties when things don't go the way I think they should. Thanks for giving this brother the strength to share so as to remind me that I have nothing to whine about or be mad about and also to remind me that when I am feeling sorry for myself that I could be lifting up others who have greater needs than the ones I'm whining about. Thank you for your love and grace and thank you for the healing we have wittnessed in Galen's life. Father continue to hold him close and continue to lift him up to his normal self. Be with his family as they stand with him as well. It is in your name I ask these things.......Amen. Thanks for sharing this here as it has lifted me out of the fog that has been surrounding me today.......Dusty
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Prayers up for you and hopefully they can find the problem and solve it quickly. Best wishes.
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Keep us posted, Galen, now that you've a room with wiifi ability again.
Prayers for a rebound that would put Koby Briant to shame!
Keep the Son in your eyes
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Prayers from KS!
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prayers from N.C.
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Prayers sent.
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You're in my prayers.
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Prayers from here!!!
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STILL in the hospital. They can't figure out where all of the potassium is going. The labs say I'm still way too low and now they think the have to give me 2 more units of blood. They've done ct scans looking for internal bleeding and have found nothing. Neither my urine or faeces show any blood. So I'm doubting their lab results. They did a needle blood draw instead of out of my port to see what the results of that are. Right now it looks like another day in the hospital and this is getting old. Tomorrow will be 7 days.
Thanks
galen
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Prayers sent!
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They found out that last night's set of labs were messed up. The blood draw they did this AM showed everything normal so they will do another blood draw to confirm the last one. Thanks for the prayers.
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Galen,
Good Luck, Hope you can go home and feel better!
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Prayers continue, Brother Galen! You'll be home soon enough driving Maxine whacky... :)
All the goof ups that hospital did from the ER routine throughout your stay.... they need to see about more training!
Give em my name...did OD in a hospital for a few years. I can set em straight! :)
Get on home. Your dog misses you!
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Prayers continuing from here. May God grant you renewed health and strength.
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Hospitals aren't perfect a fact that you can witness,but they are trying to help,glad the test results were in your favor,keep the faith.Larry
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Keep swallowing them Potasium pills, Galen!
You'll be back doing a jig in the back yard in no time...
Prayers continue!
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Dr said approx 5-10% reduction in tumor size which for lyposarcoma is good since chemo doesn't have a big effect on it. Dr says I need a break and tests to see how we will proceed. Thank God for answered prayers and for your prayers.
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Good news BenBow. Hang in there. Prayers go up daily for your full recovery my friend.
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Prayers sent!!
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Met with the oncologist Monday. He wants me to rest up for a couple of weeks then we will look at doing only one of the chemos that I had before because it was too much for my body to take them both. We are also looking into a chemo that is approved in England and is being studied here. It supposedly works well on this type of cancer. The oncologist and the surgeon reviewed the ct scan and the surgeon said that she couldn't take out the last portion of cancer during the original surgury because I'd been in surgery for 5 hours and had lost a lot of blood by that time. It wouldn't have been safe to take out what was left because of the amount of colon that would have needed to be removed. They both believe that the tumor is stable now and may not start growing again for quite a while. The surgeon said if it did she could go in and remove it then. So I'm resting up and getting built up to continue the chemo to keep kicking the cancer's butt. The chemo will be done outpatient now which will be better for us. Continued thanks for the prayers!
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Thank you, Lord, for being with our Friend, Galen.
Thank you for your power in beating down this devilish ailment.
We pray for your continued mercy on Galen that by Your stripes, he might be fully healed and rid of this noxious pest!
Your Galliant warrior Galen, will continue his love and his fight in your name for your kingdom, regardless, but we'd like to keep him around a goodly while, if it be your Will.
Thank you, Lord. Amen.