I finished my last 5 minute radiation session to remove a squamous cell skin cancer from my forehead today. This was the last of 16 5 minute sessions. Upon leaving the office a nurse presented me with a nice box of See's Dark Chocolates.
Just completed my 12th Radiation Treatment for a Squamous Cell on the neck and a Basal Cell on the leg. Each session takes only 90 seconds and is sure better than surgical removal of skin cancers. My exposure to the strong Ultra Violet Rays of New Zealand & Australia were the cause----despite Sun Screen.
A friend said all her cancers on her legs was from a lifetime in the sun, she was born and raised in So.Cal and spent so much time on the seas on about 40 some cruises she's talked about. I've never been on a cruise and had no desire. I'm good in the skin cancer arena. This friend has also dealt with 30some yrs of "ideopathic" neuropathy as her docs say they don't know why..I know why and I'm no doc, all the radiation, and cancer surgeries and the statin drugs she has been taking, and the docs say "they don't know why". They come across like they are brain dead.
Yes unless the next full body scan in December shows something. I have gone through much less than many of my fellow residents.
Well, this is why assisted living is such a great alternative. No matter a person's health issues, they always have reliable help and care nearby. If my mom's fibromyalgia complications continues to get worse, she is contemplating assisted living because it's hard on my dad to care for her. I, of course, have offered, but she said she feels she would prefer to have a medical staff around. She does take a lot of medications which causes falls and other issues. I have told her about your place and that I think she would like a similar situation.
Bess, I was told in 1999 I have the FM stuff, and I have forever questioned it. There is a real connection between optimal thyroid support and this bag of stuff they call Fibro. I use no drugs for it and all supplements in general anyway, and my issue is osteoarthritis more than anything. Years and years of joint damage. Assisted living places that are high qualify here in my area can be upwards of $6K per month. I hope I can take care of meself until I'm done as once we give up, that's it...we do less and less and less for ourselvs.. I was in a hospital rehab situation in 2016 with knee staph infection, long story, I did NOT walk for close to 3 months due to infection that docs did NOT find...when I finally got rid of the infection and was being discharged, the rehab wanted to know if I wanted a wheelchair at home and I thought of that, but my daughter said NO, mom for sure you will give up. She was so right.
@Lon Tanner I am lucky they have caught all my skin cancer early and been able to get it off without too much fuss and pain. They find something to take off every year. I was also foolish as a young lady that thought wearing bikinis wouldn't be a problem because of my slightly darker complexion. Sun screen didn't stop the damage either. Good thing about the full body scan is it will show any form of cancer. Have you had genetic cancer testing?
@Bess Barber About fibromyalgia .... all it means is one has chronic pains in their muscles and tendons. It is NOT a diagnose, but a LACK of one. When doctors can't admit they don't know, they give the FM thing that has its own diagnostic ICD code. Why pay a doctor to tell you what you just told them, but they repeat it in fancy words. To break it down .. definitions ....Fibro - relating to or characterized by fibers - Myalgia - pain in a group of muscles. Of course they have no clue how to treat it except use drugs that seriously unbalance electrolytes. If she is able, get her to a seniors women's therapy group (PT monitored) that use exercises to help overcome the pain and RETRAIN the brain not to detect this DEFLECTED pain. To make a long story short, I was given the FM label at age 59 and put on Tegretol. I gained weight like 70 lbs and matters got worse, falls, crippling pain, dizziness, skin rashes, etc. I went through painful testing for MS and got the atypical MS dx. I was put on Lyrica (very dangerous drug causing fainting). More expensive test all the while getting worse. Finally got into a specialist that said all those specialist needed to go back to school. My MRI indeed did look like MS, but it wasn't. It was from having the chickenpox virus Varicella turn into Zoster and never break out as shingles, but silently destroy brain and facial nerves, causing permanent facial numbness, loss of hearing, partial blindness, etc. I was started on daily antiviral medication for life and joined a group that did exercises for body strength and mind retraining. It took 6 years but I did it!!! Your mom is no doubt older and may take other necessary meds, but any given solely for FM cause serious problems. Sorry Lon for getting this off topic.
@Faye Fox My mom says many of those same things. She said if she could go back in time, she wouldn't have trusted them when they started giving her all the meds, but in her 80's, it's too stressful to go thru withdrawals....and I agree. She may as well have a happy high between bouts of pain.