I wanted to mention that most states have a federally funded Traumatic Brain Injury program that provides a lot of assistance for patients with brain injuries including sitters for home care, respite care, etc. That might be something you could look into as a possibility for your husband
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:03 PM, peg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Guys, > After 25 years with an unpredictible disease like MS, I thought I could > roll with the punches, but this week really knocked me flat. It would > appear, after further consideration, that the lesions seen in both my lungs > since August could actually be lung cancer. What the heck??!! This would > be the fourth primary, unrelated cancer in three years time! CML and > Melanoma in 2010, Gastric Tumor in 2013 (but first seen in retrospect in > early 2011)....and now this! We haven't even figured out how to get to the > Gastric Tumor yet. I thought we finally reached a good plan for that last > month, but this would definitely be a game changer. Looks like the only > way they can get a solid answer is going to be with some major > surgery....which is the reason that we hadn't been able to get the Gastric > Tumor out. Serious health and recovery issues aside for a moment, the down > time for major is surgery is an obsticle that could leave my husband and I > homeless with no where to turn to. And on top of that, during my > hospitalization/recovery there is no one to help my husband, who has brain > damage, care for himself...he just can't be in the house alone. Of > course....if we no longer have a house....sorry just a bit of dark humor! > Lots of questions still, but no answers yet! Think I need a hug! peg > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Robert W. Neill, Jr. Voice/Text 601-519-0075 -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
