Millie, I'm sorry that you had to go through all of that on your own. it shows me just how strong a person you are.
18's, Marty On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 6:56 PM, ICANDOALLTTC via CMLHope <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a great story, Marty. > I don't have dogs, but my daughter who lives alone with her children bought > a German shepherd as a puppy. He is very protective, and I don't think > anyone would want to mess with her family. > When I was visiting her last year, I had a choking spell which I get > sometimes if water hits the wrong spot in my throat. I couldn't catch my > breath, and all of sudden the dog jumped up and bopped me on the chin. It > was his way of trying to help me. It was so cute. > Thanks for sharing your story on the discovery of your leukemia. > Here's mine: > I had flown to Ohio to be with my daughter, and I was sick while there. I > thought I had eaten something bad. I got home, and was taking my usual > daily walk, and I got so tired I could barely stand up. I came in and told > my son how tired I was. He told me I had to go to the doctor. I said no, > because I never liked going to doctors and only went in cases of emergency, > however he insisted and off I went the next day. > When I was waiting in the waiting room, my heart was pounding very hard and > fast. The doctor who was my PCD took all my vitals and said he was going to > take a blood test. I told him I really didn't need one but he insisted. > Luckily he has a blood draw right in his office, so they took the blood and > told me the results would be back the next day. > The next day he called with the bad news. He told me my platelets and wbc > were way too high to be normal and that he was making me an appointment with > an onc he knew. I told him I didn't think it was serious but he had already > made the appointment. > So off I go to a new doctor I had never seen before. He also had a blood > draw center in his office and the first thing he did was have my blood > tested. It seems my platelets were in the millions and wbc way high. > He wanted to do a BMA right then and there, and me not knowing anything > about them, agreed. > He decided right then and there that I had leukemia. > I went into the office without my son, but he was waiting for me. The onc > told me I sure was brave to be coming there alone. I must have been in > shock because I still didn't realize what her was telling me. > Then he told me I had to go right to the hospital. Now I knew things were > getting serious. > He said he had bad news and good news. The bad news was I had leukemia and > the good news was that we now had Gleevec to treat it with. > I was put in the hospital and was having my blood cleanse daily. It wasn't > doing any good but they were doing it anyway. > Finally I was sent home and I started on Gleevec. I was also on Hydrea and > another drug, still my counts wouldn't come down. It took a while but > finally they started coming down. > The whole episode was a nightmare when I reflect back on it. > More later-- > Jeanie<3 > > In a message dated 5/8/2014 8:45:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hi Millie and everyone else, > > Just so you know I had all of my tests this morning and am now resting > at home. It really took a lot out of me but I am still doing as well > as can be. My heart is still doing what it is supposed to and although > they removed ten polyps from my colon the doctor will be sending them > off for pathology but said that she thinks everything looked good. > Hopefully she will be right. > > Millie I read about the dog Lucky and it brought back memories to me. > I had an adorabile dog named Sniffer. She had the face of a baby > raccoon, and would follow me where ever I went. She was like velcros > sticking to my leg whenever I would walk her. She and I were extreamly > attatched. > > I had adopted her from some obusive people when she was only nine > months old. As soon as I opened my car door she ran in as fast as a > lightening strike. She was mine and I was hers for the next fifteen > years. > > When I had to get my bone marrow transplant I was gone for over seven > months and she would cry most of the time. She knew something was > wrong but didn't know where I had gone. > > So, after all of these month of being away from my home, when I > finally got back home she was not allowed to stay near me because I > had a very low immune system. I even had to have my own bath > facilities and a whole bunch of other things that would not be able to > infect me. > > This had gone on for several more months and when I was finally able > to have my immune system working again, I still had to ware a mask and > gloves. So I slowly went over to her and spoke in a very gentile > voice. She at first was afraid to come over to me, and would run and > hide under the bed. > > I then came to find out that since I had the bone marrow transplant my > scent had changed and since I had the mask on she didn't recognise me. > it took another couple of weeks for her recognise me and once she did > then she was velcrose again. > > After she died, my heart was broken, and I looked for another dog for > almost two years. Shelly and I would visit shelters every weekend and > nothing... Funny how things work out. A friend of mine by the name of > Jay (he is in my book) he had cancer and I would always spend time > with him when his wife was at work. > > Well one day there is a stray german sheppard sitting across from his > house. She was filthy and smelled from gasoline. She had a bad cut on > the back of her rear leg with dried blood on it. Everytime I tried to > approach her she would show her teeth to me and growl. > > She was about twenty five feet from me so I got down on my knees, > clasped my hands into a cup like shape and gently started speaking to > her. It took about fifteen minutes before she would come to me, and > when she did she just put her snoot right into my hands. I mean this > dog could have really hurt me if she wanted to but she was very gentle > with me. > > I took her right to my vet who had to put a muzzle on her and he > cleaned and dressed her wound then had her cleaned up. He also warned > me that since I had small children it wouldn't be a good idea to bring > her home with me. > > It seemed that she immeadiately bonded with me because as soon as the > vet removed the muzzle from her she came right over to me and started > to gently howl to me. He was simply amaized at what he saw. So, I know > that animals have this sort of sense of who we are. > > I brought her home with me and introduced both of my young children > and wife to her. We had her for 12 years and she was very protective > of my wife and children. If anyone ever would try to harm any of us > then she would have given her life to protect us and as it happened > she did protect our home. The burglar almost lost his legs after she > attacked him. If we were home at the time she would have probably > killed him. > > So, what does this all have to do with Leukemia? Well, my first dog > Sniffer would always come over to me and would smell me at my right > hip. I was kind of taken back by her behavior because I didn't know > what to make of it??? > > I later found out and then associated it. Several weeks later my right > hip started to swell up and it was really hurting me very much. It got > so bad that I went to a doctor who failed to take a simple CBC blood > test but rather gave me pain killers and an anti inflamatory. Had he > taken the blood test it would have come back with a huge white blood > cell count. > > I went home but the pain got much worse and my hip was now twice the > size it should have been. My wife Shelly was in our home in > Pennsylvania because I had to work and she was off for the summer, and > I would come up on the weekends. > > At about three am I felt as if I were dying so I called my friend to > take me to the hospital. I didn't want to call 911 because we lived in > a duplex and I wasn't able to climb down the stairs to be able to open > the door so they would have probably have to break it down, while my > friend had the keys. > > And that is how my Leukemia started. Now if I had only known what my > dog Sniffer was doing by smelling my right hip? Animals, especially > dogs have this uncanny sense that we just can't understand because we > speak "different languages" I guess that in her own way she was > telling me that something was wrong, it was I that just didn't > understand what she was trying to tell me. > > 18's, > > Marty > > > > On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:47 PM, houtz <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thought this was worth sharing. When I first got Cancer my little >> dachshund wouldn't leave my side, and when I was in the hospital, she'd cry >> her heart out when I came home. I believe that they sense things better >> then people do...Love to all, Millie >> >> >> >> >> >> This really is a great story! >> [image: cid:39699F9DDE2E4740963F588FF14D329A@FranPC] >> *Lucky Dog.... * >> >> Anyone who has pets will really like this. You'll like it even if you >> don't and you may even decide you need one! >> Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named 'Lucky.' Lucky was a real >> character. >> Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they would warn >> their friends to not leave their luggage open because Lucky would help >> himself to whatever struck his fancy. Inevitably, someone would forget >> and something would come up missing. >> >> >> >> >> >> [image: cid:7F5E61FCF1C74CE1A4018C72CE4D93FB@FranPC][image: >> cid:DC0BD295928B4651B7D480B00FC2F881@FranPC] >> Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box in the basement and there the >> treasure would be, amid all of Lucky's other favorite toys. Lucky >> always stashed his finds in his toy box and he was very particular that >> his >> toys stay in the box. >> It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer. Something told >> her she was going to die of this disease......in fact; she was just sure >> it was fatal. >> She scheduled the double mastectomy, fear riding her shoulders. The >> night before she was to go to the hospital she cuddled with Lucky. A >> thought struck her....what would happen to Lucky? Although the >> three-year-old dog liked Jim, he was Mary's dog through and through. >> If I die, Lucky will be abandoned, Mary thought. He won't understand that >> I didn't want to leave him! The thought made her sadder than thinking of >> her own death. >> >> The double mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors had anticipated >> and Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks. Jim took Lucky for his >> evening walk faithfully, but the little dog just drooped, whining and >> miserable. >> Finally the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When she arrived >> home, Mary was so exhausted she couldn't even make it up the steps to her >> bedroom. Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and left her to >> nap. >> Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn't come to her when she called.. >> It >> made Mary sad but sleep soon overcame her and she dozed. >> >> When Mary woke for a second she couldn't understand what was wrong. She >> couldn't move her head and her body felt heavy and hot. But panic soon >> gave way to laughter when Mary realized the problem. She was covered, >> literally blanketed, with every treasure Lucky owned! >> While she had slept, the sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to the >> basement bringing his beloved mistress all his favorite things in life. >> *He had covered her with his love.* >> Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and Lucky began living again, >> walking further and further together every day. It's been 12 years now >> and Mary is still cancer-free. Lucky. He still steals treasures and >> stashes them in his toy box but Mary remains his greatest treasure. >> >> >> >> [image: cid:C705D58F084C427A8B925699F537DC71@FranPC] >> Remember.....live every day to the fullest. Each minute is a blessing >> from >> God. And never forget....the people who make a difference in our lives >> are >> not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most >> awards. They are the ones that care for us. >> >> If you see someone without a smile today give them one of yours! Live >> simply. Love seriously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to >> God. >> *A small request* >> >> All you are asked to do is keep this circulating. >> *Dear God, I pray for the cure of cancer.* >> *Amen* >> >> All you are asked to do is keep this circulating, even if it is only to >> one >> more person, in memory of anyone you know that has been struck down by >> cancer or is still fighting their battle. >> >> [image: cid:7C648867D9824FC6BBF2FD936F5E39BB@FranPC] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <http://www.avast.com/> >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! >> Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/>protection is active. >> >> -- >> -- >> [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. > > -- > -- > [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. > > -- > -- > [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. -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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