Mike,
Am so glad the tumor is shrinking - such great news! But, as usual, nothing
is easy. You have really paid a price for
the "tumor improvement", but this may be it for fighting extra battles.
Hopefully, it will be a smoother sail from here
until complete recovery. We wish the best for you and your "Team".
Janice
----- Original Message -----
From: L T CHERPESKI
To: Jill Hammond ; Transverse Mylitis Group ; Catherine
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Update on Mike
Hello Team Hammond,
Mike, such good news to hear your tumor is shrinking! Remember as Catherine
said, we are all here still praying for you and Jill. One day at a time, Mike.
One day. God Bless you and Jill.
Love, Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: Catherine
To: Jill Hammond ; Transverse Mylitis Group
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Update on Mike
We are all here still praying for you and Jill. God Bless You....may He
hold you in the palm of his hand and give you comfort, release you of pain and
keep you safe.
Love Catherine
Life is short, Break the rules sometimes, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly,
Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile
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Sent: Sun, October 25, 2009 5:50:23 PM
Subject: [TMIC] Update on Mike
Well, here we are for the next update on Team Hammond. The second round of
Chemo finished on Wednesday, October 14. Mike, at that point was also down to
only 12 radiation treatments left. After the treatment on Thursday the 15th,
we had a consultation with the Doctor and he was very positive. The tumor is
definitely shrinking, Yeah, way to go Team, those prayers are working. In all
the rest of this, I am still loosing a little weight, went under 180 for the
first time since around third grade somewhere. One of the worst things about
coming down off Chemo is that they give you steroids during it. I don’t know
if they are like the ones that some athletes take, but they can have them, you
feel like you are on constant edge, cannot sit still or concentrate on
anything. That seems to be wearing down fast today. Well,, this all amounted
to too much of a good thing and Sunday, October 18th I went back into the
hospital. Jill was finally able to spring me yesterday, Saturday and so here
we are once again trying to figure out what train hit us. This one seems
mostly caused by diarrhea and dehydration accompanied by an infection and
assorted other complaints.
I have now found a new low. The last time it only seemed bad, this time it
was close to being unfathomable. I could not seem to find a way out. Every
time I got to the bottom and wanted to give up I thought about all of you who
have sent cards, emails, phone calls and kept in touch and kept up the prayers.
Once again that made all the difference in the world, and God bless you all
for doing that. Jill will probably back this up, but I am a stubborn person at
times. At first I was hesitant, somewhat to ask for help, well, let me tell
you that is gone. I’m busy keeping the Lord going by turning over problems to
Him.
I will tell you that I am drawing on that well of thoughts and prayers
often, there are times when this journey is measured one day at a time. Faith,
and knowing there are a lot of people pulling for all of team Hammond, make it
easier, to keep moving forward. I will let everyone know when my next, and last
chemo session is going to happen as soon as I know, which should be this week.
By the way, this Tuesday may well be my last radiation treatment, thanks, from
Team Hammond, of which you are all a part.
