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hospitals, distance, memories, and stuff (mom's cancer)

chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
edited June 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
today im taking mom to iowa city university hospital. they're checkin out her kidney for cancer and stuff. she talks with a dr/surgeon dude and a anesthesiologist. we'll be there all day.

this sucks. every other day for a long time we drove my brother Ryan to this hospital for kidney treatments and issues with diabetes. it was always something with Ryan, now it's mom turn and i do not like this kinda trip at all.

anyone else travel quite some distance and often for medical treatments?
i'll have a few left-handers with me stashed away :mrgreen:

i believe that today Ryan will be with us guiding us along our way.

peace out y'all
and be well and stuff.
we only have this one life at this moment in time, live it well.
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,680
    Best wishes for your mom Chad.

    Went through similar stuff with my Dad, when he fell ill he was living on Cape Cod and myself and my 2 siblings all lived 1.5 to 2 hours drive away. One of us would make the trip whenever he needed to be taken to an appointment (my mother never got a license), it can be taxing...I wish you and your Mom the best.
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  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    Live it well, indeed. I'm sorry that you and your mom have this day and situation to deal with, and I hope it turns out for the best. My mom has had cancer and radiation and chemo and we had to travel about an hour nearly every day for a long time; it's not easy. I wish you all well, love, light.
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    Poncier wrote:
    Best wishes for your mom Chad.

    Went through similar stuff with my Dad, when he fell ill he was living on Cape Cod and myself and my 2 siblings all lived 1.5 to 2 hours drive away. One of us would make the trip whenever he needed to be taken to an appointment (my mother never got a license), it can be taxing...I wish you and your Mom the best.
    thank you, poncier. i'll be crying at some point here in a little bit.

    :(

    have a beautiful day.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • pinkbutterflypinkbutterfly Posts: 1,391
    I pray all goes well with your mom. Take care & Hugs to you all.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,411
    sorry to hear this, man.

    when my Dad was gravely ill with ALS, i lived in Kansas City & he was in Houston....
    i made that drive a few times in his last months.

    thoughts & prayers are with you, you Mom & your whole family.
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  • conmanconman Posts: 7,493
    good luck chad, i wish the best for you and your mom
  • ZiggyStarZiggyStar Posts: 14,328
    :( Good vibes for your mum coming your way.
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  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,799
    hope all goes well with your mom

    my mom is not feeling that great either these days, it's hard when they get older
  • CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 9,789
    After we went down every avenue of treatment for my Dads brain cancer.... (Sloan Kettering, ucla, etc etc) and nothing was working....... My brother and sister went to Portugal to try a doctor who we read about was having some success with my fathers form of cancer

    I stayed behind to help my mom with his primary care physicians when he came back.

    In the end the Cancer was too much..... But we threw everything at it

    The things you'll do for a loved one in need are remarkable

    Stay strong, love for your mom will guide you
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Sorry to hear about his Chadwick. Wishing your mom & family the very best.
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  • ShimmyMommyShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
    I am sending much healing love, light and hugs to your mom and you. One step at a time.
    Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    not me....but being from a small town, people often travel an hour to the big city to see a spealist.
    81 is now off the air

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  • of.the.girlof.the.girl Posts: 10,026
    I remember trips like this all too well. Last year I had to have brain surgery for Chiari Malformation. I was traveling from Milwaukee, Wi to Long Island, NY (driving mind you...me and planes don't go well together) two to three times a month for 6 months and would stay there for 3-4 days at a time.

    Best of luck today with your Mom. Thoughts and prayers and good vibes and love your way today.
  • JzPJzP Posts: 933
    good vibes my friend.
    ~JzP
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    sending you good vibes chadwick

    wishing you and your family the best
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  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    Best wishes for you and your mom Chadwick. May love and peace travel with you.

    "we only have this one life at this moment in time, live it well."

    very true, you've got me reflecting on this.

    Good luck
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    thinking about you Chad ... you are a good son,
    man.... Moms love sons!

    I didn't have to go a long distance with my Mama but it was a long road to walk with her.

    You speak of memories and this road I walked with my Mama is a most cherished one,

    long and hard at the time but the rewards so great....

    we grew so close, bonded in life, she never leaves me :D
  • tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
    Make sure you have good tunes and snacks. I hope all goes well. What a lovely son to do this with your mom.
    all you need is love, love is all you need
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    very nice. thank you all. yeah my nerves get shot sometimes, but things are ok so far. i think one more visit then robotic surgery next month. 3 - 4 day hospital stay. was a long day with 3 different appointments. lots of hiking around and getting lost today, and picnicing in a parking ramp.

    the getting lost part was me when mom was seeing the anesthesiologist (i haven't mastered spelling that word correctly without dictionary or google as of yet :? ) went to the wrong parking ramp, walked around lost and a bit left handed :mrgreen:

    saw a glass art display that had me instantly smiling and smiling inside myself, i felt deep love for the artist of this piece. a very strangely strong uniquely nice feeling just from thing crazy trippy chair and glass art.
    that was nuts and badass.

    this hospital is like a art gallery/museum with live concerts from time to time. the music i have heard and saw being played was always piano, some with a real person at the keys, sometimes automatic player pianos, which is what was playing today.

    no tears today really to speak of, which is good.

    pearl jam - lost dogs, disc one...mom's like gremmie and whale song
    she will sit there and rock out a little bit, leg and head goin
    and comin home it was pearl jam - live (which was not cranked up due to conversation and such)

    be well everyone
    and thanks.

    seems cancer is all over this 10c, all ovder this world.
    scary. but i have faith and believe we will rise up and be badass as a people

    thank you.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Posts: 12,553
    Hey Chad, quite an experience you had today! Navigating a big hospital is challenging.

    I hope everything works out for your Mom.

    And I'm glad the hospital had interesting artwork for you to get lost in... that is a great distraction! ;)
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  • voidofmanvoidofman Posts: 4,009
    Good luck to her and you friend. :)
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    148 miles total. which is nothing actually.

    unlost dogs...
    iowa.jpgcluster fuck anyone? that's probably an old picture

    kinnick-night-500w_medium.jpgacross the street
    big ten champions 2002 soccer team :lol:
    kinnick stadium

    even a surgeon will punch you while playing football in some corn field, then steel the ball
    crazy iowans
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    chadwick wrote:
    this hospital is like a art gallery

    this reminds me of the art on the walls at city of hope...it drawings done by kids from the pediatric unit and local schools...a lot of them were really well done...i always meant to ask if the sold prints...anyway, it was a wonderful thing to look at while i was pushing my mom up and down the halls

    an example (sorry bad cell phone pic)
    2010-01-22085306.jpg



    anyway chad, hang in there...you're a good son and your mom appreciates your help...if you need anything you know where i am
  • unlost dogsunlost dogs Posts: 12,553
    chadwick wrote:

    unlost dogs...
    iowa.jpgcluster fuck anyone? that's probably an old picture

    Yikes, that's impressive!

    I used to work here... they have 25 buildings in downtown Boston now. Crazy.

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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    goodnight folks
    i am exhausted
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,680
    Sleep well.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,527
    hope things work out for your mom
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    edited September 2011
    an all day event today. woke up at 5, had a quick shower and a fast bite grubbin. then off and runnin by 6. mom started doin tests by 8 as i sat around waiting. took a few long walks getting myself lost and finding myself again finding my way and enjoying a small picnic in my car as mom and the different clinics did their thing.

    what a long ass day.
    more importantly, mom is ok i guess, but i don't know. the medical folks are concerned about her bleeding and whatnot that she does when cut on, as well as the 7 pounds she's lost since her last visit to this hospital. that's been about 2 or 3 weeks ago or something. hhhmmm.

    question... what do they do in nuclear medicine? (anyone know?)

    (one of my buds' dad (a commercial fishman) just past away due to cancer that spread throughout his body.)
    (he lost weight so fast it was startling)

    all with illnesses be well and stuff.
    Post edited by chadwick on
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Glad to hear that all is good so far Chad. Sending good vibes your way
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  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    am thinking of you and your mom Chadwick. best wishes
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