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lotstodo date=1435365240 said:
I'm so sorry to hear of the seriousness of both situations. I sincerely hope for the best possible outcome for your mom J-man and Boss I hope that the Mrs. gets good news.
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Thanks. She talked to the doctor yesterday and because of the lab results he's sure she has a pituitary tumor. The MRI will determine the course of action to take care of it. If it's small, there is medication that can be taken to eliminate it. If it's over a certain size, then there's no recourse but surgery. She had a small one 20 years ago that was treated with medication. She had been seeing this one ophthalmologist for the last ten years who was aware of the previous pituitary tumor who for the last year has been telling her the vision problems and headaches were from the optic nerve getting proper blood circulation. Last month he did some more tests in his office and restated that was his diagnosis and there was nothing that could be done about it.

Had she not questioned this and sought a consult with a specialist through her PCP, she could have ended up with complete loss of her eye sight. Before she met with this specialist in Augusta, she obtained copies of her records from the ophthalmologist and provided them to the specialist. He was disgusted the ophthalmologist did not refer her to a specialist a year quite some time ago, especially since she had a pituitary tumor in the past.
 
Thankfully she is in a very good place to receive top notch care now. Still hoping for the misdiagnosis, but if not this doctor sounds like he is on top of it. I can tell you that sometimes the waiting is the worst part.
 
The waiting is the worst part for sure. We go to Augusta Friday for the MRI and will get the results next week sometime. That wait is going to be tough.
 
She had the MRI today. Now we wait for the radiologist to examine them and give the results. I doubt we hear anything until Tuesday at the earliest.
 
I thank everyone sincerely for their kind words, thoughts, and prayers regarding my mom. Unfortunately she passed away Sunday, June 28th, and was buried on Wednesday. It was an absolutely beautiful service, she would have been proud. The family is a peace knowing she has gone on to a better place and most of all that she is no longer suffering. Nobody should suffer as much as she did her last few weeks. Thankfully the nurses got her pain meds adjusted to where she rested peacefully her last 2 days. She will be missed tremendously but we will learn to adjust to her absence.
 
J-man date=1436153097 said:
I thank everyone sincerely for their kind words, thoughts, and prayers regarding my mom. Unfortunately she passed away Sunday, June 28th, and was buried on Wednesday. It was an absolutely beautiful service, she would have been proud. The family is a peace knowing she has gone on to a better place and most of all that she is no longer suffering. Nobody should suffer as much as she did her last few weeks. Thankfully the nurses got her pain meds adjusted to where she rested peacefully her last 2 days. She will be missed tremendously but we will learn to adjust to her absence.
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Sorry for your loss.
You and your family have been in my prayers.
 
Here's a praise report. We received the MRI results this morning and it's a small tumor that will not require surgery to remove it. She will have to take a medication that will make the tumor go away after time; most likely a year. The medication though will make her feel nauseas though, so prayers will be appreciated that the nausea will be minimal. God is good!
 
Please pray for my family (again), my grandmother has been diagnosed with pneumonia and admitted into the hospital. Last week it was bronchitis, then they upgraded it to severe bronchitis, now it's full blown pneumonia. Evidently there is a large spot of it showing up on one of her lungs. The doctor told my brother he didn't think she would be strong enough to fight it and she hasn't eaten in 2 days. She's 100 years old now and has been a trooper for many years, living by herself since my grandfather passed back in 1987.

Man, our family has been through the wringer since December. Can we get a break from illness PRETTY PLEASE?
 
Overall we've been blessed with longevity. The downside of that is when one goes they all seem to follow. She is a great lady, I visited her two weeks ago at her home. She was doing great then.
 
J-man date=1438892791 said:
Overall we've been blessed with longevity. The downside of that is when one goes they all seem to follow. She is a great lady, I visited her two weeks ago at her home. She was doing great then.
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Yep, it seems to be that way.

2006
Jan - my dad
March - an aunt
June - an uncle
Sept - an uncle
Nov - a close friend

Every 3 months I was a pallbearer, well, not for my dad.
 
I'll have to get a new suit soon, the one I have now is getting worn out.
 
J-man date=1438895768 said:
I'll have to get a new suit soon, the one I have now is getting worn out.
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I got a nice one, rarely worn.
42 large
Yours if it fits.
 
stradial date=1438892665 said:
Will do.
Some years decades are rough years decades.
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FIFY. Let's not talk about it. 13 years and counting... But God is good...all the time. His grace is greater than anything we face. Any. Thing.
 
It's a little bit late but I didn't want to talk about it before. My uncle passed away on Sunday evening. He died peacefully in his bed. I don't know if he was alone or if my cousin found him. I believe my uncle would have waited till he was by himself. He called my dad, wrote a letter to my other uncle, and texted both his daughters before he fell asleep for the last time. I got a call and went over there around 9pm, and found my cousin in a state I'd never seen him in...but there was a chaplain there, and his scoutmaster was also with him. The scoutmaster and his wife have been a family friend for years, and were actually MY first friends when I came to Amarillo.

He struggled with emphysema and COPD for the entire time I've known him, so while I'm sad he's gone, I'm glad he's not suffering anymore. My cousin is now a homeowner at 20, with a paid off good mpg car, motorcycle, and a 1990 GMC that needs a lot of work before it will live again, but he's got the knowledge to make it work.

My uncle set him up pretty well, in spite of being broke all the time. Maybe that was why. I dunno. I need to go check on my cousin later on and make sure he's ok. It's so weird being in that house now.
 
Sorry to hear about the passing of your uncle. I can relate to the "no longer suffering" comment even though it's still difficult to lose a loved one, even when they're ready. Praying for you and family.
 
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