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megansmomma · 08-23-2011, 05:32 PM

Hang in there Patti! You know I'm there for you if you need anything.

Patti · 08-23-2011, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by megansmomma

Hang in there Patti! You know I'm there for you if you need anything.

Thanks!
We are waiting for the Insurance company to pre certify. I am hoping at the latest Tuesday. Ken is really struggling to breathe. The tumor is the size of a peach and wrapped around is airway. Inhalers are not helping. Even oxygen during the MRI didn't help.

AbbysMom08 · 08-23-2011, 10:20 PM

Offering up continued prayers for you and Ken!

jfalz73 · 08-24-2011, 02:40 AM

keeping you both in prayer.....

aproctor · 08-24-2011, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Patti

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Ann thank you for the positive story.

You are very welcome!!

roseslevi · 08-24-2011, 02:28 PM

Sending more prayers to both of you.

Patti · 08-24-2011, 03:19 PM

We have decided to go with a oncologist closer to home. After talking with the nurse at The Kellogg Cancer Center we decided Ken would not be up for the long drive downtown. We have an appt there tomorrow and hopefully the chemo treatment Friday or Monday. The oncologist comes highly recommended. I just want treatment to start so hopefully the tumor will shrink and make it easier for Ken to breathe. Thanks for all the positive thoughts and prayers.

Maximo · 08-24-2011, 04:54 PM

Praying Ken can start treatment soon. Good to hear he has great doctors and a treatment center closer to home. Sending lots of prayers and positive thoughts for both of you.

MauiGirl · 08-24-2011, 11:30 PM

Patti, I think that's a good decision to go with the one that is closer. Driving or riding in the car is awful when you don't feel good and just want to get home and rest. The treatment itself likely won't be different from one place to another.

Wishing Ken all the best, and praying for both of you.

Lil Sis · 08-25-2011, 07:36 AM

Hi Patti
You are still in my prayers... hang in there girl !!

Get a social working or a case manager from your insurance, you need help with the extra stuff. They can order a special bed that will help

hugs

stanziog · 08-25-2011, 08:29 AM

Praying for you and Ken. Keep positive and strong.

Patti · 08-25-2011, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Lil Sis

Hi Patti
You are still in my prayers... hang in there girl !!

Get a social working or a case manager from your insurance, you need help with the extra stuff. They can order a special bed that will help

hugs

Thanks all anxious to go to the oncologist today and set a day for chemo. He is getting so weak I just had to give him a bath as he was too tired to shower.
Thanks I worked in medical insurance for 33 years and didn't even think to get a case manager on this. Your prayers are getting us through.

MauiGirl · 08-25-2011, 03:34 PM

Stay strong Patti, you know the saying "When the going gets tough, the tough get going".

Hope a home health care agency will help you get additional items you will need. They will help you assess needs, get insurance approval, and work with the doctors when their approval is needed. You can rent a wheel chair to make it easier on him going from car to doctor appts, to conserve his energy.

Prayers and hugs are constantly going your way.

Patti · 08-25-2011, 04:51 PM

Thanks. Here's the latest! This new oncologist thinks there is a chance Ken's cancer is a 3B and not a Stage 4. Which he said could mean the difference between a cure and treatment. We are trying not to get our hopes up but I know all those prayers are working. He also thinks Ken can have some radiation to shrink the tumor and get some quicker relief with his breathing. Then do some chemotherapy concurrently. The reason he thinks it may not be Stage 4 is the first hospital gave me the CT scan report from Kens 2009 CT scan done in the ER (for a kidney problem) along with his current bone scan report by mistake. I noticed it last night when I was trying to organize the records for our visit today. On the 09 report it mentions that there is a 1.5 cm nodule on the adrenal gland which means it has been there for 2 years and not changed and therefore a good chance it is not cancer. They were concerned on the new scan that is was a spread of the lung cancer.
The oncologist on Tuesday must not have looked close enough to see the date difference on the report. I am also mad because the 2009 Ct report mentions 2 -7 cmm nodules in the left lung and it states at the end of the report should be evaluated for possible cancer on a nonemergency basis. No one ever mentioned that to us. Those 2 nodules plus another smaller one are still in his left lung so I am hoping hey also are not spread from the right lung mass. We go to the radiologist tomorrow if they can get us in and then a PET scan on Monday. After that the new oncologist meets with a whole team of doctors(surgeon, pathologist, radiologist etc) to go over Ken's case and then we will proceed from there. So thanks for your continued support and prayers. We are going for the cure! I will update after we meet with the radiologist.

MauiGirl · 08-25-2011, 05:26 PM

Great to hear new opinions, maybe better, and darn those doctors who don't carefully examine all pre-existing scans & reports, along with the new. They seem to make you do all the leg work of record keeping.

So we are here with prayers to cheer you on to

Cure Ken

08-23-2011, 05:32 PM	#106
megansmomma Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: S. W. Suburbs of Chicago, IL Posts: 12,235	Hang in there Patti! You know I'm there for you if you need anything. __________________ “Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.” Mark Twain

08-23-2011, 10:20 PM	#108
AbbysMom08 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,269	Offering up continued prayers for you and Ken! __________________ Jan, Mommy to Abby

08-24-2011, 02:40 AM	#109
jfalz73 Owned by my yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Coats, NC Posts: 5,001	keeping you both in prayer..... __________________ My little dog-a heartbeat at my feet. -Edith Wharton jeanne BrooklynBenjamin

08-24-2011, 02:28 PM	#111
roseslevi Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: E. Falmouth, Mass Posts: 2,102	Sending more prayers to both of you. __________________ Rosemarie, Levi and Lily "The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals" ~ Anonymous

08-24-2011, 03:19 PM	#112
Patti Donating YT 30K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 35,509 Blog Entries: 6	We have decided to go with a oncologist closer to home. After talking with the nurse at The Kellogg Cancer Center we decided Ken would not be up for the long drive downtown. We have an appt there tomorrow and hopefully the chemo treatment Friday or Monday. The oncologist comes highly recommended. I just want treatment to start so hopefully the tumor will shrink and make it easier for Ken to breathe. Thanks for all the positive thoughts and prayers. __________________ Cali Pixie Roxie : RIP Nikki; RIP Maya;RIP my sweet Dixie girl 1/17/08 http://callipuppyscastle.bravehost.com/index.html

08-24-2011, 04:54 PM	#113
Maximo ♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 25,047	Praying Ken can start treatment soon. Good to hear he has great doctors and a treatment center closer to home. Sending lots of prayers and positive thoughts for both of you. __________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy

08-24-2011, 11:30 PM	#114
MauiGirl Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 7,740	Patti, I think that's a good decision to go with the one that is closer. Driving or riding in the car is awful when you don't feel good and just want to get home and rest. The treatment itself likely won't be different from one place to another. Wishing Ken all the best, and praying for both of you. __________________ SANDY, MOM TO TIKI , KAYLA , KARLEE , R.I.P. MEIKA

08-25-2011, 07:36 AM	#115
Lil Sis Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,008	Hi Patti You are still in my prayers... hang in there girl !! Get a social working or a case manager from your insurance, you need help with the extra stuff. They can order a special bed that will help hugs __________________ Shinja mom to Remy lil Sis to Bailey and Sammy

08-25-2011, 08:29 AM	#116
stanziog Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Manhattan, NYC Posts: 655	Praying for you and Ken. Keep positive and strong. __________________ "Be the person your dog thinks you are" ..author unknown

08-25-2011, 03:34 PM	#118
MauiGirl Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 7,740	Stay strong Patti, you know the saying "When the going gets tough, the tough get going". Hope a home health care agency will help you get additional items you will need. They will help you assess needs, get insurance approval, and work with the doctors when their approval is needed. You can rent a wheel chair to make it easier on him going from car to doctor appts, to conserve his energy. Prayers and hugs are constantly going your way. __________________ SANDY, MOM TO TIKI , KAYLA , KARLEE , R.I.P. MEIKA

08-25-2011, 04:51 PM	#119
Patti Donating YT 30K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 35,509 Blog Entries: 6	Thanks. Here's the latest! This new oncologist thinks there is a chance Ken's cancer is a 3B and not a Stage 4. Which he said could mean the difference between a cure and treatment. We are trying not to get our hopes up but I know all those prayers are working. He also thinks Ken can have some radiation to shrink the tumor and get some quicker relief with his breathing. Then do some chemotherapy concurrently. The reason he thinks it may not be Stage 4 is the first hospital gave me the CT scan report from Kens 2009 CT scan done in the ER (for a kidney problem) along with his current bone scan report by mistake. I noticed it last night when I was trying to organize the records for our visit today. On the 09 report it mentions that there is a 1.5 cm nodule on the adrenal gland which means it has been there for 2 years and not changed and therefore a good chance it is not cancer. They were concerned on the new scan that is was a spread of the lung cancer. The oncologist on Tuesday must not have looked close enough to see the date difference on the report. I am also mad because the 2009 Ct report mentions 2 -7 cmm nodules in the left lung and it states at the end of the report should be evaluated for possible cancer on a nonemergency basis. No one ever mentioned that to us. Those 2 nodules plus another smaller one are still in his left lung so I am hoping hey also are not spread from the right lung mass. We go to the radiologist tomorrow if they can get us in and then a PET scan on Monday. After that the new oncologist meets with a whole team of doctors(surgeon, pathologist, radiologist etc) to go over Ken's case and then we will proceed from there. So thanks for your continued support and prayers. We are going for the cure! I will update after we meet with the radiologist. __________________ Cali Pixie Roxie : RIP Nikki; RIP Maya;RIP my sweet Dixie girl 1/17/08 http://callipuppyscastle.bravehost.com/index.html

08-25-2011, 05:26 PM	#120
MauiGirl Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 7,740	Great to hear new opinions, maybe better, and darn those doctors who don't carefully examine all pre-existing scans & reports, along with the new. They seem to make you do all the leg work of record keeping. So we are here with prayers to cheer you on to Cure Ken __________________ SANDY, MOM TO TIKI , KAYLA , KARLEE , R.I.P. MEIKA