Introduction

Welcome to my blog about my mom, Loretta, and our journey through learning of her cancer and treatment.

Just a little background. Mom is 61 and hadn't been to a doctor in about 18 years until this past June 2011. The reason for this is due to the surmountable cost of insurance, even when your spouse has insurance it can be cost prohibitive.
So, Mom finally got approved by JPS in June and it was a good thing too, she had Basil cell carcinoma on the bridge of her nose. She underwent surgery to remove the tumor and plastic surgery reconstruction. She also has high blood pressure and Thyroid problems. We thought she was finally getting the attention she was missing and was going to be OK. Boy were we mistaken.
Mom started having some abdominal pain the first of January 2012. After talking with her and the pain getting worse, she finally agreed that she needed to go to the clinic or ER.
The following blog posts chronicle the events since then. Future posts will continue to explain treatment, issues concerning her condition and general comments.
I appreciate you taking the time to learn about what it means to be diagnosed and this type of cancer. Mom has been a trooper so far, she says "I'll beat this".

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Second Opinion Appt #2

2/20/12 - Monday
So I'm anxiously waiting for the phone to ring again today... Today is the day that Dr Ho at St John's in Tulsa is to review the additional medical records and decide if they can help Mom in her cancer treatment. It was about 2pm when the call came, it was Eddie and he said Dr Ho reviewed your Mom's files and we have an appointment available for tomorrow, can you make it... I wish we could have jumped in the car right then and headed for Tulsa, but I knew from talking to Mom earlier that morning that she has an appointment with her primary Dr on Tue at 4pm. So I told Eddie we needed to look at another day. We now have our 2nd appointment for a second opinion on Friday 2/24/12 at 12:45 in Tulsa at St John's!
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