What Am I Doing Here ?

I am Kitt and I know you have seen me on the board and wondered, what the heck is she doing here? Your right to wonder, I sure don't have prostate cancer.

I do have clinical depression and osteoarthritis, my husband has Crohn's Disease......so what am I doing here?

My Father had 5 siblings and all six of them died of Cancer.  the first to die was my Uncle Norm,30 years ago and was buried on Christmas Eve.  My Dad got to my house that day and he was in tears over losing his youngest brother to Prostate Cancer.  Now days he may have lived.

I am an only child and my Father loved me unconditionally. He said to me, "I will die of Cancer". He was the oldest of the 6 siblings and he died at age 72 of pancreatic cancer.  I am a nurse and I coud not stop the cancer.

The two girls in the family died of uterine cancer. And the other 2 brothers died of intestinal cancer.

I have been a nurse for 27 years now and I have always felt that the thing I was best at was holding my patient's hand, touching them so they  knew they were not alone and listening to them. Letting them talk about whatever they needed to get out.

So that is why I am here because I listen well, I support well and I will hold your hand and you can talk to me about your worries and fears and I will listen.  If you have questions I will find the answers. This is my way of fighting the disease. I  support and love the people. Yes I am a darn good ER nurse too.

"They sit and hold my hand"--an AIDS patient talks about his nurses."

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Gentle Hugs

Respectfully

Kitt

RN CCRN, Critical Care and Emergency Department Manager for 26 years.

Depression 25 years, Husband Crohns Disease 30 years

My Father and 5 siblings all died of Cancer. It is a subject close to my heart to help people with Cancer.

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"If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’t accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.”

Rosalyn Carter
 

Thank you for your kind reply. I have a motto I stick to and that is to do no harm.  I did want everyone to know why I was so interested in this forum.

Everyone here is so supportive of each other and I am trying to learn each person's journey.

Respectfully

Kitt

RN CCRN, Critical Care and Emergency Department Manager for 26 years.

Depression 25 years, Husband Crohns Disease 30 years

My Father and 5 siblings all died of Cancer. It is a subject close to my heart to help people with Cancer.

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"If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’t accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.”

Rosalyn Carter
 

RRP 12/7/06. Nerves and nodes okay.

Pathological stage: T2B. Gleason 3+4. Cancer confined to prostate.

PSA on 1/3/07 - 0.04. 

PSA on 4/4/07 - 0.00  T level - 48  Restarted T therapy.

Next PSA on 7/11/07.

 "Cancer feeds on fear - starve it to death."

Good Morning Forum Friends, 

I left this part of an edited text concerning what i saw as a misunderstanding:

We are here for each other.

A little funny story just came to mind that sort of  addresses the weaknesses of communicating in a forum like this.  (I am reminded of skits where the Marx Brothers or Laurel & Hardy genuinely try to help each other....... )

Mark Twain wrote a short story once about a city that was populated by animals.

The community artist was a cat.  The town commissioned him to produce a painting.  After years of working on his project, the cat announced the unveiling.  He set up the studio with a mirror to view the painting.  (Something about increasing the focal length and purrrr-fecting the purrrr-spective.....  artists!)  Each member of the community came  to view the painting they had paid for.  The baker, a hen, stood in front of the mirror and said, "All I see is a hen.  A nice enough looking hen.  But a hen none-the-less."  The chief of police came in and said, "All I see is a dog.  A nice enough looking dog.  But a dog none-the-less."  The mayor came in and said, "All I see is an elephant.  A nice enough looking elephant.  But an elephant none-the-less."  Everyone in the community came in, stood in front of the mirror, and said the same thing.  Last to come in was the postman, a mule with great huge ears that stood taller than the mirror.  He stood in front of the mirror and said, "All I see is an ass with no ears.  A nice enough looking ass.  But an ass none-the-less."  The town animals got together and discussed how the cat had cheated them and was making fun of them.  They ran him out of town.

The moral of the story is:  You get from a picture that which you bring.  Nothing more.  Nothing less.  And the ass can't see his ears.

We can't be chamelions in the sun, all things to everyone.  We all unintentionally hurt and annoy others.  We can't let small things keep us from the greater prize: The opportunity this forum provides to help people.  All of you help me in ways I cannot communicate!

We can all work on our presentation of love to one another.  We can also all work on understanding and tolerating each other.  My favorite quote from Albert Einstein is "All that really matters is kindness, beauty, and truth."  From the Bible (I know, I'm offending someone just bringing that up.) my favorite quote is from Micah 6:8, "What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God?" 

Humbly,

C^Cedar

2 Years of PSA between 4 and 5.5

Biopsy 23DEC06 

Only 5 percent cancer in one of 8 samples.

Gleeson 3+3=6

Radical Prostatectomy 16FEB07 at age 54.

1+" tumor - touching inside edge of gland.

Confined.  :)

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Texas Hill Country

FRESH Produce Department Manager

Have you had your 5 colors today?

Post Edited (Cedar Chopper) : 5/7/2007 7:33:27 AM (GMT-6)

RRP 12/7/06. Nerves and nodes okay.

Pathological stage: T2B. Gleason 3+4. Cancer confined to prostate.

PSA on 1/3/07 - 0.04. 

PSA on 4/4/07 - 0.00  T level - 48  Restarted T therapy.

Next PSA on 7/11/07.

 "Cancer feeds on fear - starve it to death."

Post Edited (pcdave) : 5/8/2007 10:54:59 PM (GMT-6)

Welcome gtm,

I have worked in health care for a long time and I am not familiar with a tongue biopsy either.

We are always open to new members to this forum and there is wonderful information posted by the bluebirds that I try to keep at the top of our forum so read that and you will gain great insite to what is going on in our forum.  It is a step by step guide to Prostate cancer and our forum.

Sorry we have to meet this way but it is an honor to meet you.

Dear gmt

Thank you so much for explaining the tongue biospy situation.  We will be awaiting your next post.

We are here for you.

Bless you

Post Edited (stkitt) : 5/15/2007 8:18:59 PM (GMT-6)