Recent Picture of Patsy & Burke!

[deanws]

I have cancer and have gained weight. The steroids they use to keep my pain down make me fat in the tummy and have a round face. Also, the feeling of tiredness makes you want to just scream.

 

[trixie]

I have cancer and have gained weight. The steroids they use to keep my pain down make me fat in the tummy and have a round face. Also, the feeling of tiredness makes you want to just scream.

I'm so truly sorry about your illness. Stay strong, they are making advances on this disease all the time.

 

[deanws]

I'm so truly sorry about your illness. Stay strong, they are making advances on this disease all the time.

I know. I am taking a new kind of chemo now that has a great success rate...especially for people who have lupus also. I am hanging in there. And, like Patsy...this is not my first bout with this disease. I am glad to have been born in this day and age, when we have wonderful meds that can prolong our life.

 

[tipper]

I know. I am taking a new kind of chemo now that has a great success rate...especially for people who have lupus also. I am hanging in there. And, like Patsy...this is not my first bout with this disease. I am glad to have been born in this day and age, when we have wonderful meds that can prolong our life.

I agree so much! When I was a kid I had scoliosis and they fused a piece of my shin bone to my spine. I spent a year flat on my back in a body cast. At that time my alternative was to be crippled for life. If nothing that taught me self-control and patience. Not to mentrion an appreciaation for medical science,

I am also a cancer survivor and in addition since 2000 have a bizarre problem called Prinzmetal angina.

But as you say we appreciate beiing born in a time and place when relief is available.

 

[Angie]

Deffinitely steroids will puff your whole body up. My daughter went through 26 months of chemotherapy for leukemia at age 7, and steroids was in the protocol as well as so many other painful treatments, anyway she swelled everywhere until she stopped taking those steroids, this was off and on for months. She's a healthy 11 year old now.

 

[deanws]

Deffinitely steroids will puff your whole body up. My daughter went through 26 months of chemotherapy for leukemia at age 7, and steroids was in the protocol as well as so many other painful treatments, anyway she swelled everywhere until she stopped taking those steroids, this was off and on for months. She's a healthy 11 year old now.

WOW....what a heartache for a family to go through. I can't imagine watching my child go through such misery. ;( I am glad she is healthy now.:dance:

 

[K777angel]

I cannot even begin to grasp what you are thinking. I am the child of a cancer victim. Cancer has taken my Dad (lymphoma and later stomache cancer took his life), my best friend (leukemia), my little cousin (leukemia), my older cousin (ovarian cancer)... and I know many people who have it because I volunteer at a oncology hospital in Oklahoma City. This is what the look like. Some of them get real thin, like those dying of stomache cancer. However those dying of lymphoma, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, and many others look just like this.
And where do you get off saying that no competent doctor calls cancer the black death. Perhaps you haven't conversed with top notch oncologists all over the country as I have, and others have. You have no rights to undermine the intelligence and dilligence of these physicians. Do you have any idea what these physicians go through every day of their lives for these people? So are you calling them liars and frauds, or us for quoting them?

Right on Armywife!! I couldn't have said it better.
And bless you for your volunteer work at a cancer hospital. That takes a certain kind of gentle soul. God bless you.

 

[deanws]

I agree so much! When I was a kid I had scoliosis and they fused a piece of my shin bone to my spine. I spent a year flat on my back in a body cast. At that time my alternative was to be crippled for life. If nothing that taught me self-control and patience. Not to mentrion an appreciaation for medical science,

I am also a cancer survivor and in addition since 2000 have a bizarre problem called Prinzmetal angina.

But as you say we appreciate beiing born in a time and place when relief is available.

That sounds terrible. Did you have a tutor during that year? Was the pain terrible? I had a fusion on 3,4,5 of my spine, but I didn't have to lay flat or have a body cast. BLESS your heart. I have never heard of the PA. Can you tell me a little about it? Gosh...I hope you feel better soon. :blowkiss:

 

[sue1017]

Is it just me or does anyone think that John Ramsey looks a little like Bill O'Reilly?

Not trying to change the subject just a thought.

S

 

[deanws]

Is it just me or does anyone think that John Ramsey looks a little like Bill O'Reilly?

Not trying to change the subject just a thought.

S

OMGosh...I do too! He has not aged nicely has he?

 

[tipper]

Here's a quick synopsis. I'm one of the ones with otherwise normal arteries and everything stays fine so long as I take my daily medicine. Unfortunately it's so uncommon that there's not much money spent on research.

http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3059.html
Prinzmetal's angina
Also known as:
Prinzmetal's syndrome
Prinzmetal's variant angina
Prinzmetal’s variant of angina pectoris
Prinzmetal-Massumi syndrome

Synonyms:
Angina inversa, anterior chest wall syndrome, anterior thoracic wall syndrome, coronary syndrome, acute coronary insufficiency, mild myocardial infarction, spasme angina pectoris, variant angina.

Associated persons:
Rashid A. Massumi

Myron Prinzmetal

Description:
An unusual and uncommon form of angina, often with long-lasting attacks, in which pain is experienced at rest and sometimes while in bed rather than during activity. It is caused by total occlusion of proximal coronary arteries due to spasm. Most commonly seen during the night and accompanied by severe disturbances of the heart rhythm. The electrocardiogram taken during an attack will indicate S-T segment elevation rather than depression. The condition occurs without preceding changes in heart rate and blood pressure. Most patients have underlying coronary artery disease, but some have normal arteries. A prolonged attack may lead to ventricular arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, heart block, and sudden death.

 

[Seeker]

I cannot even begin to grasp what you are thinking. I am the child of a cancer victim. Cancer has taken my Dad (lymphoma and later stomache cancer took his life), my best friend (leukemia), my little cousin (leukemia), my older cousin (ovarian cancer)... and I know many people who have it because I volunteer at a oncology hospital in Oklahoma City. This is what the look like. Some of them get real thin, like those dying of stomache cancer. However those dying of lymphoma, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, and many others look just like this.
And where do you get off saying that no competent doctor calls cancer the black death. Perhaps you haven't conversed with top notch oncologists all over the country as I have, and others have. You have no rights to undermine the intelligence and dilligence of these physicians. Do you have any idea what these physicians go through every day of their lives for these people? So are you calling them liars and frauds, or us for quoting them?

I too have lost many loved ones from cancer. My father (as I posted and you quoted but apparently ignored) and my cousin who died of luekemia...as well as many others.

Where do I get off saying no competant oncologist calls cancer the black death?

9 years in the medical field, 4 of those in the pathology department.

You're welcome.

 

[Shanny]

When I see the pictures of Patsy having Cancer and John getting older
it makes me wonder how they would have raised JonBenet
Burke is in College so he is already independant
but JonBenet would have only been 15 years old
Patsy being 50 and John being in his 60's I wonder if they would have had the energy to keep up with JonBenet.

 

[tipper]

When I see the pictures of Patsy having Cancer and John getting older
it makes me wonder how they would have raised JonBenet
Burke is in College so he is already independant
but JonBenet would have only been 15 years old
Patsy being 50 and John being in his 60's I wonder if they would have had the energy to keep up with JonBenet.

I was 50 when my daughter was 15. She and I work our horses together, we laugh a lot, we hang out. I don't think it would have been an issue.

How old are you? I'm betting less than 50

 

[BlueCrab]

When I see the pictures of Patsy having Cancer and John getting older
it makes me wonder how they would have raised JonBenet
Burke is in College so he is already independant
but JonBenet would have only been 15 years old
Patsy being 50 and John being in his 60's I wonder if they would have had the energy to keep up with JonBenet.

Shanny,

Piece of cake -- I've had 5 grandchildren living with me, now ages 9 to 17, for 4 years now, and I have no wife or live-in girlfriend. Gotta admit I haven't been doing a super job and recently hired a 19-year-old live-in nanny to help, but I'm getting the job done and keeping them together. People do what they gotta do.

BlueCrab

 

[capps]

Standing ovation for BlueCrab!!

I'm sure your grandkids thank their lucky stars for you every day ... even though they may not show it.

 

[armywife210]

Right on Armywife!! I couldn't have said it better.
And bless you for your volunteer work at a cancer hospital. That takes a certain kind of gentle soul. God bless you.

Oh thank you. I am so blessed through volunteering. It's amazing how God works. I love people so much, and no matter what they are going through they just don't lose who they are. They have bad days, far too many, but their personalities always shine through. I love the kiddos. The little guys are always so honest with no inhibitions. I just love listening to them, and playing with them. They have taught me so much.

 

[K777angel]

Oh thank you. I am so blessed through volunteering. It's amazing how God works. I love people so much, and no matter what they are going through they just don't lose who they are. They have bad days, far too many, but their personalities always shine through. I love the kiddos. The little guys are always so honest with no inhibitions. I just love listening to them, and playing with them. They have taught me so much.

Oh bless you! I cannot even stand the thought of a little child with cancer!
When I see an image of one of them on tv occasionally - I have to quickly change the channel! It sears my heart right down to the core.
Yes - they are so honest and real and precious. It makes you realize why Jesus said, "Unless you become like little children you cannot enter the Kingdom of God."
Their little hearts are right there so close to God.

 

[Mygirlsadie]

Burke is cute!
http://www.forumsforjustice.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1462&stc=1

Patsy:
http://www.forumsforjustice.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1461&stc=1
***Credit to Forums for Justice***

Ok so does she have cancer or not.?? I hear that she does..then I hear that she doesnt!!??

 

[Shanny]

I was 50 when my daughter was 15. She and I work our horses together, we laugh a lot, we hang out. I don't think it would have been an issue.

How old are you? I'm betting less than 50

I am 21, but I wasn't talking about so much as the Ramsey's age, I was talking about both of the Ramsey's health, neither of them look so good, and I am just wondering the way they look now could they have kept up with teenager JonBenet if she were lived today.