Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Older But Wiser?
So Buff is now 47- an older man!! He would say older and wiser but I don't think 3 days gives him a wisdom advantage! We will be celebrating our birthdays soon as this week has been crazy with baseball, sick kids, work schedules, etc.......
Saturday, March 19, 2011
No Man'a Land
So, Buff has gotten back from Mayo clinic after a full work up by many different disciplines. He was told by all that it isn't metastatic renal cell carcinoma but they can't tell him what the problem is in the ribs. They all agree that something is there but can't say what it is.... hence no man's land.
While we are happy and encouraged by the no cancer diagnosis, we are very guarded as they can not say what Buff is dealing with in the ribs. Most, when I share about the no cancer diagnosis, gives some version of the Woo-hoo yeah response but I'm not ready to got here yet. The RN in me knows that is so possible for the experts to come back in a year and say, "Oops, we were wrong. It was cancer!", since they can't definitively tell us what it is. We are taking a wait and see approach and will get another scan in 5-6 months to see if the progression has indeed stopped. So once again we are in a wait and see game.
Buff has returned to work and we are trying to find that work-life balance that will support him in his health as well as the family. I must say it was nice having him at home and not having to worry about the boys and my having to get home in time. We are all adjusting!
Life goes on for our boys- Grayson and Thane are playing baseball- Grayson with the same coach as last year (who we loved- a positive influence while still teaching the basics) and Thane is playing for the the first time. Surprisingly, Thane's coach called him "very coachable!" after the first practice today. (At home, this not an adjective I would use to describe him!). So this might be a sport he will like....
Torin opted not to play lacrosse (much to my sadness as this is the sport that I love the most!) and just concentrate on weightlifting. It seems to be paying off as he just broke the football team record when he benched 315 lbs(on my, my child is lifting 315 lbs!!!) and he has his sights on the school record for bench which has stood for a few years now. He is setting his sights on college and I think he will be glad when high school is over.
While we are happy and encouraged by the no cancer diagnosis, we are very guarded as they can not say what Buff is dealing with in the ribs. Most, when I share about the no cancer diagnosis, gives some version of the Woo-hoo yeah response but I'm not ready to got here yet. The RN in me knows that is so possible for the experts to come back in a year and say, "Oops, we were wrong. It was cancer!", since they can't definitively tell us what it is. We are taking a wait and see approach and will get another scan in 5-6 months to see if the progression has indeed stopped. So once again we are in a wait and see game.
Buff has returned to work and we are trying to find that work-life balance that will support him in his health as well as the family. I must say it was nice having him at home and not having to worry about the boys and my having to get home in time. We are all adjusting!
Life goes on for our boys- Grayson and Thane are playing baseball- Grayson with the same coach as last year (who we loved- a positive influence while still teaching the basics) and Thane is playing for the the first time. Surprisingly, Thane's coach called him "very coachable!" after the first practice today. (At home, this not an adjective I would use to describe him!). So this might be a sport he will like....
Torin opted not to play lacrosse (much to my sadness as this is the sport that I love the most!) and just concentrate on weightlifting. It seems to be paying off as he just broke the football team record when he benched 315 lbs(on my, my child is lifting 315 lbs!!!) and he has his sights on the school record for bench which has stood for a few years now. He is setting his sights on college and I think he will be glad when high school is over.
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