We've got GOOD news!

[Kristina]

To all my cyber friends,

No cancer in my thyroid!!!! I had my right-lobectomy on Thurs. and I am in the clear! The questionable pathology report is now a mute point. With the experience that I had with my ruptured disks in my back and now my thyroid, you never really can be sure what is going on inside of your body until you get in there. Thankyou for all your prayers, thoughts and everything in between! It really meant alot to me.

Mom happily went to the assissted living facility last Sun. to stay there while I recoop. She's had some adjustments to go thought but I keep reminding her that they won't kill her! She's been very supportive, I must give her that.

But I must say that the few days she's been there, I can really see that she really has a hard time with reality, you know, the day-to-day stuff. She looks and acts scared and very confused to me. I'm beginning to think that's why I had built her a room onto our home and had her living with us. I don't know.....

I'm going to go and lay on the couch, again.:o I just wanted to let yall know that I'm going to be around :D

[joy]

Well this is good news Kristina. I just asked how you were on another thread. Now you just rest and recouperate from surgery.

I remember those confused looks myself that my own mother would have. But your mother will be taken care of. It is necessary at times we get our own selves taken care of if we want to continue on being caregivers for others. I'm so very glad it was good news!

[Daisy]

I'm so glad your news was good.

I also think that a new setting sometimes makes us see them in a new light as well. When my Gram was living on her own it was often easy to "over look" the issues she was having but looking back now I can see that they didn't magically appear overnight, there were signs all along that are easier see from the riew view than than when we were going forward. I wanted to see here as able, strong, and independent and so I looked for that. She wanted to be able to live independently and so when we were there she tried harder to show us what we wanted to see.

When she moved to the home she couldn't hide that stuff anymore. It was all too apparant that she really did need more help than we had been able to provide through home health, etc.

[scipilot]

Brilliant news Kristina it must have been one hell of a weight of your shoulders, i'm so pleased for you, i have read other threads you posted but not replied (i read alot but dont post much due to slow typing)

Nice to hear some good news for a change :)

[Kristina]

Thank you all for all the warm and caring words, they really mean alot to me. It has been a great comfort to know that people really DO care.:)