I thought I'd start a new thread for updates on my cancer treatments and whatever else is going on, since the bad news thread title is misleading now.
My last treatment went better than the previous two and my chest wound is still closed up, which is a good thing. My arm is getting slightly stronger and I hope to resume lifting dumbbells next week. I need to build up my strength again, because I am going back to Denmark in May and I am extremely pumped about that! I'd like to be able to schlepp my own checked bag and not have someone else lifting it for me.
It's going to be a fabulous trip, 6 weeks and a couple of days for me. My brother is going along as well as my friends Chipp and Rod. Chipp is staying close to 3 weeks and has not gone with me over there since 2006 so he is also very pumped to be going. It will be Rod's first trip and he will be there for 2 weeks. I will get to be a tour guide. Also, I am throwing a party in my favorite pub of all, the wonderful, ever-magnificent Irish House in Aalborg on May 7th. The owner and I are friends and he will give me a little discount. We'll have Irish stew and brews in the cellar and I hope to have around 25 family and friends there. I might bill it as the "Fu** Cancer Party." A few months back, I was not sure I'd ever be able to go over to Denmark again or if I'd even be alive, but the cancer hasn't gotten me yet. I'm doing a number on it, instead.
Some other cool things I plan to do when I am back in my ancestral lands include a wine tasting in a castle, touring another castle and the northernmost manor home in the country, and visiting Skagen, the top of Denmark, where you can stand on a little patch of beach and have one foot in one sea and one in another. They also have a brewpub up there I am wanting to check out. I will start and end my trip in Aalborg and spend 5 weeks in an apartment I rent that is very close to the beach. I can hardly wait for May 4th to roll around! [Reply]
Originally Posted by srvy:
Once upon a time Airlines made things like this right. Canceling a flight that they booked you on is United's fault. I honestly dont understand why they couldnt get you a voucher for one the hotels they work with. When you get home I would sure call our write someone in the main headquarters of United and let them know why you wont be using the services again. They just might make it right.
Since the Blackhawks won, hotels were sold out. United also claims that weather was the cause of the flight cancellation. They always say that since they can't be responsible then. Wankers. [Reply]
As many of you know, I was stranded in Chicago since my flight was cancelled and I didn't get home until the next day. I just got an email TODAY, June 20, from United saying my flight on the 17th of June has been cancelled. Well, thanks so much for clearing up that mystery, United! I had NO clue why I was stuck in Chicago when the departure marquis read: FLIGHT CANCELLED. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed:
As many of you know, I was stranded in Chicago since my flight was cancelled and I didn't get home until the next day. I just got an email TODAY, June 20, from United saying my flight on the 17th of June has been cancelled. Well, thanks so much for clearing up that mystery, United! I had NO clue why I was stuck in Chicago when the departure marquis read: FLIGHT CANCELLED. :-)
That is some top notch customer service. LOL [Reply]
I resume treatments tomorrow morning, and I am feeling a bit apprehensive about that. I got used to being away from doctors, nurses, needles, and chemo bags in a hurry over in Denmark. I have my appointment at 8 am tomorrow where the nurse will jab the dreaded needle into my chest where it will set for 2 days, then Thursday I get the pump removed and the needle, and Friday I meet with the colon surgeon to discuss how he is going to filet me. I know it will be laproscopic, but in my head, I keep seeing myself gutted like a salmon. :-) [Reply]
Hang in there, Ed, you've been through all of this before, so I'm sure you'll do just fine. As far as the laparoscopic thing goes, compared to what you've been through, that'll be a freaking walk in the park.
PS. If you get too anxious, just reflect on Miss Gitte......that should get you all squared away! [Reply]
*sniffle* I miss them already. I was at the store today and saw several women in shorts whose legs looked like 50 lb sacks of chewed bubble gum. Bleh. Danish chicks wear tight black leggings and they wear them well! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed:
I resume treatments tomorrow morning, and I am feeling a bit apprehensive about that. I got used to being away from doctors, nurses, needles, and chemo bags in a hurry over in Denmark. I have my appointment at 8 am tomorrow where the nurse will jab the dreaded needle into my chest where it will set for 2 days, then Thursday I get the pump removed and the needle, and Friday I meet with the colon surgeon to discuss how he is going to filet me. I know it will be laproscopic, but in my head, I keep seeing myself gutted like a salmon. :-)
