Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 07 Dec 12 - 01:50 PM

thinking of you in your worries. God bless   pete.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: maeve
Date: 07 Dec 12 - 07:32 AM

I'm following this thread closely, Nigel and Ann (and everyone else); walking alongside as well as one can from a geographical distance.

You have the strength to handle old and new challenges, and the support to ease some of the emotional burden.

With warm respect and concern,

Maeve

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: catspaw49
Date: 07 Dec 12 - 06:41 AM

We're here and you have all our best Nigel. I'm still offering that second "T" if you think it might help. Much Love to all.....

Spaw---aka, Pat Pat(t)erson.....Remove "t" if needed.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 07 Dec 12 - 05:28 AM

thinking of you

love from sandra

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 07 Dec 12 - 04:33 AM

More than ever before, Ann & I need your Love, Thoughts, Prayers, Meditations; anything that might direct positive energy in Jane's direction. Suffice it to say, we are far more worried about her health today than we were three days ago.
          Please come closer; Please stay close,
                                        With Love to you All,
                                                                        Nigel & Ann.
                                                                        xxxxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Jeri
Date: 06 Dec 12 - 07:13 PM

I'm still here too. Please assume I'm reading this and hoping for the best, although I usually don't have much to say.
I'm paying attention.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 06 Dec 12 - 06:16 PM

Nigel: you, Ann and Jane have the unmitigated love of everyone on this thread. Our hopes and hearts are with you all. Don't forget that, buddy.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 06 Dec 12 - 08:19 AM

love & hugs from me, too

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Janie
Date: 06 Dec 12 - 05:34 AM

{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}} to all.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 06 Dec 12 - 04:37 AM

Breathing & Hanging Tough.....Breathing & Hanging Tough......Breathing & Hanging Tough. I should write this Mantra on dozens of stickies & festoon our house.
          To borrow Gnu's words: "Glad to know every single one of you".
          With Love,
                         Nigel & Ann.
                         xxxxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 05 Dec 12 - 08:08 PM

Remember to breathe.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: gnu
Date: 05 Dec 12 - 06:00 PM

I can only agree with all of you. Love to all. Glad to know every single one of you.

Nigel... hang tough.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 05 Dec 12 - 04:11 AM

You're so right, Dean, Ann & I are more than preoccupied with Jane's health. She has a prelim meeting tomorrow & then the biopsy on Friday. The tension in the air is palpable.
          Thank you for your kind words,
                                                          With Love,
                                                                         Nigel & Ann
                                                                         xxxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: frogprince
Date: 04 Dec 12 - 08:17 AM

Nigel, re that posted picture; you never need apologize to us for having your heart and mind taken up with ine of your very own. Just now "The sun is shining, For me and my gal" on St.Martin.
             Dean

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: catspaw49
Date: 04 Dec 12 - 05:28 AM

I agree with Nigel about our friend Bruce's link.........yeah......kinda' perfect.................I'll go with Bruce. This means I'll have to pick up the check I suppose?

Best thoughts to all........Wonderful thread..............


Spaw

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 04 Dec 12 - 05:09 AM

sending more good wishes & love to you all

sandra

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 03 Dec 12 - 10:29 PM

Redoubling my prayers for Jane.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 03 Dec 12 - 01:29 PM

Bruce, my Dear Friend...yes, the right words are hard to come by. The photo you've published says everything that's needed & not a single word has been spoken.
                         Much Love to You Both,
                                                            Nigel & Ann.
                                                            xxxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 03 Dec 12 - 12:51 PM

Sometimes words are hard to come by, Nigel.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: rumanci
Date: 03 Dec 12 - 12:48 PM

I'm holding fast and holding you all close for what that's worth - love, hugs, thoughts and prayers a constant backdrop even if the scenery changes and other acts begin.
rum xx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 03 Dec 12 - 12:25 PM

seems like uncertainties abound at present.best wishes to,and prayer for all concerned.   pete.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: billybob
Date: 03 Dec 12 - 08:48 AM

Nigel and Ann,

so sorry to hear that Jane has more worries, will hold her in my prayers and hope this is just another hic cup and nothing serious.

Wish I lived a little closer, could have had a hot meal ready for you on your return and filled the larder!We will get together in the spring and hopefully have news of a good new year for everyone on this thread who has had health scares.

much love

Wendy xxxxxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 03 Dec 12 - 08:32 AM

Apologies for my absence. Ann & I have been away looking after two of our Grandchildren whilst Jane was taking a short break, prior to a biopsy at the end of this week. A lump has appeared on her lower back & for the first time since her initial diagnosis, she needs pain killers. The biopsy is not the problem (non-invasive ultrasound), it's the outcome that is weighing heavily on all our minds.
       Dean & Spaw, I've neglected you both...that bothers me; I'm sorry. But enormous thanks to all the other Rainbow Crew members who have rallied round...you are irreplaceable.
       We've just returned home; the larder is bare; we need to get to the shops pronto! I'll post again soon,
                With Much Love & Healing Thoughts,
                                                                         Nigel & Ann.
                                                                         xxxxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Dec 12 - 11:56 AM

me, too, Frogprince...lots of love and light

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: billybob
Date: 02 Dec 12 - 05:02 AM

sending good healing thoughts Frogprince, those tests hurt,hope all goes well,
with love, Wendy xxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: catspaw49
Date: 01 Dec 12 - 09:55 AM

Keep us posted Froggy.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 01 Dec 12 - 01:33 AM

& mine

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 30 Nov 12 - 11:02 PM

I've already commented on Spaw's thread. Frogprince, my best wishes to your wife.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: frogprince
Date: 30 Nov 12 - 09:48 PM

My wife also had a bone marrow biopsy just a few days ago. She has tended to anemia for a long time, and has been testing a bit more so. We'll see the doc for results a couple of daya after we get home.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: catspaw49
Date: 30 Nov 12 - 07:05 PM

Most of my post from above seems to be missing but its on the Catspaw thread as well so I'll transfer it back here. I put it in here first because this thread has been so important to many of us....

Regarding this thread and the anemia/breathing problem.................I had a bone marrow biopsy two weeks ago to see if there was a reason there for this anemia which is causing the breathing problem. As it turns out, there is!

I have some lazy-ass bone marrow which ain't keeping up with the needed supply. Mostly all the things we associate with Leukemia. At this point it ain't. The condition is called Myeloplastic Dysplasia Syndrome. The good news is that it is a pre-cancerous diagnosis and may or may not become Leukemia at some point in the future. The lesser news is that if it does it is a type that does not respond well to most of the known treatments.

We are starting weekly injections to stimulate the marrow which obviously needs a swift kick in the ass. We'll see how that goes first and move on from there. My hemoglobin and platelets are better than they were but still very low. I'm breathing better and doing better overall but I look forward to hopefully boost my red blood cell output with the shots. It will probably take awhile to see/feel the effect of those. Hopefully there will be some!!!

Biggest problem right now is the trip to Columbus (100 mile round trip) which will be weekly. My back has been bothering me since that 2 month stint in the hospital a couple of years back following the botched appendectomy. The trip gets uncomfortable for me plus it is another 100 miles on the car and the gas. So I need to get some more info then talk to the insurance folks about a closer location for the shots or home health care to do them.


Spaw

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: maeve
Date: 30 Nov 12 - 06:54 PM

Hi, everyone. Like gnu, I check this thread daily. Sometimes I send a PM; you're all always in my thoughts.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: gnu
Date: 30 Nov 12 - 06:50 PM

Good news, Wendy!

I'm with Spaw. I check this thread every day it's on the board. Often, I don't post. Can't really explain why. I figure it's obvious. Just me.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: catspaw49
Date: 30 Nov 12 - 12:17 PM

Thought I better post since I said I would.....LOL......Plus the thread needed a "Refresh" as it has been a few days without news.

cLet's hear from some of the rest of you! I've been missing the updates. Of course there are times when there are none but I like the thread!!!


Spaw

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 25 Nov 12 - 04:54 AM

So pleased to read your news, Wendy. As you say, onwards & upwards,
                      With Much Love to you both,
                                                                Nigel & Ann.
                                                                xxxxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 23 Nov 12 - 11:27 PM

Glad to read it, Wendy!

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 23 Nov 12 - 09:15 AM

amen!

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: billybob
Date: 23 Nov 12 - 08:51 AM

We enjoyed Thanksgiving from afar in the UK by Skypeing Billys four sisters in New Jersey,wonderful to see all that food!!!!!

Billy's blood results were really good this week, onward and upward only one more chemotherapy to go on the 10th of December!So something to give thanks for!

sailing on with love to all the Rainbow Crew

Wendy xxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: olddude
Date: 22 Nov 12 - 10:00 PM

Love you all, I hope you all had a wonderful day ... I did, it was quiet but really nice

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 22 Nov 12 - 06:24 PM

I too hope my American friends have had a great Thanksgiving.

More importantly, I wish my friends (both those I know and those I don't) posting to this thread are able to feel the love and embraces so freely offered and lovingly given by those who understand what they are going through. In the parlance, hang tough. Understand, when you hurt for those you love, we hurt for you.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 22 Nov 12 - 06:04 PM

likewise,happy thanksgiving to american friends.my wife went to american friends for dinner and i have just consumed the contents of the doggy bag and am stuffed!.pete.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 22 Nov 12 - 05:19 AM

Wishing all our American Friends & our Daughter & Family in Charlotte NC, a very Happy, Peaceful & Joy-filled Thanksgiving,
                                    With Love,
                                                   Nigel & Ann.
                                                   xxxxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: billybob
Date: 21 Nov 12 - 02:42 AM

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: billybob
Date: 20 Nov 12 - 09:05 AM

xxxxx and hugs
Wendy

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: frogprince
Date: 19 Nov 12 - 10:29 AM

ditto what Pete said.
             Dean

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 19 Nov 12 - 08:44 AM

i hope you manage to grab some rest and have more peace in the waiting.pete

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 19 Nov 12 - 07:23 AM

Pete, very pleased to hear the good news about Tommy (One of our Grandsons is named Thomas, which frequently morphs into Tommy, especially if Ann is around!)
       There won't be much in the way of updates regarding Jane for a few days; maybe even a week or two. The new medication takes a while to establish itself & then her Doctors can begin scanning again.
       Whilst Ann & I retain our trust in Jane's Doctors to create an appropriate treatment plan for her, it is noticeable how weary & worn we are all getting. The effort required to 'keep on, keeping on' doesn't get any easier. The spectre of cancer is always there, hovering in the shadows.
       Much Love to All of You, our Very Dear & Special Friends,
                                       Nigel & Ann.
                                       xxxxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 18 Nov 12 - 07:51 PM

Hooray for Tommy!

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: gnu
Date: 18 Nov 12 - 07:50 PM

Good to hear.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 18 Nov 12 - 07:12 PM

tommy allowed home today on more antibiotics-doing well.thanks for the kind thoughts and prayers on his behalf.

bruce-i found you on you tube tonight.good stuff.even my wife said "thats quite nice" which is a very complimentary remark from becky!
blessings pete.

Subject: RE: Healing thoughts & prayers please (Nigel Paterson)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 17 Nov 12 - 01:58 AM

me, too

sandra