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67. Debbie and Rich ...

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Sat Sep 7, 2024, 08:26 AM

Sep 7

We are your family and support. You are not alone.

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Update. Rich has finished his week of radiation. Out of 28 procedures , he has 7 more to go for his Malignant [View all] debm55 Sep 6 OP

That takes a lot of courage, I hope he feels better soon. Walleye Sep 6 #1

His doctors told him it would take a month after the treatments end to get back to normal. thank you Walleye for you debm55 Sep 6 #3

How are his labs looking? emulatorloo Sep 6 #29

Really good. He goes in next week to get another PSA test done.Thank you emulatorloo. debm55 Sep 6 #31

Yay! Love y'all. emulatorloo Sep 6 #56

Thanks debm55 Sep 6 #57

Thank you Walleye. debm55 Sep 6 #10

Sometimes family is overrated unweird Sep 6 #2

Thank you very much, unweird. Neither I nor rich has heard from them since May. Rich is more upset then me. debm55 Sep 6 #4

Thank you unweird. debm55 Sep 6 #9

Hugs to you both Duncanpup Sep 6 #5

Thank you Duncanpup. As the treatment go on, I have noticed a change in rich--frequent bathroom breaks, very tired. and debm55 Sep 6 #7

I had radiation 5 days a week for 9 weeks for my prostate cancer. surfered Sep 6 #6

Thank you surfered. I am glad it was okay with you and you are now alright. Bless you. debm55 Sep 6 #8

I'll add you to my prayer chain deb.... democratsruletheday Sep 6 #11

Thank you democratsruletheday. I prayer everyday nitght for Rich, Posters on DU and my family . I even pray for my debm55 Sep 6 #15

Much comfort and healing to you and Rich... Clouds Passing Sep 6 #12

Thank you Clouds Passing. debm55 Sep 6 #17

Hope everything goes well, my brother in law had prostate cancer and everything went well with his treatment TommieMommy Sep 6 #13

Thank you TommieMommy. debm55 Sep 6 #18

Wishing you both well CanonRay Sep 6 #14

Thank you CanonRay. I order him a fruit basket from Harry and Daves. He likes that kind of stuff. debm55 Sep 6 #19

Tell Rich your DU family is pulling for him. LoisB Sep 6 #16

Thank you LoisB debm55 Sep 6 #20

The worst of it is hopefully behind you now, deb! True Dough Sep 6 #21

Thank you True Dough. debm55 Sep 6 #22

Hugs. We've been thinking about and sending healing vibes to Rich on the daily since June. onecaliberal Sep 6 #23

Thank you onecaliberal for the prayers. I am so sorry about your husband. debm55 Sep 6 #25

Hard to go it alone so to speak, I mean without any support from the family..... a kennedy Sep 6 #24

Thank you a kennedy. debm55 Sep 6 #26

Sorry to hear it. Hope he has good effects. captain queeg Sep 6 #27

Thank you captain queeg. He has 28 treatments sshedule. Sometimes I get afraid as he is moody. He is sleeping now. I do debm55 Sep 6 #32

Sounds like he has more to worry about than I did. I have another cancer called multiple myeloma. captain queeg Sep 6 #60

Thank you captain queeg. I will keep you in my prayers. debm55 Sep 6 #62

Sending healing vibes to Rich and hugs to you spooky3 Sep 6 #28

Thank you spooky3 How are you doing? debm55 Sep 6 #33

Doing well, thanks. Nt spooky3 Sep 6 #37

Take care gademocrat7 Sep 6 #30

Thank you gademocrat. and an debm55 Sep 6 #34

I'm so sorry your family is not supportive, Deb. arkielib Sep 6 #35

Thank you arkielib. I think both of us will be so happy when the treatments are done.Thank you for putting on your debm55 Sep 6 #42

I'm sorry you have no support in your family. Trueblue Texan Sep 6 #36

Thank you Trueblue Texan. Rich"s family lives in the Boston area. His mom and dad has passed. so I am on my own with him debm55 Sep 6 #43

Sending good vibes to you and your husband. Elessar Zappa Sep 6 #38

Thank you Elessar Zappa. I have been trying. debm55 Sep 6 #44

Good vibes to Rich and you. Keep up the spirit. c-rational Sep 6 #39

Thank you c-rational . I am trying. debm55 Sep 6 #45

Wishing you both the best. BittyJenkins Sep 6 #40

Thank you BittyJenkins. debm55 Sep 6 #46

I am rooting so hard for both Rich and you debm55! sdfernando Sep 6 #41

Thank you sdfernando. I love you all debm55 Sep 6 #47

I will have my family pray for you and yours. discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 6 #48

Thank you. Your post mad me laugh. I thought I was the only one. Thank you for your prayers. debm55 Sep 6 #52

Sorry to hear you are going through this and particularly without support. GoodRaisin Sep 6 #49

Thank you GoodRaisin. debm55 Sep 6 #50

I hope all goes well. I have had prostate trouble for many years. OLDMDDEM Sep 6 #51

OhI am sorry. OLDMDDEM thank you. debm55 Sep 6 #53

Hope those side effects aren't too harsh. Raven123 Sep 6 #54

They sort of are the stomach and urine and the clean up.I thought that this was going to be easieer. TY Raven123 debm55 Sep 6 #55

My family shown me they don't care XanaDUer2 Sep 6 #58

But I love you XanaDUer2. My family was abusive and never around for me ever.But remember you are loved here. debm55 Sep 6 #64

Wishing you and Rich well, Deb! Different Drummer Sep 6 #59

Thank you Different Drummer. debm55 Sep 6 #65

Wishing you the best JoseBalow Sep 6 #61

JoseBalow. thank you. debm55 Sep 6 #63

Thanks for the update. You've both been in my thoughts. HeartsCanHope Sep 7 #66

Thank you HeartsCanHope debm55 Sep 7 #68

Debbie and Rich ... Niagara Sep 7 #67

Sending good vibes to you and Rich. Side effects are rough. Hang in there. sueh Sep 7 #69

Don't know how bad my dad's prostate cancer was, but he had a sucessful outcome, and had around another 35 - 40 yrs electric_blue68 Sep 8 #70

Wishing him and you the best of luck. I'm sorry about your family connection.... LeftInTX Sep 8 #71