Recently life threw me some more obstacles to deal with. I have been struggling with chronic pain for years, so I turned to trying to learn as much as possible while unable to do mechanic work effectively. The place I am currently living dose not have space for me to put a semi truck or trailer to work on. I would have to travel about 30 minutes each way to be able to work, and driving really sets off the pain. A few years back we lost my papa, and my wife and I have been trying to buy his house from the family so that we could have some space to build our lives back up. However lawyers got in the way of a deal that we thought was already done.
Around January I found a lump in my wife's breast. We tried to work with our PCP and breast surgeons to have it removed and then biopsied due to her autoimmune condition. We talked with 5 doctors over the course of the year that all refused to work with our PCP to come up with a solution that would minimize the risks of spreading any infection. Sadly it got to the point that she could not deal with the pain any longer. Luckily we ended up at MD Anderson, and they actually listened to our concerns and worked with us to come up with a treatment plan. After all the diagnosing work that was done we found out she has breast cancer. Today we got the confirmation that it is stage 3 Triple Negative Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. As bad as that sounds we are relived because she has over a 50% chance to completely beat it! Yes at this point she is looking at not just remission, but being cured!
Yesterday I found out my mom is suffering from kidney failure and will likely require dialysis, at least it sounds like at home dialysis is possible. We should be getting a call from a counseling service soon to help us figure out the next steps.
Never give up, just move forward, and never stop learning! Trying to wrap my head around all these medical problems have made me take a break from learning coding and writing posts as much in order to learn about different treatment options for my family. I am still here and will be shifting my priorities again.
On the positive side we got my mom a trike to ride with us for some exercise, so hopefully we will all get some out more and that should help our health. We were told that daily walks or bike rides should help with some of the chemo treatment symptoms. With the start of fall hopefully there will be more days that the feels like temp is under 100°F.