F**k Cancer

I was in Spokane Washington all last week visiting my daughter Charlene. She had her first round of chemo and was tired and sore most of my time there. She will be taking 1 chemo treatment every two weeks for the next 8 months.

The spare bedroom is my son-in-laws guitar room and they put a blow up mattress in there for me to sleep on. I thought I'd show you what my room looked like last week...

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WOW that is SOME Son in LAW! ;) Did I see an ACE FREHLEY LESTER????? and a Klingon Death Axe?

What is the little amp to the right of the Double NEck Sg?

--- GRant --- its good to have ya back---

Many prayers your way Brother ---and to Spokane as well
 
Ace Freely, yes. Klingon Death Axe, yes. Did you notice the SRV tribute Strat? Lil amp is a Gibson something or other. Believe it or not, I didn't even feel like playing any of the guitars. My son in law did though. He played the Star Spangled Banner for me. The guy can play!
 
The wife and I are keeping you and your family in our thoughts and prayers, I understand not having the urge to mess with the guitars. I was the same way when the wife was dealing with her chemo.
 
Last week I found out that the cancer in her lung had grown and they would be uping her chemo from once every two weeks to once a week. I just now found out that she is in the hospital with pneumonia.
 
I hope your daughter Charlene makes it through and my prayers go out to you. Is she getting radiation treatment also? I know all too well about cancer since my belated wife was first diagnosed with cancer back in 2010. She received both chemo and radiation. Her cancer came back in early 2015 but she opted for chemo only...no radiation. I believe the radiation made her feel sick all of the time. That's why she didn't want it. It sucks being in the hospital all of the time, especially in ER where the nurses are too busy to help you out. Good luck Wav and may things turn out for the best.


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Many of you have expressed your concern about my daughter Charlene. My ex-wife was with her last week and here is what she said...


Hello Family, Friends and Everyone.... here is update on my daughter Charlene. After arrival in Spokane, Char was in a horrible nursing home and getting weaker and sicker. We got her admitted back into Spokane Valley Hospital. However, the news is not good and the situation is grave. Char had pneumonia again, a UTI, a rectovaginal fistula, and the cancer is spreading fiercely and aggressively. Charlene has been given many antibiotics to fight all of the infections in her body which is working. But due to all of this, Charlene has not been able to undergo any Chemo as it would now kill her. While in the ER, we were finally provided a prognosis. Under normal circumstances, if Charlene would have been able to keep going thru Chemo, with no set-backs, no sickness, no infections, she might have been looking at possibly 2 years to live. We were first told she might have 6 months to a 1 year to live. Then after an ultra-sound and more tests 11/01/17, her oncologist firmly believes Charlene may have possibly 2 months left to live or less. Charlene has had to endure so much in such a short amount of time since 08/12/17, and she is very scared, but she has also accepted her outcome with grace and strength. And we have all cried very, very much. Tomorrow afternoon 11/03/17, doctor is going to perform surgery for a colostomy to give her comfort and dignity, and maybe to be able to sit in a wheelchair and have some resemblance of a life. However, we could also lose her on the table. Once recovered, she will be transferred to a Nursing facility, and when her time comes, to a Hospice facility. If any of her friends or family here in Washington and Idaho wish to see her, she is currently in Room 328. We wish to ask everyone to keep praying for her during this very difficult time. May God Bless Charlene and Bless all of you as well. Thank you.
 
Somber news indeed, the kind of thing a child should be writing of an elderly parent not the other way around.
My very best wishes to all close to Charlene, you have been and remain in my thoughts.
 
Oh my. I am so sorry. I wish there was more I could say or do. If there is, please let me know.
 
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