Patient Page for

Jeanne McGill O'Haver

Welcome to the Patient Web Page. It is here to keep people updated as to what's going on with us at any given time, particularly as it relates to my cancer.

Even though I found Caring Bridge and set up this site AFTER the very worst of all our ordeals, I did my best to collect and copy the [very few] journal entries I had made. They were kept here and there in different places; finally got them all together and set out to fill in the blanks so that the entries here make some kind of sense. It does start when I was first diagnosed, and we did our best to fill in the blanks and add to it periodically to try to keep it somewhat up to date.

We still deal with this every day because the surgeries have changed me so much in so many ways. It's my prayer that in some small way, my story, and how God has done miraculous things in my life, can help others. God is so good!

Journal

Saturday, December 27, 2008 3:40 AM CST

Hello Family and Friends~

Well, the MRI looked pretty good, except for the fact that there is more "activity" in other places; in addition to the T6 and the 7th rib, we have the T5 and T10. But Dr. Dugan said there is no reason to get a CT scan; I've already had an MRI, and I'm scheduled for my regular bone scan on January 7th, so he said there is nothing a CT scan would show that we wouldn't already have seen on one of these two tests.

As far as the hip goes, I went back to Dr. Wurtz on Monday, December 22nd, who did my hip replacement in '01. He took x-rays and felt around, and moved my leg all around. The good news is that there is no infection. He believes my problem to be the burser (bursor?) sac; same thing Peyton Manning had with his knee. He injected me with two drugs, one a short-term numbing agent much like novicain, which lasted about 2 hours or less, and then cordizone. He said it would be a couple of days before that kicked in. Well, it's Friday night/Saturday morning (and that was last Monday), so it's been five days, and the pain is as bad or worse; no cordizone relief quite yet. Greg and I plan to call him back on Monday and see what he says; he'll probably want to see me again. They also took some blood to do several tests, so we'll see what those showed.

Other than the hip problem, the game plan is to stay on the oral medication Kathy Miller (my oncologist) has me on, and to try to eat well and take as many Beam Ray treatments as I can. I hope the hip-thing doesn't throw a monkey wrench into the mess.

Again, thanx for all the prayers, and for all of you who are thinking of me. I've heard from a lot of people, and it really does make me feel good.

Hope your Christmas was merry, and hope your new year will be a great and prosperous one. Pray for one another; pray for our country. God's blessings on each and every one of you, and thanx again for your continued prayer.

Love, Jeanne
Still Thankfully in His Love and Care~
Jeanne McGill O'Haver
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Ephesians 3:16-31

Hospital Information:

IU Cancer Center, Indiana Cancer Pavilion
535 Barnhill Drive (IUPUI Campus)
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
317 274 5000

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E-mail Author: jeanne@crossoverroad.com