tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post602818127140932896..comments2024-03-08T05:20:15.941-06:00Comments on The Westra World: A tale of two Dr. P's.Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02595982706357639001noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-60338154459459613462011-04-11T11:42:20.265-05:002011-04-11T11:42:20.265-05:00I'm angry with K's lack of compassion and ...I'm angry with K's lack of compassion and thoughtfulness. No one is going to take the fire out of you Vicky! You're a champion and motivated by love, strength and faith. Thinking of you all the time. My kids ask me about you each day. You're part of us here :) Hugs, hugs, hugs, hugs...<br /><br />And are the boys excited about the playoffs kicking in soon??septembermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570525910483384484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-877971864330538172011-04-10T21:31:00.936-05:002011-04-10T21:31:00.936-05:00Oh Vicky, I am astounded that you took time to com...Oh Vicky, I am astounded that you took time to comment on my little blog! I am so sorry that K couldn't muster up one compassionate moment. But, as you said maybe she will learn and YOU learned NOT to let her steal ANYTHING from you, least of all hope! I will be thinking of you and praying for you as you start your treatments. God bless. XO, PinkyPinky at Designs by Pinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17304907721321330136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-38632568434901470072011-04-10T17:00:52.162-05:002011-04-10T17:00:52.162-05:00ARrrg, I was a bit angry for you just reading your...ARrrg, I was a bit angry for you just reading your post. How a doctor approaches a patient is so critical. To be seen as a person is the most important thing. I am glad the other doctor you saw had that attitude.crochet ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720374771067791687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-60750194795321082862011-04-10T14:09:01.037-05:002011-04-10T14:09:01.037-05:00I believe the Ignorant Nurse was placed onto your ...I believe the Ignorant Nurse was placed onto your path for a reason! <br />Anger can be a great motivator!<br />I am glad you have two great doctors and an awesome Superman!<br />Still praying...Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032317917976482505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-39658345073019904132011-04-10T08:24:25.262-05:002011-04-10T08:24:25.262-05:00vicky....thinking of you everyday and sending buck...vicky....thinking of you everyday and sending buckets of prayers!<br />your son in his "fight like a girl" t-shirt put the biggest smile on my face...what a doll he is! <br /><br />and the mayo clinic, well i have only heard good things about that place, so even with K being a bit clinical, i think you are in amazing hands.....<br /><br />hugs to you...bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094533582512917616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-50010922868518451342011-04-10T02:29:39.712-05:002011-04-10T02:29:39.712-05:00I just had a mammogram because you reminded me tha...I just had a mammogram because you reminded me that I was four months past when I was supposed to go. (THank you). I asked about Stage 4 breast cancer and the survival rate and the nurse said "Absolutely there are more and more cases all the time where new meds and trials are working to let those women diagnosed be treated and move on to live their lives!" She was so enthusiastic and encouraging, I wished you could have been standing with us in that moment.<br /><br /> I think your "K" nurse was probably not just young and inexperienced, but also a callous person. Period. Jeez.Karen thisoldhouse2.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03302171590212119499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-74110257688829265132011-04-09T23:18:39.594-05:002011-04-09T23:18:39.594-05:00I'd say you have a right to be angry. So be an...I'd say you have a right to be angry. So be angry . Fight and yell at all of them.<br />Demand the best!!!<br />One thing I learned with my gramma and Mom, never take at face value they will do the right thing. Do your research and fight back.<br />God Bless Vicky!!A Lady's Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973102350411443282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-33943845773824159162011-04-09T22:56:49.500-05:002011-04-09T22:56:49.500-05:00Vicky, I've only met you in person one time, s...Vicky, I've only met you in person one time, so far anyway, and you're right. You are not someone to get easily provoked. You are a very gentle spirit. I admire that so much! But this was justified anger. I love how you turned it into a positive. You are now seeing this as something you must conquer. Woo hoo! You go girl! Keep with that attitude.<br /><br />And Vicky, your photos are astounding. You have a gift, seeing things so visually like you do. You know I love this too, though I have not been taking as many of my own shots of late. I miss it. You inspire me to want to do that again. It's more work but worth it to have such beautiful visuals. <br /><br />I'm excited about your trial! My mom-in-law is still living, many, many years later after her trial when she had breast cancer at 33. You have every reason to feel hopeful.<br /><br />And by the way, you look awesome! Gorgeous as ever. And so comfy in that sweatshirt. <br /><br />Peace in the week ahead. The prayers will continue!<br /><br />RoxaneRoxane B. Salonenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459456545891720716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-21458552230124058102011-04-09T22:37:38.358-05:002011-04-09T22:37:38.358-05:00Okay. Enough of the mushy stuff from me. Time to b...Okay. Enough of the mushy stuff from me. Time to break out who we both know I really am. <br /><br />I'm sitting here in the bathtub - my regular home for reasons I will explain on the blog one day if I grow a pair (of ovaries, that is); I have "One Thousand Gifts" sitting beside me that I actually intended to finish reading tonight but then, I saw your post on Facebook and told my Ipod to shape up, and managed to travel here on it! See? Miracles do happen and you're next!<br /><br />First off, congratulations for getting righteously angry and not punching K's lights out. Kudo's to Rick, too. And good for you for wishing her well and leaving all bitterness behind. It only poisons. I'll take the poison for you tonight and be just a little bitter for a bit. I promise to throw it up in the morning and purge myself. It will be Sunday after all.<br /><br />I love what Bonnie had to say about nutrition. ( Sorry to the rest of you if you said anything....I only read the first one because of this darned Ipod....you probably waxed eloquent and I'll never know!) Stick with all REAL FOOD and as organic as possible. Juice, juice, JUICE those fruits and veggies. Check out "The Gerson Method."'It's extreme but they've had SERIOUS success. Find what would be helpful to you and then chew up the meat and spit out the bones. Check out Dr. Mercola at mercola.com. You'd need six lifetimes to do everything he says but again, glean. He is a FOUNT of information.<br /><br />You have one of the beat healing sources already going for you: a strong faith, a loving family, and a support group of friends that has probably redefined friendship in Webster's dictionary. You are at the doorstep of the latest research. Oh yeah, you just keep fightin' like the girl you are and we'll all keep praying.<br /><br />Okay. I'm going blind typing on this tiny screen but you know I never say anything in ten words when I can use five-hundred! I love you! XOXOXOXOXO!Robynn's Ravingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619286823020924023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-11812146296932730422011-04-09T21:18:24.366-05:002011-04-09T21:18:24.366-05:00Hey Old Neighbor! Isn't Mayo an amazing place...Hey Old Neighbor! Isn't Mayo an amazing place! My Mom has went there for 15+ years every six months for check ups. We call it our family's "southern home"! I love that place. I am so glad you got a chance to go! I admire your spirit and wit~keep it up :) Thoughts and prayers with you daily--Kjerstenkaskatvoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09460006011849623829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-77522209871332068062011-04-09T20:43:02.170-05:002011-04-09T20:43:02.170-05:00I will FOREVER be your best friend...and ALWAYS be...I will FOREVER be your best friend...and ALWAYS be a Moorhead Girl with you...<br /><br />Hugs and Hope -- Love, KristiKristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11646767740080264165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-58155338361360010412011-04-09T18:02:32.757-05:002011-04-09T18:02:32.757-05:00That nurse practitioner makes me so ANGRY!!! I fe...That nurse practitioner makes me so ANGRY!!! I feel like going there and kicking a little a** for you!!! Good for you for not letting her steal your hope and fighting spirit. All our love to you :)The Westra'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311757392896744700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-34325892968693683272011-04-09T17:00:45.289-05:002011-04-09T17:00:45.289-05:00I can't be eloquent as the above commentators ...I can't be eloquent as the above commentators were--too much in my head today. You are in my prayers, lady. A new follower: susanSusan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-12448555848121073502011-04-09T16:39:11.868-05:002011-04-09T16:39:11.868-05:00Vicky, you are a trooper. Your feelings and emotio...Vicky, you are a trooper. Your feelings and emotions are real. After reading your post and hearing about K, I thought back to what my dad went through with his bladder cancer last fall. There are doctors that are passionate and then there are some that just see you as a number. I totally understand.<br /><br />I'm thinking about you every day Vicky...good luck on Tuesday.tainterturtleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10307790480251741661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-64747781943660241552011-04-09T15:13:22.416-05:002011-04-09T15:13:22.416-05:00Vicky thank you for the update. I've been deba...Vicky thank you for the update. I've been debating bugging you via text, but how the heck could you answer all that!? <br />How was the MRI? Please share (if you are willing) whatever else there is to understand. <br />I can't imagine all your mind has to deal with--cancer will NOT take away your hope, spirit, resolve, and the gift of love....<br />You and Rick are awesome people!TBRKOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00972433685307265490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-83868039073439145092011-04-09T13:37:51.165-05:002011-04-09T13:37:51.165-05:00Bonnie spoke my thoughts exactly. Isn't it st...Bonnie spoke my thoughts exactly. Isn't it strange that when they give you a PET Scan, they have you fast, then shoot you up with glucose because. . . "cancer cells are hungry and grab for that glucose like they are starving and then light up light a Christmas tree on the scan." So. . . suger has NO BEARING on your cancer????? Odd they would say such a thing. I'm all for starving those suckers out.<br /><br />Those distant, humanoids that say all the wrong things are trained that way. Can you believe that there are really training classes on how to be distant from your patients????? We had one that my sister and I called Nurse Rachette. She was just down right mean and uncaring. I hated it when she accessed my port --- it was like a sadistic mad woman coming at my chest with that long needle!!!!<br /><br />Vicky, I'm so glad to see you get a little angry. Sometimes it may seem wrong, but just think: NEVER again in your life will you forget how you were treated there, and you will forever understand when another goes through this. Believe me, I learned more of what NOT to say than what was good to say. In fact, most of the time, I seem to keep my mouth shut because it isn't words that count anyways. It's the hugs someone gives, the tears they shed for me, the cards and little gifts, the "Hey, I love you, girl!" and the "Is there anything at all I can do for you?" that means everything. <br /><br />So glad you are back home and have a plan. There is such a peace when we know we are on track with the what He wants for us and we can move forward. It was a month for me from diagnosis to first chemo. LONG time!!!!!!<br /><br />I'm wrapping you in prayer, Vicky!!!!Cora from Hidden Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066244776488896258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795026946181152215.post-87327370307682413752011-04-09T13:09:11.326-05:002011-04-09T13:09:11.326-05:00You are too much of an angel to be put in the hand...You are too much of an angel to be put in the hands of a neanderthal nurse practioner like that! I'm angry too. She has not kept up to date with current published findings. I hope she did not give you any other misinformation like what she said about sugar. Here's a quote from the Servan-Schreiber, M.D. book, "Anti-Cancer":<br /><br />"...German biologist Otto Heinrich Warburg won the Nobel Prize in medicine for his discovery that the metabolism of malignant tumors is largely dependen on glucose consumption. (Glucose is the form of digested sugar in the body.) In fact, PET scans commnly used to detect cancer simply measure the areas in the body that consume the most glucose. If a particular area stands out because it consumes too much sugar, cancer is very likely the cause....researchers conclude that a new class of medications is needed now to fight cancer: medicines that reduce insulin peaks and IGF in the blood. Without waiting for these new medicines, each of us can already cut back on the amount of refined sugar and white flour we consume..." p. 61,62<br /><br />Health-care providers are so busy and stressed these days that we cannot depend on them to keep up on all the current data and have to do some research for ourselves.<br /><br />Wonderful to see and hear about how all your friends and family are rallying around you.<br /><br />Love and hugs ...Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.com