Josh and Jess' Cancer Fight
There are no words to describe the gut wrenching feeling of a doctor telling you that your husband needs to come into the hospital right now because what they found on the MRI of his brain that he had earlier that morning is concerning. That’s how it all started... and then we went on a roller coaster ride of emotions.
After a short two days in the hospital we went from it being fluid in his brain... to it being a brain tumor and he was scheduled for brain surgery the next day.
The tumor was tested and was recurrent osteosarcoma. The surgeon was able to remove all of the tumor with no evidence of disease left... great news! Josh will still need to undergo chemotherapy and radiation.
For each chemotherapy treatment Josh and I will have to go into the hopsital for 5 days. The infusion will be administered continuously for those 5 days and then we will go home for a week and go back in the next week for another round. Josh will have 8 treatments of chemotherapy and 6 weeks of radiation.
We would be very appreciative of any donation that you can give. It will go towards our hospital and medical bills.
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After a short two days in the hospital we went from it being fluid in his brain... to it being a brain tumor and he was scheduled for brain surgery the next day.
The tumor was tested and was recurrent osteosarcoma. The surgeon was able to remove all of the tumor with no evidence of disease left... great news! Josh will still need to undergo chemotherapy and radiation.
For each chemotherapy treatment Josh and I will have to go into the hopsital for 5 days. The infusion will be administered continuously for those 5 days and then we will go home for a week and go back in the next week for another round. Josh will have 8 treatments of chemotherapy and 6 weeks of radiation.
We would be very appreciative of any donation that you can give. It will go towards our hospital and medical bills.
Hello again!
Sorry again for the long delay in updates. Things have been going somewhat smooth here for us in the last few months we have of this journey. It sure has been harder this time around. I know I didn’t reach my rock bottom the first time around of cancer, but this second go-round is proving to have its difficulties.
I just got out of the hospital on Sunday from my five-day chemo stay. Doctor Kalmadi lowered my dose another 20% to try to keep me out of the hospital in between chemo. I have been having problems with my white/red blood cells and potassium staying up in the normal range. They say your body starts to feel the affects of and react more to the chemo the more you take in, and my body has had about enough. Luckily this time I felt less sick overall, which was nice. Now we will see if it keeps me out of an extra hospital stay or two.
I have 2 more rounds of chemo to do and I should be done in about September or October at the latest. I am very excited for it to be over and finally get back to work. One of the hardest things for me is to have to sit around, do nothing and just rest because my body needs it but my brain want to go go go. It gets pretty old, but then I remember this is only temporary.
I want to thank everyone for the continued prayers and support. It helps more than you could ever know. You may have noticed that we raised our goal a bit and here is why…
We have been working with my insurance and Medicare (which I have through disability). When they had me sign up for Medicare, I was given the option for Part B but did not think that I would need to pay for that since I already had insurance that I was paying for. Apparently that is not the case… Part B of Medicare covers anything not in the hospital and since I did not get Part B, we now have to pay out of pocket for those expenses. I was never made aware of this, and so now we are looking down at a BUNCH of new bills we were not expecting. I have been on the phone with more doctors and hospitals than I ever have before trying to straighten everything out. NOT FUN!
Again, thank you all so much for your love and support. We really could not endure all of this with out you.
Love,
Josh and Jess
Sorry again for the long delay in updates. Things have been going somewhat smooth here for us in the last few months we have of this journey. It sure has been harder this time around. I know I didn’t reach my rock bottom the first time around of cancer, but this second go-round is proving to have its difficulties.
I just got out of the hospital on Sunday from my five-day chemo stay. Doctor Kalmadi lowered my dose another 20% to try to keep me out of the hospital in between chemo. I have been having problems with my white/red blood cells and potassium staying up in the normal range. They say your body starts to feel the affects of and react more to the chemo the more you take in, and my body has had about enough. Luckily this time I felt less sick overall, which was nice. Now we will see if it keeps me out of an extra hospital stay or two.
I have 2 more rounds of chemo to do and I should be done in about September or October at the latest. I am very excited for it to be over and finally get back to work. One of the hardest things for me is to have to sit around, do nothing and just rest because my body needs it but my brain want to go go go. It gets pretty old, but then I remember this is only temporary.
I want to thank everyone for the continued prayers and support. It helps more than you could ever know. You may have noticed that we raised our goal a bit and here is why…
We have been working with my insurance and Medicare (which I have through disability). When they had me sign up for Medicare, I was given the option for Part B but did not think that I would need to pay for that since I already had insurance that I was paying for. Apparently that is not the case… Part B of Medicare covers anything not in the hospital and since I did not get Part B, we now have to pay out of pocket for those expenses. I was never made aware of this, and so now we are looking down at a BUNCH of new bills we were not expecting. I have been on the phone with more doctors and hospitals than I ever have before trying to straighten everything out. NOT FUN!
Again, thank you all so much for your love and support. We really could not endure all of this with out you.
Love,
Josh and Jess
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