In the beginning....

     The Saturday before Thanksgiving, I took Peggy to the ER with horrible pain in her belly.  We thought it was a really bad intestinal virus because she had been sick for a week.

     Well, they did a ct scan and found a mass in her stomach.  Our world spiraled down quickly.  They admitted her and started her on Morphine.  That was scary in itself.  After more test and then a biopsy of the tumor, they determined she had stomach cancer, but they couldn't tell us what kind or what stage until we saw an oncologist and had a PET scan.

     The waiting was AGONIZING!  Over a week later, we saw Dr. Hill at the Tupelo Cancer Center.  He was an ASShole.  Said she had stomach cancer, had 3-5 months to live, all the answers to your question are here on this report (lots of big words we didn't know what the fuck they meant), we'll schedule the PET and call you."  I tried to ask how can you stage the cancer before the scan?  How soon can we get the scan?  He said, "well it's a machine in very high demand, could be 2 day or 2 weeks then he said, "you can follow the exit signs, go out to your car, and leave now" !

     Scared and crying our eyes out, we went to the car and just started driving.  We ended up at a dear friend's work place.  We were mad as hell, scared to death, and our friend started making phone calls to people she knew in the oncology field.  I called Rick, another very good friend and he arranged for the PET scan very quickly!

    After the PET scan, we changed Doctors to Paschal Wilson, also in Tupelo.  He was very much nicer and spent a lot of time with us.  Unfortunately, Peggy's cancer is stage IV (4).  It has metastasized into her adrenal glands and several lymph nodes.  But he said with Chemotherapy we might could slow it down and maybe (hope pray beg) put the cancer in remission.  He also said with treatment the "average" life expectancy was 1 year.  BUT we all know Peggy is not average!

     Everyone please pray for Peggy and me as we have already started the battle!  I love her to the depth of my heart and soul, and the world needs Peggy!

     I will post later as to our progress and plans.