In the past two weeks we drove my father, who I had to push around in a wheelchair part of the time to another state after some really nasty problems with medications and being snowed in where one of his doctors are located due to the nasty weather. There were 18 inches of snow in a day in a half so they weren't going anywhere. And he was tripping balls the entire time, but the docs didn't seem to think it was the meds. *facepalm* My mom called me up the day before they needed to go because that's what the doctor's office did. Which meant we had to be up at 3:30 AM to drive them to another state. It took all fucking day and they found out he's still anemic and they don't know why. Which is why we went all the way over there in the first place. They told him to take iron. Which is what I had told him 2 weeks earlier. And that his testosterone levels are very, very low. That may have been more helpful in the past. He wouldn't have had so many damn kids. Then again, who would drive him places and take him fishing? They shipped him home after saying they really needed to have him come back and get a full-body CAT scan. It was urgent. So the doctor's office called yesterday and said his appointment is in May. It was that urgent.
Also, we got a call from the hospital in yet another state, but oddly closer to my parent's house, that RelUnrelated was to report there for his first appointment at the cancer center, to prepare for the stem cell transplants. Which is good. And about damn time. If only we knew anything else about the assistance we're trying to get. But, he has a phone interview with SS on Friday morning and has to call the state to find out what paperwork they need from him, since they sent him a letter, with a list, but neglected to tell him how far back they need check stubs for. We could have that all together, you know, if they could have put that on the list of documentation that they needed from us. It would be too much to make anything easy, wouldn't it?
So, we'll possibly know something more on March 3rd. At least we'll know what they docs down at the cancer center have to say about the transplants and perhaps they can prod the slow ass state in the proper direction. He fits all criteria for disability and did so last May, but he continued to work through chemo and everything else. Thankfully the hospital and cancer center here have community help programs that paid for his treatment. We wouldn't be able to pay for it at all otherwise and I would probably be widowed. I am very thankful for the awesome hospital and doctors and nurses and everyone that had a hand in getting RelUnrelated somewhat better, and it was no fault of theirs that the chemo wasn't as effective as we hoped it was. It was the fact that over time, the cancer cells adapt to the chemo and it's not as effective. Hopefully, the stem cell transplants will finally whip the fucker and we can do the routine check ups and not ever have to worry about it again.
More when we hear more. Hopefully it will be good news.
