You are right Beth, prayer and positive thoughts are the best path .... just know that  you will be in our thoughts and prayers until you are back on your feet again and heading out into the wide open spaces .....   Take care ...

Libby and Charlie

Rip and Rosie wrote:

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Aw Beth.....

Cup is always half full girl.... despite all maybe the surgeon will do a few extra tugs and pulls this time, a facelift to make you young and beautiful.

Always praying for good things for you.

Rosie

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Yes, II might suggest that to them Rosie. I should have my SOH back by then.  

Thanks Peterblack. I try to keep that up too.

Thanks Jules. I'm feeling a lot calmer now. I can feel everyone's energy supporting me.

Thanks Marj. I had a CT scan on Friday and see the Plastic Surgeon tomorrow.

Thanks neilnruth.

Well, after seeing the plastic surgeon today, I'm even more frustrated and bamboozled.

checking those pathology results and will get back to me. IF pathology is correct, I'll need to have Radiotherapy or they'll need to take my whole nose!! That'd be their last resort. He has great faith that the radium will work well.

I'm not partial to either choice. So I'm hoping pathology got it wrong.

Keep up the positive thoughts for me my friends.

Kaid wrote:

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Bloody hell Beth. For your sake I hope they got it wrong too

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Thanks Kaid. 

Gerty Dancer wrote:

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Thinking of you Beth... with your cute little nose all healthy again!!!

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  Thanks GD.  

Beth54 wrote:

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I had a call from the hospital yesterday, with an appointment at Oncology on Monday. *gulp* A bit scary, but I'm doing okay.

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G'day Beth, no matter how bad things look, there is always something positive to look forward to. In your case, medical technology is moving forward rapidly and if you do have to under go more radical surgery, there is the promise of the quote below for you to aim for.  Stay positive, look for answers and you will find them. Small changes in your life can make big differences, look for the little things to change so they have big positive impacts for you and give you the strength to move forward.

Take care and stay strong.

"In China, doctors were able to regrow a mans nose. The twist is that they had to temporarily put the nose on the mans forehead.

The patient identified as Xiaolian, according to Reuters, had an infection that left his nose damaged and disfigured.

To help him, doctors used tissue expanders and reshaped a second nose over a period of months on Xiaolians forehead. Eventually, when surgery is performed, theyll use cartilage from his rib to help strengthen his nose.

Dr. Patrick Byrne, the director of Facial, Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, said in the future he expects that doctors will transition to fully lab-grown organs.

[We could] take a skin sample and some cells from the patients DNA and cartilage and use those cells to grow entire structure prior to reimplantation, Byrne said."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/technology-generates-man-made-body-parts/story?id=23289411

Ironically, but I read that article before I found out the extent of the damage. As a woman, I guess I'm a little concerned about how it'll look when it's all done, but really, that's a minor issue. It's more important to me that they stop that tenticle going any further into the nerve.

I do meditation, positve thinking etc and it certainly does help. I feel reassured that they're now moving quickly on this, but still feel a little angry at the year long wait. This extra stress could have been prevented.

Thanks native pepper.