23th Bia's Health News

From: Bia
Subject: 23th Bia's Health News
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:32:00 -0200

HEEEYYY it’s me again people! Hehehe ...

I came home after 20 days in the hospital... Yes I was hospitalized again... So we have news:

1. I was in the hospital this time was because of an absolutely terrible pain in the liver, caused by a break... It hurts too much! I had never felt such pain in my life! But the docs did a radio embolization (they patched the liver... Hahaha...) through the groin (think about a black groin...) thankfully it was not necessary to make a surgery

2. I stopped taking the anticoagulant... I took four bags of blood (I was anemic... Hehehe... It feels weird to see blood entering the body)... I spent two days in ICU

3. I put a portho-cart (I do not know if that's how you spell... Hahaha...), which is an approach that is implanted in the chest... I now have chest titanium in addition of the silicone... Hahaha... I'll take the chemotherapy through it

4. During hospitalization several tests were done... And you know me... LOL... I asked my mom to get the reports and read everything... I suspected that my situation was more complicated than they were telling me... So I asked directly the doc. After a frank discussion, the conclusions were:

ü The cancer has spread - breast (think it was the only focus that disappeared... Hehehe... At least one!), the head one began to grow again, lung, liver (which "exploded" and is not very normal ) and bone

ü There is no cure anymore, all treatment is palliative now in order to prolong the life

ü The chemotherapy is less aggressive - hair do not falls (Hahaha. not fall far... I'm already getting hairy… Yeah .. so well that I have a kind of chop... I am the very close to Wolverine’s cousin... kkkkk...), I do not feel so sick... I feel a little weakness in the legs and some pain in the body in the morning

ü The chemo sessions are made once a week... Two weeks followed of rest... After eight sessions I will be evaluated again to see how my body is reacting

üWell... You know that in a conversation like that I had to solve the most possible doubts... Then I asked how long I had... The doctor said she did not have this information... Furthermore without analyzing the reaction of my body with chemo

5. From the information I got from the doctor, I made some resolutions:

ü I want to enjoy very much and even more the people I love... And if you have received this e-mail, you part of this team

ü I made a fat list of restaurants - who want to come along is welcome - you are so screwed you will have to carry the whale to the grave... Kkkkkk...

ü I also want to skydiving - but I'll leave that item to the end because if I break all bones (the bones weaken somewhat with bone cancer) at least I give work to the nurses and not my mom... Hehehe...

ü I ask for doc if she can get a weather forecast, let me enjoy it... That when I'm really bad then she can take care of my little body... See! I will not spend a life in the hospital right? J

6. Let's be honest... Oooooobviously I cried... I am a human being... But the thing is... What can be done! It's the chemo? It’s face another surgery?... Whether it is, I'll do... So get ready... I have the impression that I'm going to do a lot of overtime... Kkkkk... YOU WILL HAVE TO SWALLOW ME!!! Hehehe...

Until next time! Once I have more news, I will write again

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XOXOXOXOXOXOX

Bia

22 Bia's Health News‏

From: Bia
Subject: 22 Bia's Health News‏
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:38:59 -0200

HAPPY NEW YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR! J
First of all I want you to forgive me for not sending news... That happened because of my last hospitalization... That pulmonary embolim and also I had problems accessing the Internet since the end of the year... lol ... But let me update you:
1. The hospitalization lasted almost two months... A little more time and they would collect the room's rent... Kkkkk ...
2. This time my poor mother was grounded with me because every time we would leave the hospital, something happened (they exchanged antibiotics, there was an exam to do, I had a covulsion - in fact, I think I should register a delation... Hahahaha... I was beaten during this episode... kkkkk... My mother gave me a tie to turn my head to the side and I do not choke on drool... ARGH!... lol... The nurse gave me a stroke on the leg to unscrew the leg of my bed... I took some slaps on the face to see if I come back soon... Think about it... The person is convulsing and she is beaten... KKKKKK... Absurd! lol...)
3. I left the hospital late November and I've been monitored by home care... Taking a hefty dose of anticoagulant... Feeeeeeeeeear! I have to take care of cuts and hits to not have problems with clotting. Also I'm doing physio to end the laziness of the hand... I don't know if it's a great thing, but I'm getting some tickles in the hand... Hey hey I take a bath every day and it is not scabies!... Hehehe...
4. Look... I have to admit... I am an addict... Hehehe ... I'm taking morphine and it can not be taken away so suddenly as the corticosteroids .. I'm doing a detox program... Kkkkk... But I will say... Feeling the withdrawal symptoms is not cool! At the same time it gives a cold sensation through the body, but you feel the whole body sweating... A non sense malaise... Besides the desire to jump from the window... And the pile of crap you talk... I'm better now, but it is necessary to go slowly... Today I am for 40 days without getting high... In excess... Hehehe...
5. In the end of the month I have to repeat some tests... From the head... Yeah, I know... In the last email I said that radiosurgery had worked... But during my stay in the hospital, additional tests were also made and it was observed that there was a brightest area... Then I need to make a new resonance to see if this area is only a necrosis because of radio (if so they will leave as it is, not make anything more... I will be able to speak that eyewashes that I invent are because I have a head rotten... KKKKKK...) or if there are still tumor cells (there'll have to make another radiosurgery).
6. The end of the year was quiet... Spent at home with family and friends... We openned a sparkling on New Year... NO ALCOHOL sparklig(I did not know but the neurologist told me that alcohol, in my case could increase the possibility of having a convulsion... I fear it? Not that I'd certainly have a convulsion if I take something... But it could lower my threshold of resistance... So when someone calls me for dinner... Please buy a grape juice... Boring! My plans to have a beautiful wine cellar in my the house I think I'll hold off and replace it with a collection of flavored waters... Hahahaha...)... Even Thiby (my dog) "drunk"... Kkkk... He loved the "sparkling" peach... Hihihi...
I wish you all a lovely New Year and thank you for being part of my life! J

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XOXOXOXOXOXOX

Bia

21 Bia's Health News‏

From: Bia
Subject: 21 Bia's Health News‏
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:20:29 -0200

Hellooooooooooooooo people! J

I have several new adventures this time... Kkkkkkkk ...

1. I'm in the hospital again... Since 10/01 I thought I had caught a only a simple cold, but it seems that it was pneumonia. Relax, do not exalt... hehehe... I would never suspect that did not catch a bad cold since I had 7 years old... Hehehe ... I thought I was slow to heal because my body was not used to such things... J

2. During this period I discovered that pneumonia was in fact a pulmonary embolism... Now my lungs are looped... It seems like a Swiss cheeses... Because I am not required to have lungs that look like simple mozzarella cheese... Kkkkkk ... So I'm taking antibiotics and doing tests to see if these holes are regressing

3. There are two treatment options depending on the recovery:

• ü with antibiotics: if there is good recovery with antibiotic, the treatment will be done for a few weeks
•  ü with surgery: if the recovery does not progress, affected areas will be removed... AAAAHHHHHHH... They want to rip pieces of me again... Kkkkkk ... The hole article nobody wants? LOL

4. Doctors (and to tell the truth I did too) were suspicious that this problem could be another lung tumor (FEEEEEEEAR!!!)... But it was made a bronquioscopia - I think that's how it is wrote - and a biopsy. OW! This time there is not another tumor... AAAAAEEEEHHHH... I escaped... HIHIHI…

 

5. The radiosurgery performed in 08. 31 days to treat tumors of the head, worked !!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I have to do monitoring. Hehehehe... Cancer 2 x Bia 3... EEEEEEE ... Let's make the turn! Kkkkk ...

 

6. I do not know when I leave the hospital because the medical staff (medical, infectious disease and thoracic surgery) have to discuss what they will do... Hahaha...

 

I think these are the news... Once I have more news, I tell you... Toward recovery! J

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XOXOXOXOXOXOX

 

Bia

On second thought ...

The other day I told you guys about  how much I was annoyed because I could not eat a hot dog without getting dirty... As I'm only moving one hand, the whole sandwich dismounted, I dropped the sauce, the sausage jumped... Anyway... It was a mess! I thought that situation the end... LOL ...

But had a chat to a good friend and I think this situation was not that bad... She told me about the struggle of her mother (who incidentally is a wonderful woman in many ways) against a facial cancer. During this period she had a hard time to eat every day... The food came out her nos ...

She won it all and today is more beautiful and recovered than ever!
I confess that I felt mega embarrassed by piss me off with so little... Now I do not care if the sausage jump to the roof... Hahahaha... I learned that we have to adapt and do the best we can without being annoying if it is not perfect!
I thank for the opportunity to improve myself and to this great woman who showed me that! J

20th Bia's Health News‏

From:Bia
Subject: 20 Bia's Health News‏
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 20:42:28 -0300

Hello dear,
Holiday eve in Brazil and let me tell the news... Hehehe ...
1. I did the radiosurgery last Wednesday (08/31)... This time the health security permission was released quickly... Would they have been traumatized with the crazy Japa? Hahaha... Well, anyway, the important that was well. 

• The pity part of the process was the preparation... They took me to put that bow on the head... At 8 am... And they a shot on my forehead... Literally... Anesthesia on the forehead... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaffffffff... No one deserves it! But worse than that, do you happen to know what it is? Injection in the neck !!!... If somebody ever ask you if you want to ask a shot in the forehead or neck, say you want a injection on the forehead..... That hurts muuuuuuuuuuuuuuch less!!!

• Placing the bow is a scary thing... It is made with a kind of screwdriver... It is pushed from on one side and another until a "click" done... Pressing the head...

• Well... They took me to put that bow to 8 am and went to a CT... After that, they told a really nice thing... Only wit the a result of this CT they would make the planning of radiosurgery... They wuold plan that untiiiiiiiil about 2 or 3pm... That meant, I would have to stay with the bow on my head... A section with that "lightweight" helmet... That would not let me pull over, lie down, eat or drink... Very comfortable you know? As you can see in the picture... lol

• I went to do the procedure (it was nearly 4pm) super tired because of the arch on the head and movement restrictions in the body and neck... But it was reliefing... The procedure itself was nice... It lasted about 40 minutes, it did not hurt anything, the machine going around... Hahaha... It looked like those amusement park toys... Except that I was tied up in it... Hehehe... J

• After the radiosurgery they decided to torture me for real... Kkkkk... They took me to the infirmary... They gave me a painkiller and told that they would just take the helmet from my head in half hour! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH... Think of the longest half hour in life! I they left me more time than 30 minuteswith that thing on the head ! Hahaha...

2. I left the hospital on same day... But the next day I could not talk to anyone... I apologize to friends who called me... But I was useless... I just wanted to sleep... I was in pain in places where the arc was tied in and neck too.
3. I'm feeling good... This time I'm not feeling too many side effects... A little less appetite, a sore in places of irons in the head... But I'm fine. Now I have to wait 40 days to repeat the MRI and see the result of radiosurgery. For now I'm not feeling any immediate effects positive or negative, but let's hope and wait! Hopefully my hand will move soon! J

See ya! I thank everyone for strength and for the cheers!

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oxoxoxoxoxox

Bia

Childhood memory

 Yesterday I did something super nice... After dinner I was got an urge for a sweet, but real real sweet.
 Then I decided to eat bread (after dinner it's hard right? But it was only half of it right? hehehe...) with condensed milk! Hehehe...
 What could be more childhood memories than that? That thing of eating and smearing? DELICIIIIIOUS... Okay it's not healthy...
 But it was too good... Kkkkk... I had to tell this prank... Do too guys... Hahaha... The belly grows a little but the taste of childhood is worth... Hehehe...

19th Bia's Health News‏

From: Beatriz
Subject: 19th Bia's Health News‏
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:07:43 -0300

My dear,

I know I owed this email since Friday... Right? But I was searching for some information to do things completely... hehehe ... I have news for a change... I do not leave you without emotion for life not to be boring... Hehehe...

1. Let's start celebrating life... CONGRATULATIONS FOR DR. WESLEY for his new baby! It’s a pity you could not see the baby’s picture wearing pink slippers... The cutest thing in the world! Health and happiness to the family! JJJ

2. On Thursday I spent the day in the hospital with the following professionals:

ü  Mastologist (Dr.Wesley): Everything is in order. Now is to control and take medicine.

ü  Clinical Oncology (Dra.Nirvana): Everything is in order. Now it is doing and take medicine.

ü  Radiotherapy (Dra.Letícia): Well... The novelty begins here... Hahaha ... I have to do a radiosurgery because the brain tumor did not disappear completely, it did  diminishes considerably, but still not disappeared.

3. I confess that it made me very upset and I had an outbreak, because it is another procedure... And I was just hoping to do follow-ups... What made me very stressed was think that has to be approved by the health security... And I'll have to monitor closely becauseI will not let them last a life time to answer over again right? Linger for two months to say they do not approve of.

4. Well, in that this is radiosurgery?

ü  Radiosurgery is a procedure performed with the patient awake and alert, with local anesthesia and a rim around holding the head... The head is not opened this time (but I'm thinking it'll take a few scars... They will fix it on forehead and nape... lol). It is performed by a team of neuro-radiologists, neurosurgeons, radiotherapists and Physical-Medical.

ü  The stereotactic arc is placed in position around the patient’s head by the neurosurgeon and the Physical-Medical after local anesthesia. The patient is then referred to the examinations of CT Scan and MRI.

ü  With the results of images all the planning of radiation is done.

ü  After the three-dimensional planning, the patient is taken to the treatment table of the linear accelerator which is positioned to perform radiosurgery that will last between 30 to 90 minutes.

ü  After the procedure, the stereotactic arc is removed from the patient.

5. When this should happen? Theoretically the week of Aug. 22 or 15... I have to wait for a response from hospital / health plan. After this procedure I really hope that everything finishes, because I admit to you guys that I am tired... Hihihi... This life of staying in the hospital is not cool... To perform this procedure I have to stay at least two days in hospital... I think that neither the bacteria want me anymore... Hahahaha... They will not want to eat meat... Hahaha...

6. I will suffer from dizziness and nausea again... It's a mega radiotherapy in head again right? I'll probably feel bad and stop eating... Sequels I hope that I do no not have any by "bug”. J

See ya! I thank everyone for strength and for the fans!

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oxoxoxoxoxox

Bia

18th Bia's Health News‏‏

From: Bia
Subject: 18th Bia's Health News‏
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:40:29 -0300

Beautiful people,

I think I should update right? J But first of all... HAPPY FRIEND'S DAY (here in Brazil is Friend’s Day today) to you all my dear friends!

During month I've been recovering at home and the new are:

 

1. Now I'm eating again... Even fewer, but I’m again...hehehe... Ow… think of a nervous person trying to eat a hot dog... That's me! Eating hot dogs with one hand is a very work to do... It's a real mess... It seems like the pig (that’s me) eating the dog... I'm tired of playing it... My hand must work soon because otherwise my mother and my brother will continue witnessing these dante scenes here at home... Kkkkkkk...

2. Ah...Do you guys remember I said that radio would bring down the hair? Well... They are gone... Again... Take a look at the picture... Kkkkkkkkk... No, I did not sleep with the Black Power wig... But my pillow woke up with it... Hahaha... Three days in this way and the hairs are gone... Hihihi... Now I display an elegant tuft (ridiculous... lol) left on the forehead... Hahahaha...

3. Between this week and the next one I will make the resonance, ultrasound and mammography, and consultations will be on 8/11... Then we see how everything is related to the breast and also if I will need more radiation or not... I sincerely hope that now everything is up... And that I don’t have to do any treatment!!!!!!!! J

4. I’m sooooooooo swollen because of the corticoid that barely breathe... LOL... My throat is swollen including... Then I discovered why I'm sleeping badly... I wake up pulling the air... I wake up with my own snoring... Kkkkk... It’s the end times... It was just what I needed... But that's okay... During the day, I manage my breath... During the night, the snoring manage my breath...

5. Also because of the swelling I have two new "entities" living with me... Hehehe... Cookie and Doughnut... My cheeks... They are so big and stiff that they look like they have their own life... Some days I can barely open my eyes... Hahaha... Okay... Okay... I know I do not open wide eyes naturally... But it also did not have as much right? Look at how they are...

6. Moving... Physical Therapy... I continue to fight... I'm still at a loss because the knee decided to turn weaker, but I'm whipping it... The arm is stronger... And hand... Oh, the hand... This is a mystery... It decided to move only the thumb and ONLY... But only 2mm nothing more... Hahaha... And when it wants, not when I want...LOL ... I hope that soon I can take possession again of my hand... For instance it is independent... Kkkkkk ...

Well... That's it... As soon as I get news I promise to tell to you!

 

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oxoxoxoxoxox

Bia

The mighty K

This treatment is really been a continuous learning... Hahaha... Now I find out K... Aka potassium... Hehehe...

With this business of taking mega doses of dexamethasone to deflate the brain I have some "undesirable" reactions as swelling (it deflates the brain and swells the rest of body... Hahaha... It is because of salt retention inside the body... Hummm... I became a giant snack... Hahaha...), reduced muscle strength, tingling, insomnia, constipation, fatigue, abdominal distension (biiiig belly... kkkk...) and acne... There must other things... But it's enough for me right... I do not want to experience all the symptoms do not J

I was never a big fan of banana... Hahaha... Now I eat it every day... I'm getting used to it... Hahaha... Of course I do not try to restore the potassium only by eating banana... No one deserves it... But it is interesting to note that the body requires just what he needs!

Occasionally I have a crazy desire to eat something and when I research I realize that such food is exactly what my body is missing... Cool huh? But hey… Pay attention... Being desiring is different from having the lust to eat that with hamburger and fries... Hahaha... I will not deny that sometimes I really want that… From the bottom of my greediness... Hahaha....

I've been eating well... Thankfully, that sick feeling is gone... And I'm feeling better... Now I have the strength to do physical therapy... Soon I will do further tests and consultations... In the next newsletter I'm sure I can say that from now there will be only attendance... No more treatment! See ya!

Ah... Information is important right? Where is the potassium after all... Look... That was a little of what I found...

Sources:

- Vegetables: broccoli, spinach, beets, cauliflower, green peppers, chicory, peas, carrots, onions, potatoes with skin.

- Fruits: oranges, raisins, avocado, banana, apricot, cherry, prune, peach with peel, dried figs, melons, blackberries, tomatoes, pear water, lemon juice, pineapple, mango sword, apple with peel.

- Cereals: chickpeas, beans, wheat germ, soybeans, lentils, peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts, chestnuts and walnuts.

- Meat, poultry, milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, shrimp fresh and seafood.

Radiotherapy turns off the brain

When they started to do radiation therapy they told me I would experience fatigue, nausea, hair fall, feel a certain weakness... So far so good because after all, they were bombarding my brain with radiation right? I imagine (I do this a lot.... kkkk...) that it something like this... Mini atomic bombs directly on the head... Hahaha ...

Anyway... I felt all the effects and more... Every time I did the sessions I came out almost blind, I could barely see... It was all scrambled... I felt a mega confusion... Hahaha... Okay... In my case more confusion... Thankfully, in the first sessions I was hospitalized... And the other sessions I had a private driver, who was hired for me wonderful friends... Thank God the driver is great... Quiet, off and made me very comfortable (http://fabio.arruda.blog.uol.com.br/)... What was essential to complete this heavy phase .

Well, I thought I was normal, slow, but normal... Hahahaha... But I wasn’t .... RADIATION THERAPY IN THE HEAD TURNS THE BRAIN OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!! (... Just the radio on head... Not the other radios... Hihihi…)

This week the end of sessions of radio terminated and I realized that the brain began to actually work again... It's weird realize that... I started to remember things... I started to remember processes I had to do... I remembered that birthdays... Body's temperature is coming back normal... Blood pressure is coming back to normal...

Do you know things that normally you would not fail to do or say? At that stage I just did not have the capacity to remember... I was aware of everything I did, but was on autopilot...

I am happy that now I'm coming back to normal.... Hahahaha... BRAIN LEAVING STANDBY!

JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

17th Bia's Health News‏

From: Bia
Subject: 17th Bia's Health News‏
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:26:47 -0300

Dear,

Let me tell the news from the front... Front of the radioactive bighead... Hahaha ... I'm back to my house since last week... Meanwhile what happened:

1. I started radiotherapy on 06/01... But not the radiation that should have been made 2 months ago (5 sessions of located radiotherapy)...  But the conventional radiotherapy that radiates throughout the bighead...

2. Remember I went to the hospital because I was confused and dizzy? So when I was admitted there, there was a suspicion of brain swelling... But it was not "just" that... After tests it found that there was a certain presence of new cancer cells... They changed the treatment plan... They immediately began to make a conventional radio (10 sessions)... After a month there will be further evaluation to see if it was enough... If so, making the controls and monitor is enough... If not, I will have to do more of those five scheduled sessions at the beginning

3. Radiation therapy ended on Tuesday... I still feel a little sick but getting better... The trend now is to improve... Not only the stomach, but also the movement... With a swollen brain no physio can solve it… Hehehe... From next week I'll get stronger... This week I'm giving a break to head, so it does not come under too much pressure.... Hihihi…

4. Now... Sadness... Think of a person who was beginning to enjoy the hair... kkkkkk.... The radio's doing the hair fall again... But that's okay... Do you want to see a bizarre thing? It is this mask I had to use to keep a the head on place during the applications of radio... In addition to pressing the face, it was something smelly... kkkkk.... This only helped the sick huh? Kkkkkkkkk...

5. In this game I  lost 5.5kg.... AAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHH.... Hahaha... Too bad that with the corticoids I am taking soon the 5.5kg will turn over.... hahaha ...

Aaahhh... I think it's "only" that... kkkk... I'm dying to lead a quiet life... Without so many emotions... Kkkkkkk... At least not this kind of emotions.... Hahahaha....

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oxoxoxoxoxox
Bia

16th Bia's Health News‏

From: Beatriz
Subject: 16th Bia's Health News‏
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 19:05:10 -0300

People,

In the other newsletter I said that would bring more news... Kkkkkkk... Just did not think it would be so many:

Good News

1. Since Saturday I had felt a slight deterioration in the arm and leg control... A weakness... I was so weird that I almost fell on top of Thiby... Hahaha... It was just like the time when Claudia felt after taking a little glass of bubbly... Hahaha... What a shame!  lol

2. So I'm back in hospital since Monday night... Since there is a swelling of the brain at the site of surgery

3. They are filling me with corticoids again because of the swelling... The two pounds of weight I had lost I think they will come back... Poor people’s joy last shortly…  Hahahaha...

4. I'm still waiting to make the radiotherapy... The health security has denied... No comments

5. Probably the hair will fall into the insertion sites of the radio... I'll be looking like a mangy dog ​... kkkkk...

Top News

1. With this “game” of staying in the hospital at least I made a MRI to see if it's just swelling or the tumor coming back... The most likely is the swelling... Tomorrow there will be a meeting (neuro, neuro surgeons, radio, radio surgery and medical oncology) to determine the procedure to be followed (to operate again or only radiotherapy)

2. I got the injunction justice to do the radiotherapy... Since Friday I'm holding it... But I am deeply angry with the bureaucracy, even though court order to do the treatment... When there are not problems  with the health security, there are problems with the hospital... I would like to thank Thiago for making this process for me... And also thank to De and Ro for worrying and being willing to help if needed...

3. Heads Luciano and Elias, I am accumulating more experience doing Radiotherapy Project management.... kkkk....

4. Because of being hospitalized the process to make the radio may be faster... Let's see... So I think it should stay here in the "spa" for at least another week or two... Hehehe...

5. The hair will fall a little because of radio... But in the moment I can enjoy a pompadour hairstyle... Hahaha... I still do not have much hair on top of the operation cutting, but nothing that a combing cream does not soften... Kkkkk...

6. Dr. Wesley let me shave my legs... Hahaha... Now at least I'm presentable... lol... Think about a critical situation... Do not condemn me... I'm still a woman... And I still suffer with "small fairness"... Hehehe...

7. My hand still does not move... But there is a possibility that it is caused by the swelling... I hope so... The neuro who came here said a little movement should be back... It will not come back 100%... But it must come back a little, I have to do much physio!

Aaahhh... I think it's "only" that... kkkk... If there is more news I come back to tell you... lol...

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oxoxoxoxoxox

Bia

Opening my heart

Let me tell you something... I'm working well with the physical therapist who comes here at home, Chris... But you know... I'm quite concerned about my sleepy hand that so far not decided to move! Hahaha...

The leg came back very fast (about 15 days after surgery, the little fingers... okay... lol)... The arm is coming back... But no hand... Next week it's been 3 months of surgery, so I wonder how long it might take.

On my last visit to Dr. José Eduardo (neuro), he said he thinks my hand will move again...He only it could not predict when. He also thought that my recovery was good, after all, the tumor was quite large and if I understood a bit of neurology I would understand how complicated the surgery was... That I could not return from the surgery!

Commenting on this with Clau, she remembered a phrase I honestly can not remember... I think the brain erased... He was traumatized! Hahaha... She remembered that the doctor said I was lucky because if the tumor happened 2 years ago, I would not have treatment anywhere in the world! SCAAAAAAAAARING! LOL

Well... Unfortunately... I think my recovery meeeeeeeeega slow... Hehehe... My patience is coming to an end... Can anyone lend me some? Hahaha... If you have a good right hand spare, I buy it... lol

Oh, I'm saying a lot of trash... But it was to relieve the tension... Goodbye! J

15th Bia's Health News

From: Bia
Subject: 15th Bia's Health News
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 20:32:19 -0300

Helloooooooooo children J,

I have several things to tell you:

1. I got home! The bugs stopped eating me... hehehe ... I returned on 04/14 ... By ambulance again... Almost puking... kkkkk ... I continued to take antibiotics at home in the vein (it’s over now)... Home care is great!

2. I still have to make a bandage on the leg... Not because of cellulite, but because of cuts to reap material to find out what bacteria were...However bacteria was not discovered... Hahaha... This will be another mystery of life... kkkk... Easy! I explain why to the more stressed... Making the bacteria grow was possible likely because I was under the influence of antibiotics.

3. The PIC (catheter that was placed in the vein of the neck... and which I affectionately dubbed vampire straw) has been withdrawn... Now I can take a better bath... Remove the rust from the neck... kkkkk

4. Now I have bipolar boobs... kkkk... One warm and one cold... kkk.... The breast that was operated is sored I think... But I am already taking medication... It will be  back to normal soon... I feel like an old woman... Each hour is one thing... Hahaha... As Dr. Wesley said,  it’s better to take care before it complicates, you (me) already is full of bugs... Buáááá... I'm wormy!!!!! Hahahaha....

5. I STILL do not get radiotherapy... I do not know if the health security has lost the documentation, or the hospital that did not made the application, or if it's slow proccess... But still nothing! I confess I'm worried about the time of surgery... When I lose my patience (I'm hanged by a thread) they will see the japa rotate the Bahia... I'll be facing the devil!... Lol... Untill Dr. Wesley was trying to streamline the proccess , but nothing ....

6. The hair growing as well... I'm looking like an ogress... Kkkkk... I can not afford to make a cut nor comb... Hahaha... The location of the slash is good, but I think it will not grow much hair on top... I'll make like that bald people that don’t want to be bald... Pulling hair across the head... And no man will be allowed to put his hand on my hair... Only after married... Hahaha...

7. At home I'm walking without a bengal... I'm still lame, I look like a semicolon... But I'm training to get back to normal... To go out I still use the bengal to ensure that I will not shame and fall with snout to the ground... lol... The arm're getting a little stronger, I still have no control of the fingers... I hope this control is back soon!

8. Talking of going out.... The other day I took a dog’s walk... kkkk ... I went to lunch at my aunt's house and during the way I left the car’s window wide open and I was enjoying the wind on the face... I felt like a less hairy version of Lassie... kkk... Indeed, not much less hairy... Dr. Wesley do not let me shave my legs... I'm more hairy than the Thiby (my dog)... Soon I'll have to use conditioner on my legs... Hahahaha...

9. This week I should get speech terapy... At home... To see if I stop with the sly grin (who spoke that was Denise... lol), that sideways smile...kkk ...

Well, those were the news, others will come... lol

In recent weeks many people have done the same question to me... I answered on the blog, but since I know that many people do not have easy access to the Internet, I decided to copy the post here in the newsletter... I hope I answered without offending anyone, but if I did I apologize.

“Do you believe in God, Bia?

I noticed that many people have asked me that lately... People say that is the kind of thing that Peopale should not argue about, but... Anyway...

The answer is NO (uuuuhhhh... I caused a frisson now... hahaha)... Let me explain: what I have is FAITH... According to my poor understanding having Faith is more than believing in God... It is to have full belief that He (or She) whatever the name is, He/She is  always by my side and lets things happen at the right time, with the right people and only for our greater benefit

I can say that today I have a faith that a year ago was almost nonexistent... I believe that He (or She) is shown through small things, through special people for our lives, events that we do not understand... We have to stop being blind and realize that Presence.

That's why I'm learning to be grateful every day for everything that happens and all people that are part of my life... I'm still learning a lot and I still have much to learn... J”

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XOXOXOXO

Bia

Do you believe in God, Bia?

I noticed that many people have asked me that lately... People say that is the kind of thing that People should not argue about, but... Anyway...

The answer is NO (uuuuhhhh... I caused a frisson now... hahaha)... Let me explain: what I have is FAITH... According to my poor understanding having Faith is more than believing in God... It is to have full belief that He (or She) whatever the name is, He/She is  always by my side and lets things happen at the right time, with the right people and only for our greater benefit

I can say that today I have a faith that a year ago was almost nonexistent... I believe that He (or She) is shown through small things, through special people for our lives, events that we do not understand... We have to stop being blind and realize that Presence.

That's why I'm learning to be grateful every day for everything that happens and all people that are part of my life... I'm still learning a lot and I still have much to learn... J

Girls chat

Let's have girls chat now... lol… Boys are allowed…

Yesterday after months my period came (stopped because of chemotherapy) ... I became a lassie! Kkkk...

Well... So far so great because it is a sign that the body is returning to normal! YUPIIIIII!

But there was one fact that I think it is the end of the thread... Simply the fim of human dignity... Hahaha..... Visualize the scene: my mother and the nurse (at least she was a woman... lol) gluing together a night absorbent (by the way, it looks like a mini diaper because it is so long) on underwear for me!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA...

After that does anyone doubt that a person in my position must exercise humility? Hehehe…

Anyhow I've said that to develop qualities it is always good! Anyway... This was just another exercise that I wanted to share with you... lol

14º Bia's Health News

From: Beatriz
Subject: 14º Bia's Health News
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:30:20 -0300

People JJJ,

You will think that I liked the hospital... Hahaha:

1. I left 3/21 (Monday), happy an cheering... I went home in an ambulance... I do not recommend... Kkkk... It shakes as hell, and the patient is tied and is also kept with the back inverse to the car's movement.... Hehehe... I got home feeling sick... lol

2. I stayed home until Sunday 3/27) evening... Then I had to get an ambulance and go back to the hospital... I almost threw up on the nurse... I'm in the hospital since then... A week and a half passed... And I think it still takes at least until this weekend before  I leave

3. Do not worry because I have not returned because of the breast tumor nor the head tumor... I came back because of cellulitis.... kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk... Yes, you read right... Cellulitis in the leg, making it swollen, red and hurts like dog !!!!!!!!!! I concluded that, definitively, the place of cellulitis is in the breech because it does not hurt and on half-light man does perceive anyway.... kkkkkk....

4. Okay... Let me explain: this cellulitis is not the same type of cellulitis that occurs in the breech... This cellulitis is caused by bacteria. This infection is cured with very strong antibiotics... So I had to be hospitalized to take these drugs through the veins... The bacteria like to eat Japanese beef... hahaha... They do not want to leave... Hahaha... The test results have not yet identified these bacteria, but I think the treatment is having an effect because there was regression of the area that was red, swollen and painful

5. Trying to identify the bacteria my doctors harvested material  from the place... Cuts were made... Uuuuiii ... Hehehe... The first collection was made on Thursday by Dr. Fernando... The second was made Sunday by Dr. Wesley... There will be small scars... Scalpel was used... Hahaha... Everybody wants to mark Bia’s little body... But who will takeit, huh? Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk....

6. I also have no more veins in the arm to put the access to the medicines (the arm're all black)... As antibiotics are strong, they burst the veins... To solve this problem they made a PIC, which is a kind of access made in the neck... If I'm not mistaken in jugular vein... Hahaha... No access for vampires, they will have to wait until the needle is taken... Hmm, although if they do not wait, they still can use the needle and straw... kkkkkkkkkkkk

That's all... I did not yet return to run, but only because of the cellulitis in the leg... Hehehe... The arm does not move, but I can already close the hand and lift a little bit... I think I go around handing out beatings, just to not waste movement... Hahaha...

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Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Bia