It's Friday night, Lorne is on a plane. What else is new? He should be home around midnight. Tomorrow is a big day. Lots of visiting with family and friends and then we leave Sunday morning for the Oasis of Hope Hospital in Mexico for 3 weeks. I've done my research on the hospital and Dr. Contreres. And I've prayed, (oh Lord how I've prayed!) and I feel very good about the decision to go there.It's an intense program , for lack of a better word. And then there is the home protocol, diet, exercise, supplements, etc. In fact, from what I've heard, you come back with wayyy more luggage than you came with! They give you entire suitcases filled with your home treatment stuff when you leave!
Lorne is in a lot of pain right now so the timing is perfect. They have an entire pain management team as well so he should be feeling better soon. I will be staying in the hospital room with him (they have an extra full bed in each room for the caregivers) and we will have wi-fi so I'll be able to blog every day! I will post updates on what they are doing with him in terms of the treatments and photos as well. It's a good thing I'm just now figuring out this blogging feature of Lorne's new website!) Oh and here's a tasty tidbit... Lorne doesn't know this yet because I knew if he did, he'd fight with me about it... but the Oasis of Hope treatment plan is really big on the diet aspect of health and they promote a pretty much vegan lifestyle. They have a dining room where we will both be eating at an organic vegan buffet three meals a day!! He ain't gonna like that! I will LOVE IT!!!!! Oh well, haters gonna hate! Changes MUST (and will!) be made if survival is the goal (which it is). They do serve a complete Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey dinner though, if you are staying there over either of those holidays. So at least he will have his turkey on Thanksgiving!
I am hoping that my journaling of this process will not only keep all of our friends up to date, but it will also serve to help others who find themselves, one day out of the blue, in our shoes. Lord knows, I come across those people all the time. It's amazing the stories you hear when you have one to tell. And it's nothing short of remarkable how many stories of survival of terminal illness are out there, but unless you stumble upon them inadvertently, they can be rather difficult to find. In my research, it's really helped me when I'd find someone that could speak from experience about a place or treatment I wanted to know about. Going for an "alternative treatment" is not as commonplace as one might think.
OK, gotta go do some more laundry and get packin! Thank God they have laundry facilities there! I'd hate to actually have to pack 3 weeks worth of clothes in my tiny suitcase! Where would I put my SHOES??
Lorne is in a lot of pain right now so the timing is perfect. They have an entire pain management team as well so he should be feeling better soon. I will be staying in the hospital room with him (they have an extra full bed in each room for the caregivers) and we will have wi-fi so I'll be able to blog every day! I will post updates on what they are doing with him in terms of the treatments and photos as well. It's a good thing I'm just now figuring out this blogging feature of Lorne's new website!) Oh and here's a tasty tidbit... Lorne doesn't know this yet because I knew if he did, he'd fight with me about it... but the Oasis of Hope treatment plan is really big on the diet aspect of health and they promote a pretty much vegan lifestyle. They have a dining room where we will both be eating at an organic vegan buffet three meals a day!! He ain't gonna like that! I will LOVE IT!!!!! Oh well, haters gonna hate! Changes MUST (and will!) be made if survival is the goal (which it is). They do serve a complete Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey dinner though, if you are staying there over either of those holidays. So at least he will have his turkey on Thanksgiving!
I am hoping that my journaling of this process will not only keep all of our friends up to date, but it will also serve to help others who find themselves, one day out of the blue, in our shoes. Lord knows, I come across those people all the time. It's amazing the stories you hear when you have one to tell. And it's nothing short of remarkable how many stories of survival of terminal illness are out there, but unless you stumble upon them inadvertently, they can be rather difficult to find. In my research, it's really helped me when I'd find someone that could speak from experience about a place or treatment I wanted to know about. Going for an "alternative treatment" is not as commonplace as one might think.
OK, gotta go do some more laundry and get packin! Thank God they have laundry facilities there! I'd hate to actually have to pack 3 weeks worth of clothes in my tiny suitcase! Where would I put my SHOES??