Helena Trent

In Darkness Born the Light - My Journey From Mutation To Transformation

Continue to Improve

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Thank you for all the well wishes! Two nights home, I feel like a new person! I continue to improve bit by bit. A week at the hospital really took a toll on my body. Now that I am home, I can rest better and move gently throughout the day. Even just walking around the house and in the backyard made a big difference on my energy level and my general well being. 

Today I am finally able to find something to eat without upsetting my stomach. That’s a big step for me. I know it sounds like an agonizingly slow process, but slow is where I am right now, tiny and steadily progress. 

Barbara and Linda stopped by and gave me lots of good food and supplements to build on. I so appreciate their kindness. As far advanced as our medical science might be, never underestimate the simple power of healing through human kindness. 

I have received so many well wish cards. I am saving each of them, each of them contains a little energy that heals my heart and carries me through tough times. Even in my darkest hour, I feel loved and supported more than ever in my life. Thank you all!

Home, Sweet Home!

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They let me out of the hospital after a week! It’s sooo good to be home!

As difficult as the hospital stay was, they saved my life. I came home feeling more like myself than I have been since the radiation treatment started. I also spoke to the radiation oncologist, we decided to put the rest of the radiation treatments on hold indefinitely. The treatment goal of lessen pain in my spine was achieved, so we could call it a success. I am no longer dealing with debilitating back pain. I can go from here.

Thank you for those friends that have visited! You brightened my hospital stay!!! 

Almost There

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I had a rough day yesterday with a major set back. I couldn’t stop coughing, couldn’t sleep the night before, couldn’t get out of bed at all for the day. I felt like I was drowning in my own fluids, finally it dawned on me, maybe I was! I came in dehydrated so they have been pumping IV into me like there is no tomorrow, now that I am better, all that IV is too much for my system to handle. I decided to dehydrate myself from not drinking, it worked. My cough subsided and my system was functioning better. I told the doctor that this morning and they immediately took me off my IV. I am feeling so much better all day! 

Now I am off IV, off oxygen, my vitals are continue to do great! They even took me off all my antibiotics because none of the tests shown anything virus growing. I still don’t have the final results back from the last biopsy and it’s the weekend so not much is being done except to wait.

Hopefully tomorrow or Tuesday, they could make a decision going forward or let me go home. They took me off Targrisso, my main cancer fighting pill, the last few days in case it is the cause of some of my lung issues, that’s a big deal. It needs to be resolved before I can go home.