Have you ever seen the TV show “24″ where Jack Bauer tortures terrorists to get answers? Today when I was having my bone marrow removed from my hip, I felt like I was on a table being tortured for answers and I was will willing to tell them anything they wanted. I won’t lie, I cried and screamed. It was very painful to say the least. They numbed me up then stuck the needle in and it wasn’t numb so he stuck another needle in to numb it and that KILLS. Still not numb one more time. Then he drilled into the bone. OH MY GOSH. Then he took that marrow and that stung. Then the bone came out – I cried. It was as awful as I imagined. It hurts to put pressure on my leg. I have to tell you it is a very inconvenient place to take bone out of. I don’t know where to hurt tonight. They will put in my passport line & heart echo on Friday (hopefully) and I will most likely start chemo next week. Everyone please enjoying sitting and laying down for me tonight. 
Get a good night sleep and love on your little ones.
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Oh, Susie, you poor thing. That just sounds terrible. You are a strong women for going through that. I feel bad that it hurt so very much. I hope you slugged the Dr. that stuck that spear in you…
ps…cat naps help a little.
Night!
oh man! i was SO hoping you’d be the one gal that DIDN’T feel it a bit! i’m SO sorry, susan! i’m so sorry! i just don’t have anything to say that will take away the pain, but i love you so much and it WILL stop hurting soon. you gotta just live on that valium for a couple more days, girl! – just pop em like m&m’s, man! sleep it off every chance you get. thank you for taking the time to update us all. you’ve got so many people caring for you – that’s enough to make anyone feel a little better, huh? just a little?
love,
t
Oh my goodness…..I thought the after pains of having a baby hurt, but I can’t even compare it to what you must be feeling. You are one STRONG woman. They better have given you the strongest pain medications to knock you out for a few days (maybe then the pain will have subsided and you might thing that was all a dream!) I love you so much and I’m thinking about you all the time…Little Q says hello too! (pictures to come soon)
All my prayers for you to get some sleep!
Hi, Susie. I don’t really know what to say. It doesn’t seem right that you have to go through all of this. I guess it is to humble the rest of us. I know that your Heavenly Father is very aware of what is going on in your life. He loves you even though you have to go through this trial. We love you very much and are praying for you. Hope that you are able to eat so that you can keep up your strength to fight this. What can we do to help? Hang in there!!!!!!!!!!!!
After all that you had already endured…I so hopped the test wouldn’t be as bad as it sounded…I wish you could have been sleeping through that type of pain. Let me know what else we can do to help the pain…maybe send a massage therapist over for a light rub down??? XOXO…
Yes, yes, we all knew it would hurt… but what we all want to know now is:
Did you confess?! I need to know what you told them! I don’t need Jack Bauer showing up to my office and shooting everything up…. it would be embarrassing.
I told Eric not to recruit you, now the plan is all messed up.
Suze,
That sucks that you have to go through that, but that’s how we interrogate our prisoners.
We are so very proud of you for the example that you have been to all of us wimps. I hurt just reading about the procedure. You are in our thoughts and prayers more than you will know. I have found this blog to be a real comfort, in being able to know how your doing. Thank you for comforting us Suzie, sharing your great moments and your moments of trial. We love you.
Suzie, that STINKS! Why the heck couldn’t they just put you out to do that?? If we can skip out on labor pains thanks to drugs, and if there are dentists who will put you out to pull a tooth, why then do they have to be all archaic with bone marrow?? I vote for the valium as M&Ms too sweetie. Thanks for the blog though. At least you don’t have to re-tell it quite as many times. You are always in my thoughts Susan. I wish I was there to paint your toes and make you laugh.
Hey, hey, hey, slow down sisters…I don’t want Susie in pain either but Valium is highly addictive and we don’t need her showing up on the Dr. Phil special, “Recovering Cancer patients addicted to Valium”. I vote for the M&M’s instead. I am very grateful that this test is done and over with!!!!! Now that is something to celebrate!!!!!!
Ryan, of course she confessed. She made that clear. It wasn’t like the lingerie was a secret at this point anyways and based on that alone Jack Bauer wouldn’t have considered Eric a threat. You need to chill. You and Eric are safe and you can thank Eric for that. Jack thanks you both for a good laugh, his days are way too serious as it is and he is always grateful for some humor. Don’t be blaming Susie for information that has already been leaked by YOU as a matter of fact. Good grief.
I would have to agree this is a very barbaric way to get bone marrow out. I’m just one of those lucky people that they can’t numb up right. I have this same issue at the dentist office. As far as Brandon and your interrogating. I’m a big fan of getting bone marrow from bad guy to help other people while you torture them. I have to tell you, I think a bone marrow biopsy would have me talking faster then getting punched or kicked around. To rest your fears Aunt Marci I took Tylenol PM last night to sleep. I’m too afraid of addiction and side effect to take anything for very long. That is except poison like chemo and radiation. Now that, I may become very addicted to. I mean I don’t have to shave for the summer months. That is a HUGE plus for me. I won’t have to style my hair everyday. I’m all about time management and I have just managed to take off at least 30 mins of my morning schedule. So try not to be to jealous everyone. I know, I know, I’m just lucky!!
Oh One more thing… later tonight Russ is going to down load a clip for you to watch of a bone marrow biopsy so you can really visualize what they do. So stay posted for a really great clip. (probably as great as the strawberry pictures
)
Hey Susie, Can I ask a favor of Russ….instead of the video with a stranger, it would be easier for me to grasp it all if he could do a video of either Ryan or Eric getting the bone marrow biopsy…or Kevin. I know it could be a scheduling hassle but I’ll pay for the test. I think everyone will agree that it will give it a more personal touch. Thanks for considering. Let me know where to send the check. Oh, and one other thing I’m curious about…do the pants stay on or come off? If they come off, can you give Eric a courtesy heads up.
What was your doctors name? Next time I need some information from Eric and Ryan forget calling them and asking nicely. I am send that guy to see them. So next time Ryan doesn’t feel like just telling me the name of that new mexican resturant next to his house he is gonna feel that same pain. then you guys can sit and reminisce on how bad that hurt. Just give it up next time tought guy.
Wow Marci… let’s dissect your comments here:
It wasn’t like the lingerie was a secret at this point
Translation: I revisit jokes from a long time ago like an 80’s stepchild desperately clinging to Lycra stretch pants and hair perms as a fashion statement.
Jack thanks you both for a good laugh, his days are way too serious as it is
Translation: I am grateful that the character of Jack has been mentioned here so that I can project my personal issues onto him and then vicariously vent.
do the pants stay on or come off?
Translation: I’m a perv.
I think having Kyle take the video would only be fitting since we got him to do all of those other crazy/stupid things on camera. Ryan, I thought Susan could keep the secret, but I guess I was wrong. I should have figured as much since when I was tickle torturing her son’s they gave up the location of the buried gold at the property. I just would like to clear the air about whether or not I wear lingerie… It’s not a questions now if I do, but really how much I wear it, not and even Jack Bower teamed with Bobby and his boring ninja stories will be able to tortcher that answer from me.
Ryan, I’ve been trying to figure out why you don’t like me. I know my lycra stretch pants aren’t very flattering but they are oh so comfortable. My pervness isn’t an isolated character trait….all you need to do is look around the family to verify that. It must be my hair then because it certainly cannot be my winning personality. Don’t feel sensitive if I call you out, it is a compliment of the highest order….I picked you because of your sharp wit and inside information.
Hi Eric,
Is it possible Susie’s boys duped you? I thought it was silver that was buried. Susie’s boys are so clever. It is fine with me if Kyle takes the bone marrow biopsy (if I’m paying I want a say). Actually it is probably a really good idea since Ryan is in a foul mood. I don’t really think he would be a very good patient right now.
Valium is addictive, BUT you will not become an addict in just a couple of days. If you hurt, TAKE SOMETHING or it will get worst. On a scale of 1-10 ideally you should avoid anything above a 6. It is best to take your prescribed meds from your doctor. Your prescription probably says 1-2 q4hrs or PRN, which means take it every four hrs until your pain gets under control, then take only one, then in a couple just when it hurts. Sorry just had to put my overprotective RN opinion in. I love you Sus, this to shall pass and 2008 will be a wonderful year. Let us know what we can do, you have amazing family and friends to help, so LET US!
As you can see we all have are ways of coping. Some of us seek comfort food, others seem to take sarcasm to the limits, while others seem to wears women’s clothing. We all just have to COPE together. Sorry for all those readers who don’t understand my family’s sarcasm! Obviously it comes from their FATHER’S side of the family! My side is nothing but sweet and loving!!
Dear Grammy aka Debbe, You are so right…all this sarcasm causes me to seek comfort food which causes others to criticize how I look in lycra pants…I wish you could talk to “the other side of the family” which is clearly trying to cope with their pain at my expense. Uh, oh, are you saying I’m part of “THAT gene pool”? I suck. Just for the record, I only mess with those unique individuals that just crack me up. Are you going to block me from the blog? If you do, I’ll just post on Ryan’s ebola blog. Please forgive to anyone I’ve offended….I really am just kidding…..I love Eric and Ryan exactly how they are!!!!
Marci,
Don’t worry about Debbe, she’s just harboring jealousy on the Lycra pant issue because we took away her last pair when she tried to wear them to church. Now she insists that all Lycra jokes are unfunny. We, obviously, know that Lycra is one of the funniest materials around. The only thing funnier is denim shirts worn in combination with denim jeans (we’re looking at you Mark).
Marci, you are the exception to the rule! Maybe you were adopted?? Another family secret???
Well, it was a secret that Dad told me and it goes like this. Mom had already had two boys, when she delivered her third son, she was aghast and had had enough, she scoured the nursery for the fairest, blondest girl baby and quickly made the switch. Both Mom and Dad knew that they had a son out there but had no interest in ever finding him….and really, who could ever blame them. Neither of them have ever regretted mom’s impulsive decision. So that is why the sarcasm really is lost on me. I just don’t have the gene or the stomach for it. The other secret is I was always the favorite.
My birthday plans!! May 7th
Imaging 7:45 7910 frost st ste 100 port placement no eat or drink
Heart Echo 11am hospital registration
Chemo Training with Karen 1pm
Tuesday 11:30 Chemo
Wed- White blood shot
Ryan, that clears so much up for me. All this time when I heard laughter behind and in front of me I thought it was because of how I looked in lycra, but based on what you say, it was actually the lycra itself that caused the chuckles. I take things way too personal. I am relieved that you’ve taken away Debbe’s lycra, that can’t be good for Susie at a time like this. As far as denim and denim….are you aware that Mark is color blind? For all we know he thinks he’s wearing black and blue or blue and red or?? It isn’t nice to criticize the disabled. That hurts me that you hurt him but I can see how denim on denim hurt you too. I think we’re even.
Marci. Did you notice as well that another horrible truth runs in your family? None of the males can spell. Go back and look at the posts… Enough said there!
Eric… Come on now man. Boring and Ninja stories do not even belong in the same sentence.
Happy Birthday To You
Cha Cha Cha
Happy Birthday To You
Cha Cha Cha
Happy Birthday Dear Suzipoo
Cha Cha Cha
Happy Birthday To You
Cha Cha Cha
Tell Ty I threw all those Cha Chas in for him!
Your birthday’s gonna SUCK!!!!
Let’s plan on celebrating it on another day, huh?
Man! You’re getting it HANDED to ya!
Hang in there, sweetie – I love you!!!!
Tanya
ps – your family sounds like a bunch of wackos! i want to meet each and every one of them! i’m in love!
Susan,
Our prayers are with you!
I did not now of you medical condition umtil now.
I pray that you get a speedy recovery, because a person like you has such a big heart!
You have touched so many people and you deserve nothing but the best!
Hey Susan, I’m one of the new members of the MOMS Club, and have met you a few times. (I have Benjamin “Benji” who’s the same age as Adam, and the twins, Collin & Dylan, who’re 16 months old). I just want to say that I’ve been reading your Blog every day and praying for you in this awful situation. You must have amazing strength and courage to deal with all of this horrible pain! I’m sure it helps to have so many family members & friends close by, and you all obviously have such great humor!!! Whenever I feel exhausted, frustrated, and impatient with my children, and have anxiety over everyday things, I think about you and what you’re going through, and I thank God so many times a day for how incredibly lucky I am to be healthy (knock on wood!) and to be able to touch and “love on” my children. Thank you for stopping me from feeling sorry for myself in my weaker, more exhausted moments. I wish you and your family the best, and look forward to getting to know you better. Take care and hang in there! Arija Applegate
Any word on the biopsy results?
The bone marrow biopsy? No that will take a week. They start Chemo Tuesday regardless because if it is in my marrow I will just have chemo longer. I will cross that road another day. I’m sure with the many prayers out there my luck will change.
Thank you all for posting in spite of all the inside family bloging going on. They do this to make me smile and I hope you too through all my moments of tears.
Hi Susan- I am in shock! I just found out just this moment (May 2 at 10:50 pm) of what you are going through! My heart cries out for you! No one should have to go through this but you will come through with flying colors and you will be a stronger person!We pretty much lost touch after you moved up to Murietta and I moved from the ‘hood but I have thought about you and your family (especially when I ride down our old street Amalia!). I am not up to date with technology and I really don’t know what a BLOG is even though I read through your web site. I feel funny that anyone can read this. Do you have another email? I don’t have your current one anymore. Please write to me when you have a moment and let me know how your boys are and how they are coping as well as Russ. My thoughts and prayers are for a speedy recovery. Maybe we can have a Mom’s Rugrat reunion up in Murietta soon! Be strong, be brave, and know you have TONS of people behind you rooting for you through every step! I don’t want to hog your blog (hey, that rhymes) so I will say good night and I will talk with you soon! God bless-Jill
Hang on. What is going on here? Eric is running around in women’s underwear, Marci is showing off her assets in spandex, Bobby is right! We must be in the last days! Eric you are still welcome to come over but you can’t prance around in front of the kids. Bobby, the only one that can spell in that family is Debbe, she did everyones homework. Can anyone get me a picture of Marci in spandex? For scientific purposes of course (or is that coarse)
Hi Bobby, Of course I noticed and I posted about that very thing right here on this blog. I have copied and pasted it for your review: Eric, honey, fatness is not a word. While you are in AZ, please show Grandma Huff how to review spelling and punctuation on the blog. She would be so disgusted if she knew how blatantly illiterate her own blood spawn really are. On another note, can you tell me where Amerberlyn shops for her lingerie. Those purple frilly’s sound delightful….so soft and satiny.
Please keep up with my posts, each and every one have a subliminal message encoded. ON another note, CONGRATULATIONS to you and Mandy on your beautiful daughter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chip,
I don’t think lumps would be considered assets unless you are selling them by the pound. It is COURSE, of course.
Marci. Thanks. We are so happy that everything went well and she is healthy. To top it off she is the most beautiful little girl the world has ever seen. That said. This bundle of joy needs to learn to sleep a little bit already.
this is me with no sleep.
Susan,
You are a brave soul to have to go through all this. I honestly don’t know how you got through it all. I admire your strength. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Everyone, you’ll have to excuse my mom, she’s a little slow. Mom, I told you, lay off the meds. Also, bobbarooski, i’ll have you know that I’m the only male on this side that can splel.
Unfortunately Brandon, we tried to excuse her from the blog after her first couple of comments but she just keeps coming back. We’re at a loss as to what to do.
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