Pure Joy

GOOD NEWS!!!

Told by Krista:

I had an MRI done on my T-spine {that is the middle part of the spine} done a couple of weeks ago to find out why I was having so much pain in that location. We were hoping for the best but anticipating bad news. When we got the results back, and the results are that the lesions in that area look good. Some have shrunk, some are the same and some show actual healing!! {emphasis by her daughter} NONE HAD GROWN!!!

The pain is coming from nerve damage and muscle inflammation. My oncologist has referred me to a pain management Doctor. This new Doctor has changed some of my medication. Today I had a Facet injection ~ he gave me a pain medicine with steroids in my spine right in the location of the major pain. Okay, so that wasn't all that great {actually, it really hurt } but it is working.

We are all so excited that it is just pain that can be managed and treated! The cancer although it is still there, is not getting any worse. Yipee!!!

Oh yeah! and my hair {on my head} is coming back. I have actually had it trimmed a couple of times just so it is growing out with some type of style?

Once again it is great news in my world.

Krista

Here are 2 people that love her alot: her daughter and her granddaughter.

need a haircut?

how is it possible that my mom who gets chemo every week needs a haircut? well she did. this is my cousin brooke giving her a trim. we swear by her hyperbaric chamber treatments :) an update from krista coming soon. more info on hyperbaric below:





Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy uses greater than atmospheric pressure oxygen as a drug to treat basic disease processes/states, and their diseases. This therapy increases the oxygen concentration in the body up to 20 times normal at the cellular level, which promotes healing. When there is a restriction in blood flow due to surgery, illness, or injury, the red blood cells block the blood vessel and are unable to transfer oxygen to the cells on the other side of the restriction. This causes swelling and starves the area of oxygen, causing hypoxia (a lack of oxygen), when this occurs the tissue begins to break down.

Breathing 100% oxygen under pressure (up to 3ATA, 29.4psi, a depth of 66 ft.) causes the oxygen to diffuse into the blood plasma. This oxygen-rich plasma is able to travel past the restriction, diffusing up to 3 times further into the tissue. The pressurized environment helps to reduce swelling and pain, while providing the body with up to 20 times its normal supply of oxygen to help repair tissue damage.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy forces more oxygen into the tissue, encouraging the formation of new blood vessels. As these new blood vessels develop, the red blood cells start to flow, delivering even more oxygen to the affected area. This creates the optimal environment for the body’s natural healing processes to repair damaged tissue.