WHOA, Holy Response

I didn't quite expect the very concrete, black and white, response about my getting robbed right from under my fatigued, cancer riddled nose.      It is a difficiult situation. It is a family situation. .y husband and I are discussing how to proceed. Actions will be taken, but we can't handle inviting more drama into our lives.   Jon and I will discuss this among ourselves with the best interest of our relationship and our family in mind.    I hope everybody understands. We have terrible extenuating circumstances that could prevent us from taking actions we normally would.     We can't fight every battle.     We need to fight my cancer. I need to fight to survive.     Right now I feel like I am treading water, I am exhausted. My legs are heavy. I'm slipping. I need to focuson my survival and devising a way to financially stay afloat.     I did just suffer from having my $566 monthly income removed.       I also recently suffered a severe medical setback. I now know my cancer has spread like wildfire through my abdomen to my neck. My pet scan lights up like a christmas tree.       I am driving to boston as I write to discuss a comprehensive treatment plan that may include, but is not limited to, chemotherapy and radiation, in the united states, in germany or in some form of collaboration.   This is highly specialized care we are discussing. I need to focus to survive. I need to put my energy towards my needs and living my life.      I have my priorities and I have finally come to a place that, though I would like to, I know I can't fight all the battles. I need to save myself first. Then second, I need to protect my family. I am not superwoman. I can't simultaneously save the world, jail bad drug addicts, reform health care while fighting a disease that, due to business strucures and small print, threatens to bankrupt my wonderful family.       If I have to be ill, I want my family intact. I want them strong and happy when we can be, insulated from the bad. We can protect ourselves. That's what we'll do right now.        Right now we are in the midst of a health catastrophe. To put it lightly, we are all devastated. I can barely put on foot in front of the other.    The babysitter decided she wasn't able to help. Everything I have been doing has been with x at my side.  I am lucky he is so mature for a 6 year old. It saddens me I couldn't shelter him from my illness, but at the same time, he is a loving boy who cares and nurtures his friends and I.         My pain is excruciating, sometimes requiring up to 100mg of instant release morphine to gain control.     Even then, with the disease in my abdomen, a deep breath, laugh or cough will send me into agony. If I move wrong I receive a shock wave through my body, reminding me that I have been invaded, and that any move or gesture I make may come with consequences, no matter how hard I try to control it.           Can anyone really blame me for wanting to ignore the bad and spend the good times I have laughing and joking with loved ones? I know what I want to do, and that is really all I plan to do.         I understand the theft is terrible. It's mind boggling. It's a felony. That's why I wrote about it.    I want people to know and understand the trials I go through simultaneously as an indirect result of my care.   I notified my np immediately. Since such a large portion was taken, and since I filled the script so recently, I am at risk to be unable to refill it.    Luckily, melissa is willing to work throigh this so my health will not be compromised by two peoples' selfish short sightedness.      But I am all ready sleeping with ativan b my bedside and sometimes taking it during the day to calm my worries. We have so much to deal with. We can protect ourselves from this in the future and that is what we'll choose to do for now. I have to focus on my health and surviving. Any additional stress could impair my immune system and further complicate the disease. I want my family as strong as we can be, and we are bonded in our decisions. We'll pray for the people, but now, we are headed to boston to work on my plan of treatment. Then, with this information, we'll work on a plan to pay for it. I'll keep you updated. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers.