Randam Adam

So I haven't been doing a lot of updates cause I have been waiting for some new information to come in, so I will just write what I know & what is seriously pissing me off right now.

So after waiting for weeks to hear back tests approvals and such just to be told that there are new rules and only your primary care physician can put in requests I called up my Primary doctor and told them all that the oncologist told me I needed to have done. That was about a week and a half ago. Then I was there last Thursday early in the morning for a check-up I asked the lady at the front desk if they have heard back yet & they then tell me "Oh we have the requests here in your file, they just haven't been faxed out yet. we have been busy" & she said it with an attitude, like I was bothering her. It was at this point that I had to restrain myself from choking the rude lady behind the counter. I HAVE CANCER & your taking your sweet time in getting the requests in for these vitally important tests that could help me start treatment sooner?!?!

So when i saw the doctor I stressed the fact that they have been holding onto these when they should have been out over a week ago! The doctor said that she agreed that this was urgent so she left the examination room and when she came back she said that she talked to he front desk and the requests were being faxed out immediately!

So I called today to check on them and see if they have heard anything yet and somewhere in the conversation she said "You have to give it time, these request just went out on FRIDAY" and I was like "Excuse me? You mean Thursday right?" & she check and told me that the faxes went out Friday afternoon. I was sooo livid I had to hold back the cuss words, I told her that I watched the doctor go over and tell them to fax them asap! I then explained to her that I put those request in over a week before that!

Please pray for me to get some competent people to be working on my case and I also pray that GOD helps me with this anger right now, its probably a defense mechanism that my body is turning to anger instead of fear but at this moment I feel like I could punch a thousand people in the face! Thanks once again for all of your thoughts and prayers!

GOD Bless,
ADP

Lets start this review off with a few facts: I have seen the 1980's film "FAME", I've never seen the FAME tv show . and I generally like most musicals.

Having said that I heard about this re-make well over a year ago and was excited to see how it would turn out. Ive only seen the original movie a few times but I liked a lot about it. So in anticipation for this version I had my friends make me a copy of the soundtrack so I could familiarize myself with the music, been listening to it almost everyday for the past month. So thats gonna inform you on how and why I reviewed it as I'm going to.

So the movie starts off with a bang, right into the rush of the tryouts for everyone that is hopeful to go to this great arts school. This film is just oozing with talent, there are some real up and coming stars I believe in this film. So the movie moves at a decent pace most of the film, but does have some generally slow parts. This version of FAME is more about the true life drama of the characters and what they go thru on this journey and less about the crazy choreographed dance numbers in the street, its more realistic and less hokey then the original. People don't really burst into song while walking and no one around them notice that they are singing. So I think that right there will broaden the audience scope of who will come see this.

The music from the soundtrack is amazing, diversified and fun. The thing about the music in the movie is that there is a lot less of it then there are on the soundtrack.A lot of the songs are just background music as opposed to some one singing them. I was sad that a few of the songs I liked from the soundtrack were reduced to elevator mus-ak. Another problem that I had with the music is that they really didn't incorporate it into the film as much as they should have. One last tidbit about the music is that the title song "FAME" isn't even i the movie!!! Its in the credits, whoever idea that was should be fired and then shot cause its a great song that would have been fun to see onscreen.

Now the acting was great overall and the directing was good. I actually liked the slow motion dance scenes, i thought that they were great. So overall I was dissappointed with this movie but I had extremely high hopes, all of my friends that I went with loved it. So if you like musicals or great singing and dancing then come see this. But you got to be prepared for all of the drama scenes and then you will probably enjoy it more. So until next time GOD Bless and....

I Will See You At The Movies,
ADP

Ok, I just realized that I haven't been on in a few days, but it is the weekend and I'm not really gonna find out anything new. So I'm still waiting to hear about the approvals for the next few tests that need to be done. I'm calling the doctors everyday to check and see if they have heard anything yet, it probably annoys them but I gotta do what I gotta do.

While I'm waiting to hear about the test approvals I gotta use that time to make calls to some of the foundations that Ive heard of and not called yet. I also have to still look into a few things and also I have to do something with Social Security, i sent my application in but apparently somethings missing or they need more info and they e-mailed me about it, I just haven't gotten to it yet. Still a long way to go and a whole lot to do.

On a good note I went out with some great friends last night (Shelly, Marianne & Raslyn)we went to the amazing "GEORGE'S Greek Cafe" on Long Beach and I had the Lamb and it was amazing. If you have never been then u should for sure!

After dinner we went around the corner to the theatre to see "FAME" (movie review will follow) and just had a great night out. Today on the other hand was just an entire day in bed or resting. I haven't been sleeping so the doc gave me sleeping pills and i spent all today in bed and trying to catch up. I even slept thru church (sorry Noelle). But somehow I'm still tired and feel exhausted. I'm hoping and praying that I hear some news tomorrow! I will keep you all informed on what I hear as soon as I do. As always thanks for caring enough to come here and read this.

GOD Bless,
ADP

Well I saw two movies last night so Im just gonna review them together.

I went to an advanced screening of "PANDORUM" last night in LA with my friend Sharyonda. So firstly this movie is just waaaay out there! The concept was original, the special effects were great and there were many cringe worthy moments. This is not a movie for the faint of heart or easily grossed out. There was some bad language & al ot of blood & guts, so don't go see it if you are not a fan of either of those. Ive been waiting for this movie for awhile now and thought that the trailers for it were excellent! This movie is a futuristic sci-fi thriller and I thought it did a great job of keeping the audience guessing and waiting for what will come next. Dennis Quaid, & Ben Foster did great jobs with their parts & were completely believable as space army agents who awake from what was supposed to be a few months of hyper sleep & cant remember anything cause they have been asleep for years. The mystery surrounding what happened to them and the suspense of what happens next kept me thoroughly entertained from start to finish. So if you have liked the little I have said here then go see this movie.

So after watching the screening of "PANDORUM", "SURROGATES" with Bruce Willis was literally starting next door so Sharyonda and I decided to watch it. I will say that I did have a bit of high hopes for this movie, the tv spots and awesome posters they have up everywhere promoting this film did have me intrigued! I would call this movie a futuristic sci-fi detective story, it was very well done and all of the effects were great. I especially love how they made all of the actors look like they were perfect robots when they were using their surrogates. this is basically a story about a future utopia and how things are never as perfect as they seem. Overall I did like his film, there were a few slow parts that had my friend nodding off, but besides that I would say that this was a decent film with an original concept.

So I hope this little bit of information was helpful, i try to not give anything away. So i guess Ill SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES!
ADP

OK, just got the results from the doctor about my PET scan & they said that besides some residue from where they removed the lymph node there were no other indicators of any more cancer anywhere else in my body. Not even the two lymph nodes that were enlarged before and under the one that they had removed.

They still need to do some further testing, but maybe the prayers for healing worked . Its too early 2 tell. But even if not praise GOD that it hasn't spread!

I'm just in shock that the other two didn't even show up as irregular on the scan. I am asking for a copy of the film for a second opinion. I'm still waiting for the approval to see the specialist at UCI & for the next round of tests to be done. But thank you for all of your prayers and I will make sue that I keep updating my blog.

GOD Bless,
ADP

ok, so i made a few calls 2day, but the results of my pet scan aren't in yet, they said that they will be tomorrow. So in the morning I have a appointment with my primary care physician first thing in the morning & then after that I am going to be going to do the blood tests. Ill blog tomorrow and let you know what I find out.
GOD Bless,
ADP

OK, so I went and had the PET scan done today,it was a long and boring procedure,It was over three hours from the time we got there to the time I was finished. So first thing they do is test your blood sugar levels (mine was 91, I was told that the good range is 80-115) So after that She put in shot me full of a few bottles of radioactive liquid. Then I had to lay down in a quiet room for and hour so the substance would go thru my body and latch onto the cancerous cells. After the hour was up the put me into the PET machine and it went back and forth, in and out and then did scans of different parts of me, that was a little over and hour. So thank GOD that is done and they should be faxing the results over to my doctor sometime tomorrow afternoon.

Whats next? Well I talked to Julie out of Dr. Senders office this morning and they want me to get about 20 different blood tests (im not quite sure if they take all of the blood at one time,or what), she also needs me to get my tissue sample from the lab that analyzed it and bring it to UCI,she says they r better trained there and will have a clear cut result asap. They also want me to go get a echo cardiogram (www.www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echocardiogram ) cause apparently the chemo can cause a strain on the heart and they need to make sure that its all normal and healthy.


So here is the part that threw me a bit, I hadn't heard this until this morning, she asked me to put in a request to get a port-a-cath (www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portacath ) When I asked what it was and she told me I almost lost it, I was literally fighting back tears in a instant, and I just pushed the wall of tears and fears back into me,so I could ask questions. I'm not sure why that almost made me break down, I guess it was just a shock, and the fact that they need to cut me open and implant a device in my chest to have a place to administer the chemo into my body without having to go thru the vein repeatedly. They say it makes everything easier to administer. I guess at that moment it starts to become real for me.

So I'm waiting to hear the results from the PET test by tomorrow, and then waiting for approval to be treated by Dr. Sender, and the approval for the echocardiogram and the portocath. The Blood work isn't a problem, I have a check up with my P.C.P. on Thurs morning and he will order the blood work. SO please continue to pray that those things get approved asap and I can get to the chemo soon.

So ill continue to update everyday and please if you have any questions, comments or suggestions please leave them and I will address them. Thank you soo much for reading and caring. I truly love you all!


GOD Bless,
ADP
P.S. Thats me in kindergarten and a pic I took at Disney awhile ago.

OK, so another day has come and gone, and Ive been on the phone all day and waiting for call backs. I was told by a doctor that I needed to call MSI myself, and request to be transferred to Dr Sender. I called MSI on Friday and left a message, I also called back this morning and left a message.In the Middle of the day they called me back and after I told them that I wanted to transfer to a different and competent oncologist and they told me that I cannot request it, it has to come from my current doctors (SOOOO FRUSTRATING!!!!!)

So I called my P.C.P. (Primary Care Physician) and told them this and they were telling me that was wrong, I begged them to please put in a request for me and Crissy the front desk nurse is soo awesome she said that she would. I gave them Dr Senders information and she said that they would put a fax out today and hopefully we will hear back soon.

On a separate note After numerous phone calls myself to my oncologist, to the radiology center and also Dr Senders people calling we got my PET scan move to tomorrow!! What is a PETScan you ask? So I'm having it done in Irvine at 12:45 in the afternoon. So I have had to do the same diet as yesterday and after about 3am tomorrow morning I can't eat or anything besides water , sooo fun, a full day of no food! So I'm gonna be doing that and its a few hours total for everything to be done and I am told that all today and tomorrow I need to be resting and relaxing, So ill probably stay in bed most of the day.



So please just prayers for the rest of my tests to get approved asap, that I get approved to see Dr Sender out of UCI and that I can get a clear defined diagnosis of what I have and the stage of it and also that I can start my treatment asap!


Once again, thank you so much for caring enough to read this. Please leave comments or suggestions and I will do an update as soon as I get back from doing the PET scan or if I hear anything further tomorrow beforehand.

GOD Bless,

ADP

OK, Just a quick little blurb since I said that I would be trying to write something everyday.  I am currently getting ready to go to night church and hear Chris Wagner preach, plus I get to see old friends which is just a plus.

  Today was mostly just resting cause although my PET scan is not scheduled until the 28th of September Dr Senders office said that they were gonna try to  see if they could get me approved to move it over from Anaheim Memorial Hospital to UCI and I need to be prepped in case they can squeeze me in tomorrow. So i have to rest all day, cant eat any carbs or breads or starches, so its been meat, beans and veggies for me all day. Then tomorrow I cant eat anything until I know if I'm having the scan or not cause you cant eat six to eight hours prior and thats basically all the prep besides drinking lots of water (which I do normally) and wearing clothes with no metal or zippers at all.

  I am praying that I can get approved to see Dr Sender and be treated by Him and if I do its gonna be a crazy week of testing and getting ready for chemo.

  As of now I don't think I'm gonna be able to do the sperm bank, I just put it into GODS hands and said that if it is his will then he will provide a way for me to get it done, and nothings happened yet and I would have to start tomorrow if I was gonna do it before starting chemo. I just hate the fact that the future fate of my possible kids comes down to money. Man it sucks being poor.

  On a good note I used a free phone upgrade that Ive had available to me for over a year thru T-Mobile,so I will be receiving that phone by Tuesday, and the reason I decided to finally use it cause this phone has an internet plan attached to it, so while I'm in the Hospital or during Chemo or maybe just sick in bed I will be able to update my blog, check e-mails, go on facebook and stay in touch with everybody. I'm really excited about it!

   Well I have to go finish getting ready, so once again I am always grateful to anybody that cares enough to read this and I will do my best to keep updates coming everyday.

                            GOD Bless,
                                           ADP
 P.S. I took this picture a few years ago during a windstorm