Chris2002

I'm not a nurse yet, but I havent really met anyone who "loves" their job. What's that about ??!!

I do want to thank everyone for the feedback. My father is getting out of the hospital possibly a day or 2 before Christmas. But, it could be a day or 2 after. I dont know, the Dr said he is doing well. His counts are going back up. So, he is almost done. All he wants to do is come home. It has been very hard on everyone. We have a make an hour drive to the South side of Chicago (Univ of Chicago) to visit. This past Sunday he looked horrible, bald, bloated and exhausted. He also had the worse hiccups. They were causing him pain, which I guess is a side effect from the chemo. He is pretty delusional and really not making much sense this past week. I assume it is due to the pain meds he getting. But, it just makes it worse on all of us. He is going on and on about stuff that doesn't make sense. Crazy money making ideas and putting cameras in trees ???!!! We dont know what to make of all of it. I attribute it to the heavy meds. But, it still difficult for all of us. I do want to thank Nesher for the info. Everything you commented on is EXACTLY what he is going thru. If you have any more info regarding his bizarre ramblings, I would interested to know what that is all about. Hopefully, he will get out before Christmas, but if he doesn't, I am prepared to go the hospital. I just know it will really, really bum him out. I do want to thank everyone for all the feedback. Please keep it coming, I'll do my best to give updates...... Chris

Nathalie, Thanks for the response. My father actually used himself as a donor for the transplant. The cancer was not in his bones this time around and he was able to harvest his own. They did that about 2 wks ago. Yesterday, he had the transplant, which is almost exactly like a blood transfusion. I talked to him today and he sounds ok. Leukemia is a risk I know my dad has. I heard him mention. So, I dont know. I do pray everyday for him. So, we'll see. I dont think of the future, I just take this day by day. Cause, as you know, with cancer, you just cant begin to predict what cancer will do. But, I do appreciate the feedback. My dad is very positive and he isnt ready to give up. He has recovered very quickly from all this so far. So, I have a little bit of hope. I'm sorry about your brother. Cancer is an awful, awful disease. I never thought it would be part of my life, that's for sure. I am trying to get into the nursing program at my local comm college. So that news that I am trying to so something with my life, especially something as honorable as nursing makes him very happy. I told him my NLN scores and he was so proud. So that keeps me going.... .

Hello, my father was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma a year ago, got chemo and recovered. But, 3 months later it came back. And now almost exactly a year later he has been going thru all the chemo treatments again. He went into the hospital last week and is getting a stem cell transplant this week, recovering next week and coming home. My question is, will this work. The doctors give it a 50/50 chance of "curing" the cancer. Any thoughts ? Anything you have seen ? Any feedback would be nice....thank you.

Honestly, I was happy to read on this site that not that much math is required to be a nurse. That really would have made me question my ability to go thru with all this. But, thank God there isnt a lot apparently. Hopefully, I will get my letter in March saying I got in. Til then, I have to wait. So, we'll have to see.... :)

Crissie, I had a TOUGH time with math as well. I started out at basic pre-algebra and I just took the final today. It wasnt that bad AT ALL ! I'm sure I got somewhere around a B or B+ in the class. I was so scared when I got started with it, but I did it anyway and it was just fine. I had friends help and I went to the math lab for extra help. Now, I am actually going to take college level math course next semester (Spring). I dont have to take it but, I want to. I withdrew once and got a D years ago. That was then and this is now. And I know I CAN DO it ! And if I can do it so can you, trust me ! ! !

Hey, you guys are lucky, I have to wait til MARCH ! ! ! Good luck !

Wow, I guess I did pretty well huh ? I am pretty suprised at myself actually. All I did was take a pre-algebra class and I studied the NLN book for 2 months before the test. I thought I BOMBED it, but I guess not. I get my letter in March, so now starts the waiting game. If anyone else has any more feedback, please let me know ! ! ! !

Hello, maybe someone can tell me how to read my test results and guess where I rank. I got a 120 composite (total I guess). Verbal I scored a 91 and the other AD composite I got an 81. Is that good ? Can anyone help decipher these confusing results ??? A friend of mine said I scored really well, but I don't know. Can anyone help ?