Although he says, "it sucks" and it feels like his "stomach is full of cement," Mark is tolerating his chemo and was even able to go to work today. Not only did he go to work, but he made a special visit to my mom's work to bring her a nice cold drink because he knew she was working in 90 degree heat with no air conditioning. Can you believe that? Here he is trying to get himself through the day, feeling awful and yet, still thinking about ways he can improve my mom's day. It's truly unbelievable to me how unselfish this man is!
The symptoms Mark is feeling, in addition to the "cement stomach," are hot and cold chills and feeling like he has a fever. I'm sure this 90 degree heat is not helping his cause. He also mentioned he is starting to feel progressively worse with each day so Wednesday, after he takes his last dose of chemo on Tuesday night, may be his worst day of all. Hopefully he will be able to continue working so he can save his vacation and sick days for future treatments and doctors visits, but I am also hopeful that if his body tells him he needs to stay home for a day to recuperate, he will listen (yes, this is directed towards you, Mark).
On a positive note, I am happy to report that Mark's insurance did cover both his anti-nausea medicine and his chemotherapy drug! He will have to pay the remaining $650 toward his $800 prescription deductible (yes, he has both an $800 prescription deductible and a nearly $6,000 medical deductible), but thanks to an extremely generous donation from two extremely wonderful people, that was taken care of for him! We are truly humbled and forever grateful for the generosity people have shown Mark since he embarked on this unfortunate journey more than five years ago. We will do our best to "pay it forward." This I can promise you!
Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers as Mark continues Marching On.
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Use this blog to learn more about Mark Yarman and his battle with Melanoma Skin Cancer. His battle is over, but he did not lose. He fought until the bitter end and has now found the peace he deserves.
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All I can say is hang in there Mark and that you are a very brave soul for going through this. I doubt that I could handle the stress that you must be feeling and going through. You will beat this.
Old classmate, Ed Sheridan
Mark, you should be sainted! I hope that concrete feeling goes away soon--you are such an inspiration.
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