Tamlyno's Journal

Hi to all. Just wanted to check in and let everyone know that I am doing well. Still have my flares and "my body hates me" days but...Im learning to cope. The family is doing well. My Devon is healing beautifuly. Collar bone almost normal and scar above his eye will be ok. We keep telling him that chicks dig scars

My oldest son is a Senior this year.. yipeeeee.. this will be the year I go broke LOL. Senior pictures will be done today. I can feel the strain already. Band rehearsals have began as well....all 40 of my kids there! It gets tougher every year to keep up. With my oldest graduating this year...I won't know what to do with myself without my band kids.

My dad will be going to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville this week to get run thru the mill. He will be put on the transplant list for a new pancreas and a kidney. He's been a diabetic for years and also on dialysis for 5 months. His only option now is taking a new or artificail pancreas and find a kidney for him. I figured with his health history and age...he'd be the last resort for a transplant. He's 60 and had 5 bypasses done...also had an artifical valve put in about....5 years ago.

I told my mom that I would be glad to be tested to see if I could possibly donate but...my family worries that it would be really tuff for me to recover. With fibro it would be a challenge Im sure. Whatever it takes for my dad then Im all for it. I will be surfing the net to figure out what all goes into such an ordeal. If any of you can give advice or info PLEASE by all means...email or I.M. me.

tamlyno@yahoo.com is my email and Im usually always online for messaging on yahoo. Especially during the day. Whatever advice given will be greatly appreciated. My family and I want to get all the info on transplants and such as we can get. KNOW what we're getting in to. I know when my parents go to the hospital they will forget to ask some questions... I can only hope that Vanderbilt will explain things clearly for them.

Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. This has been a tuff road for us and we're all scared to death. My dad is weighing possibilities of dialysis every night....against antirejection drugs for life.....He just wants to be "normal" and live somewhat of a life. he's tired of the machines already. We are strong and we go thru life together as a family. We pride ourselves on our strong family connections. We're just trying to learn all we can before we do anything. I soooo love the internet! Let me know what ya think...let me know if you have been thru such things. Any and all info is greatly appreciated.

Tam