Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A Celebration
Sheri Jahner's Celebration of Life will be Saturday March 16th, 2013 at Lakeside Baptist Church | 9150 Garland Rd, Dallas, TX 75218 followed by lunch.
I am only in the initial stages of gathering pictures and videos, and I would be willing to include any and all pictures you have that you feel would add to the memory of Sheri.
You can see my progress so far here:
Sheri's Celebration of Life
All are welcome to attend the celebration since Sheri loved each and every one of you.
Please consider this a personal invite.
Eric
Monday, November 5, 2012
A Passing
Sheri
Lorraine Jahner, age 35, passed away the foggy morning of November 5th,
2012 at her home in Dallas, Texas after a hard fought battle with cancer. She was the loving daughter of Larry and
Julie (Alwin) Wesson, and was born in Caribou, Maine. Sheri attended college at UW-River Falls
where she received a degree in teaching and continued on to teach and make
friends at a charter school in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Sheri met the love of her life, Eric Jahner,
in 1999 while working part-time to pay for college at Arby’s in Hudson,
Wisconsin, and they were married in 2001 in Grand Marais, Minnesota on the
shores of Lake Superior.
Her
greatest passion was her children whom she began sewing for when they were
still in diapers. Over the years she
graduated to making shirts and dresses while she gave Reese and Eli a home
school education. She longed to explore
the globe and, after extensive research of the Khmer people, accomplished her dream
travel destination of Cambodia in March of 2012.
Sheri
began her blog, I’m Sorry for Cursing, as a young female with rectal cancer
with the intent that it assist others and detailed her journey battling the
disease. Sheri is survived by her
husband Eric; her children Reese and Eli; her parents Larry and Julie; her
sister Amanda; her father and mother in-law Mike and Pat; her sisters-in-law
Terri, Sarah and Katie. She is further
survived by countless friends and other relatives that have helped her
physically, emotionally and spiritually through her battle with cancer.
Sheri
has requested her ashes be scattered in the Dry Tortugas National Park outside
of Key West, Florida. A celebration of
life is will be scheduled for March, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Filling in . . . (cont)
Yeah, Eric filling in for Sheri again.
Sheri is resting better these days with a much quieter stomach. Perhaps due to some of the new drugs, she is very groggy and not much of a conversationalist. Every now and again she gets out one of her witty lines or laughs at something someone says.
Hospice has been working with me on her pain level this morning since last night was not good (for either of us) so she is sleeping much better today than last night.
Currently peacful and pain free, Sheri sleeps away the day.
Wishing everyone a great day.
Eric
Sheri is resting better these days with a much quieter stomach. Perhaps due to some of the new drugs, she is very groggy and not much of a conversationalist. Every now and again she gets out one of her witty lines or laughs at something someone says.
Hospice has been working with me on her pain level this morning since last night was not good (for either of us) so she is sleeping much better today than last night.
Currently peacful and pain free, Sheri sleeps away the day.
Wishing everyone a great day.
Eric
Friday, November 2, 2012
Filling in . . .
This is Eric, Sheri's husband. I thought I would post for Sheri until she gets back to doing these herself.
Sheri has seen such a drastic decline in health over the last few weeks, I am surprised. Gone from walking normally and not looking the part of a cancer patient, to needing a walker to not being able to move her legs at all as of today. Sheri asks me to straighten her legs in bed, or pull them up if she is in pain. I lift her to the wheel chair to get her to the bathroom or lift her into the car if we have to drive anywhere.
The most recent scan reports show widespread tumors: from her hip to her hylar structures; from her spine to her cerebellum. The number of metastasis just exploded. The Regorafenib actually showed mixed results in her lungs with some tumors shrinking a bit, but others growing substantially. With the cancer having spread so much, there is no point in even considering the continuation of Regorafenib even though we have the option now that it is an approved drug for metastatic colon cancer.
So Sheri is now in Hospice.
The nurse is great and the doctor was in today to revew meds and make some changes. The doc is concerned about Sheri not being able to keep anything down so a few new drugs will be changed out today and if this is not under control by Monday, we have another couple of changes to make that may help. The problem stems from the tumors in her brain that are aggravating the "puke" toggle switch. No nausea ever, just "get the bucket" when the toggle gets flipped.
Sheri would appreciate any prayers you can for Reese and Eli.
She is struggling these days.
Eric
Sheri has seen such a drastic decline in health over the last few weeks, I am surprised. Gone from walking normally and not looking the part of a cancer patient, to needing a walker to not being able to move her legs at all as of today. Sheri asks me to straighten her legs in bed, or pull them up if she is in pain. I lift her to the wheel chair to get her to the bathroom or lift her into the car if we have to drive anywhere.
The most recent scan reports show widespread tumors: from her hip to her hylar structures; from her spine to her cerebellum. The number of metastasis just exploded. The Regorafenib actually showed mixed results in her lungs with some tumors shrinking a bit, but others growing substantially. With the cancer having spread so much, there is no point in even considering the continuation of Regorafenib even though we have the option now that it is an approved drug for metastatic colon cancer.
So Sheri is now in Hospice.
The nurse is great and the doctor was in today to revew meds and make some changes. The doc is concerned about Sheri not being able to keep anything down so a few new drugs will be changed out today and if this is not under control by Monday, we have another couple of changes to make that may help. The problem stems from the tumors in her brain that are aggravating the "puke" toggle switch. No nausea ever, just "get the bucket" when the toggle gets flipped.
Sheri would appreciate any prayers you can for Reese and Eli.
She is struggling these days.
Eric
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
This blog has gotten away frem me
Wow, it has indeed. Let's see if I can catch up.
Last Wednesday I wend in to UT for an MRI, trying to figure out what's going on with my legs. I had labs done before that and freaked out the nurses with my high blood pressure. They wanted me to stop up to see a doctor (mine was absent). The MRI was fine. While seeing the doctor, he was concerned about my blood pressure but also took a look at the MRI and suggested that I quit regorafineb to concentrate on what the deal was with my brain. The doc was concerned about lesions up and down my spinal cord. He offered to get me started with a chemo regimin, but I decided to go back to Baylor.
Friday, I got in to see my doc at Baylor. I did an MRI and CT scan. Eric talked to my regular doctor (do I have enough doctors??) on Monday, and he wanted me to see a radiation oncologist. Hospice was also tossed around, and we'll talk to those folks tomorrow.
The rad onc was awesome, answered all our questions, and suggested that there was no one rignt answer. We're to think about it and get in tough with him tomorrow.
It's hard becuse I picture myself having all this immortality, but in reality, I so don't.
The rad onc asked me how I was so tough. I said that I have a tough God. And I definitely do. Prayers would be awesome.
Last Wednesday I wend in to UT for an MRI, trying to figure out what's going on with my legs. I had labs done before that and freaked out the nurses with my high blood pressure. They wanted me to stop up to see a doctor (mine was absent). The MRI was fine. While seeing the doctor, he was concerned about my blood pressure but also took a look at the MRI and suggested that I quit regorafineb to concentrate on what the deal was with my brain. The doc was concerned about lesions up and down my spinal cord. He offered to get me started with a chemo regimin, but I decided to go back to Baylor.
Friday, I got in to see my doc at Baylor. I did an MRI and CT scan. Eric talked to my regular doctor (do I have enough doctors??) on Monday, and he wanted me to see a radiation oncologist. Hospice was also tossed around, and we'll talk to those folks tomorrow.
The rad onc was awesome, answered all our questions, and suggested that there was no one rignt answer. We're to think about it and get in tough with him tomorrow.
It's hard becuse I picture myself having all this immortality, but in reality, I so don't.
The rad onc asked me how I was so tough. I said that I have a tough God. And I definitely do. Prayers would be awesome.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
This never goes as expected, does it?
Eric and I went to UT yesterday for my labs and for me to get the MRI (hopefully to figure out my pesky leg/back pain).
At my labs, my blood pressure was high. I don't remember what the numbers were, but it freaked the nurse out. She started making phone calls, and I ended up with an appt with a doctor who works with my doc.
The MRI was...noisy. The nurses and techs were all so nice though. I tried to listen to music, but you can't really hear anything in that tube with all the banging and growling. After a really long time, it was finally done.
After that, we headed to the doc's office. I got in right away, believe it or not. The doc talked about my symptoms, took my blood pressure, and declared that I needed a break from regorafenib and some blood pressure meds. Then he saw I had an MRI and wanted to check it out. The doc looked at the scan pics for a few minutes, then decided to see if the techs could give him a quick read.
I was pretty glad to get what would have been about two weeks off the pills. Eric and I joked around until the doc came back. He was all serious.
The MRI showed evidence of lesions (tumors) on my spinal meninges, which I believe are the layers that protect the spinal cord. The MRI only covered a section of my back, so the doc was not able to say whether the cancer has spread anywhere else, like into my brain. He suggested a brain MRI to be sure. If there are tumors in my brain, they can be radiated.
The tumors on my meninges...they best react to Irinotecan. The doc wanted me on that this week. Also, I'm out of the trial.
I had a thought in my head that if the trial didn't work, I'd go back to Baylor. Eric made my wishes known, so the UT doc talked to a doc from Baylor. After a couple phone calls, I have an appt at Baylor tomorrow morning.
So how bad is this? It must be pretty bad because even my Baylor doc's nurse sounded sad. It's so weird because I'm still hobbling around and I don't feel like someone who has cancer right outside my spine. Processing this is hard, y'all. I prayed a lot yesterday, prayed for trust and faith.
I think I need more information, but man, I'm freaked out.
At my labs, my blood pressure was high. I don't remember what the numbers were, but it freaked the nurse out. She started making phone calls, and I ended up with an appt with a doctor who works with my doc.
The MRI was...noisy. The nurses and techs were all so nice though. I tried to listen to music, but you can't really hear anything in that tube with all the banging and growling. After a really long time, it was finally done.
After that, we headed to the doc's office. I got in right away, believe it or not. The doc talked about my symptoms, took my blood pressure, and declared that I needed a break from regorafenib and some blood pressure meds. Then he saw I had an MRI and wanted to check it out. The doc looked at the scan pics for a few minutes, then decided to see if the techs could give him a quick read.
I was pretty glad to get what would have been about two weeks off the pills. Eric and I joked around until the doc came back. He was all serious.
The MRI showed evidence of lesions (tumors) on my spinal meninges, which I believe are the layers that protect the spinal cord. The MRI only covered a section of my back, so the doc was not able to say whether the cancer has spread anywhere else, like into my brain. He suggested a brain MRI to be sure. If there are tumors in my brain, they can be radiated.
The tumors on my meninges...they best react to Irinotecan. The doc wanted me on that this week. Also, I'm out of the trial.
I had a thought in my head that if the trial didn't work, I'd go back to Baylor. Eric made my wishes known, so the UT doc talked to a doc from Baylor. After a couple phone calls, I have an appt at Baylor tomorrow morning.
So how bad is this? It must be pretty bad because even my Baylor doc's nurse sounded sad. It's so weird because I'm still hobbling around and I don't feel like someone who has cancer right outside my spine. Processing this is hard, y'all. I prayed a lot yesterday, prayed for trust and faith.
I think I need more information, but man, I'm freaked out.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
It's been a few days...
I'm still here!
I'm trying to eat some noodles, but I'm not sure it's working. See, 30 min. before I eat, I'm supposed to take an antinausea pill. This pill makes me dizzy and tired and eating is the last thing I want to do after taking it. I might have to check into other options.
How is my puking doing? Eh. Probably if I took my anti-nausea pills regularly, it would be better. I'm pretty bad at pills.
More if more occurs. :)
I'm trying to eat some noodles, but I'm not sure it's working. See, 30 min. before I eat, I'm supposed to take an antinausea pill. This pill makes me dizzy and tired and eating is the last thing I want to do after taking it. I might have to check into other options.
How is my puking doing? Eh. Probably if I took my anti-nausea pills regularly, it would be better. I'm pretty bad at pills.
More if more occurs. :)
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