My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
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micmel. Hopefully there is someone who can give you their more recent experience. My reconstruction was done during the dark ages. They had us stay in the hospital 5 days and all sorts of other restrictions that. Are unheard of now. One of the funny things is, because of the tummy tuck, you will walk sort of bent over. They pull your skin together so tightly, it takes awhile to straighten up. The part that bothered me the most, I don't think they do this anymore, is where they looped the muscle to supply the blood flow to the skin flap. Call and ask your docs nurse what most ladies experience these days. I am surprised that you'll have only two drains. Maybe there are more and you only go home with two. I would think your lung issues are the most frightening for you. You can call the anesthesiologist and ask him questions directly. But, your surgeon is aware, correct?
I have to go to the GI doc tomorrow. UGH Since I had large polyps three years ago, I have to have another colonoscopy. I'm like seriously, I already have cancer and I'm being treated, isn't that enough? Wouldn't the PET see it? No, you need to have it. Also, I'm anemic but my MO isn't worried, my PCP is, let's see what my GI says. Ha Different perspectives .
Meanwhile, I hate to make you jealous, we have beautiful weather here in Dallas. Also my grandson will be competing in the State Meet this Sunday. That's a big deal.for a six year old. But, he doesn't seem to mind BIG. In fact, he loves it. On their ski trip he went on a Black Diamond, he has no fear. 💞
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Grannax~Yes they interviewed me about that and everything else this week. I am impressed you remembered my lung issues That's what made it really real. I am really hoping that since I know how strong my body is, I'll be able to sail through the surgery. I had a liver resection and left mammogram and a full 35 auxiliary node removal in one surgery. He was warning my family that I would wake up in intensive Care... I woke up in a regular room with everyone going 😯😯😮😮 amazed that I was in a regular room. The doctor said there was no reason for that. I didnso well it wasn’t needed... So I'm going into this with being as strong as i have Been since diagnosis. I feel ready to get my womanly feeling back. If that makes any sense?Maybe that will trigger some healing, I didn't even know could happen. Thank you for telling me about your experience, it means everything to talk to someone about it, even if it was a little while ago. I'm giving you a hug! Much love ~M~
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Have not seen Magda~~~~~ you ok friend? What's up with the house ? Just checking on you !! ❣️❣️❣️❣️
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Hi gals-
Keetmom- yay for stable! Hope you continue to feel well.
Runor - yay for no change on the mammo!
Still working on getting my new treatment plan underway. Xeloda will arrive in the mail tomorrow after almost 2 wks in process. Have a second interventional radiology consult on 3/29 to discuss Y90, then will compare to TACE. MO tracked down clinical trial with drug that targets the mutation I have, which is at Dana Farber in Boston. The plan is to start Xeloda and go from there.
Not looking forward to yet another snowstorm tonite and tomorrow. So over it!
Minnie- sorry to hear that you are having to endure so much hip pain. Need those RADS to zap it STAT!
Micmel-I know that pre-op anxiety must be getting you. It will be better once you actually get on with it. I am feeling anxiety over the interventional procedures I am contemplating.
Mae, Bighome, the Lynnes, Blueshine, Magda, Tanya, Gracie, Divine, Leapfrog, Robin, and all of you other dear souls-sending big hugs and wishes for peace and well being. LOVE. MJH
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..... and it's still snowing. And snowing and snowing. Snowing 🌨 ⛄️ ❄️ ~M~0 -
MJH~I feel the un easiness for sure!! I go back and forth with fear and some sort of empowerment. I will wish you peace at your decision dealing with the choices... I know how it feels!! Congrats to everyone's stable results !! That's what we need!!!! For everyone !!!!! It's still snowing like crazy here too. I am also so over it as well! I'll be sending thoughts your way!
Minnie~ I Am thinking of you and your pain issues. I hope hope they help you soon, because enough is enough! Hugs to all! 🌹~M~
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......it's just everywhere!!!! Ugh! Stop snowing snowing! ~M~0 -
Hey gals hi mic! I’ve just been up to my ass in alligators and will fill you in when the dust settles. So fa we are on target to close March 27, that’s Tuesday, and moving the next several days.packing continues apace, though I’ve nothing to do with it except thumbs up and thumbs down. Must rest now.
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Magda~Glad to see you're doing ok. Keep those alligators at bay. Glad to hear about the closing still on target. Must be the month for selling houses! My DH sold his this past week also. So he is up to his elbows in boxes and bubble wrap. Grannaxs son bought his house and was moving in as well! I feel useless.... but at least he has my van, which he has been doing many many loads places, like the dump, and other moving of furniture. At least I feel like I am helping!! Keep pushing forward, one day at a time! Much love !~M~
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The cars in the back are almost covered..... we got a foot today! March came in like a lamb and went out like a lion!0 -
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I am off today to start new chemo, a bit worried, number one it's a new chemo and I'm scared how I am going to feel, and Emma is allergic to the one drug they are giving me,
I am struggling with eye pain, and blurry eyes, because of the dexamethason I'm on, luckily we are going down slowly on it....
Well a few hours and off to cancer center for day.
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Keetmom, You will be in my thoughts today as you begin your you chemo. I hope everything goes well - good results with no SEs. Sending you hugs.
Hugs and prayers from, Lynne
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Keetmom~you're also in my thoughts as well. I hope his new chemo will be exactly what you needed with NO bad side effects. We have all had enough of those ! I hope you're not allergic as well that scares me. I'll be looking to check in with you, but don't want to bug you! You're in my mind and heart! ♥️♥️
Lynne(50)'s~good to see you. Are you still in Florida ?avoiding all this crappie snow? We got like a foot and it wasn't fun, as you all know based on where you live. I'm sick of this. Bring on the lovely flowers 💐 🌸 hugs to you sweetheart!~M~
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Gracie~Growing worried. Please reach out so I know how you're doing, I don't want to push by any means, but I'm worried and I care my girl. Even if it just one wordmuch love ~M~
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Keetmom I'll be praying for you, not to have SE from the cimo or at least to be very mild
Love and hugs, Elena
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Blueshine~ good morning !! Your name Elena, is a beautiful name. I have never known anyone named Elena. I like it a lot. Just had to share that with you! I hope you have a great day! 🌹🌹 hugs my friend ~M~
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MicMel, wao it looks like in the middle of the winter...... But we are officially in the spring and soon we'll have flowers everywhere
Love, Elen
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Chelle~Hi sweetness!!! I'm waiting for you, come and visit me!! Love you darling sooo much!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️❤️❣️ Hugs to you... ~M~
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Good morning all
I returned Monday, past exhaustedjet lagged. Plane ride home was 15 hours,then an hour line in Orlando customs and then 1 and 1/2 hour car ride home. DH got sick with stomach flu and fever or whatever yuck.
It was wonderful to get away so far away. I realized that if I push myself sometimes nothing bad happens. I didn’t get sick with a cold or anything. I thought I would.
I read through all of the posts and can’t remember everything. I saw lots of st Patrick’s day pictures. So green and lovely.
Micmel I am so proud of you going to your surgery like a real warrior. You’re going to be feminine again in your mirror, you’ve always been that beauty in your husbands eyes.
Keetmom I’m so hopeful that your chemo is effective yet gentle to you.
50s girl are you still in FL? The weather is still beautiful.
MJH, and all you northern girls the snow is relentless. It’s beautiful. Its too cold.
This is Medina
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Tanya~Hello darling and welcome back..... I hope your trip was filled with memories and happiness. What amazing beautiful structures....I have never seen anything quite like that.... it's such a wonderful thing to see, I've never been out of the country. To see something so massive and largely beautiful and wonderful. Thank you so very much for posting some pictures. I was hoping to see some. I'll travel through you wonderful ladies ! You reminded me that Lynne (50's) was in Florida. My mind got confused, and I was thinking about Grannax going To Hawaii with those sparkly flip flops! Welcome back again...so glad it was a safe trip! Rest up! And sorry someone ended up sick from the travel. I think it comes from the dirty plane air systems we are forced to breathe, I am sure that they don't wipe anything down maybe like ever? I find planes huge germ carriers. Maybe another reason I don't have any desire to really go anywhere. I get tired going to the grocery store. This snow doesn't help for sure. Driving home. Anywhere is a pain... boots hat gloves mush snow wet yuck!! Enough! Much love ~M~
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Tanya-thanks for these exquisite pictures. Must have felt really great to be immersed in a different world. Take your time recovering from the jet lag!
Keetmom-thinking of you with the new chemo today. I am about to start a new drug also. It's such a creepy feeling to take something you know is a poison, and then sit and wait for possible SE's. May the force be with us.
Love to each, MJH
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MJH~ It is very scary to think that it's poison. But rings true when I think back on them approaching me in a hazmat suit and gloves to administer this into my veins. I agree, we sit and wait for the side effects to hit us. Helpless. I'm sorry MJH. I wish this wasn't happening to any of us! Much love ~M~
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Good morning Micmel, I am still in Florida ( but Hawaii would be absolutely wonderful, too). I can't say that I am sorry that I have missed all those nor'easters. We are here for another 9 days. The time has flown by. The weather has been perfect. One of my sons has been in W. Palm Beach on business this week. He is hoping that he gets bumped from his flight home tomorrow so he can spend more time in the warm sunshine. Lol. I wouldn't mind that since he would be able to drive over here for a day or two. One of my other sons is coming to to Naples tomorrow morning. He and his family (our daughter-in-law and two of our grandchildren) will be here for five days. We are all going out to dinner tomorrow night, and my son's in-laws will be joining us. On Saturday all 8 of us will go to a Red Sox game in Ft. Myers. That should be fun. If that's not enough, yet another of my sons with 2 more of my grandchildren are hoping to fly down here Saturday night and stay for 4 days. Can you tell that everyone has had enough of that northeast winter? I have missed my children and grandchildren, so it will be nice to see some of them. I wish they could all come. I hope that snow surrounding your house melts quickly. I will be thinking about you next week as you have surgery and also as you recover. Deep down you know that you made the right decision for yourself. It can be scary to go through surgery and recovery, but try to concentrate on why you are doing it and what the end result will be. The surgery and recovery are just temporary events. You are healthy and strong.
Lynne, it sounds like NH was spared the brunt of the storm. Thank goodness. The warmth and fun of Disney will surround you before you know it. I enjoyed seeing the St. Pat pictures. My Irishman of a husband doesn't like corned beef and cabbage, so green shirts were as celebratory as we got on St. Patrick's Day. I always think of my late father-in-law on that day. He had Alzheimer's and was in a nursing home for several years before he passed. He could no longer speak or respond to people, but my mother-in-law and her sister visited him every day. One year on St. Pat's Day, some Irish step dancers visited, so they wheeled him down to the gathering room to watch. Tears started streaming down his face as he listened to the music and watched the dancers. My mother-in-law didn't know what to think. She was so afraid that he was somehow aware of what was going on, and she wanted to believe that he did not because she didn't want to think that his mind knew about the state of his body. Oh, that was depressing. Sorry if it is inappropriate. Alzheimer's is such a horrible disease. That was many years ago. My mother-in-law is now 99 years old. Can you imagine all the changes she has seen in the world? When she was born, women couldn't vote!
Mags, That closing is coming soon. It sounds like a dream to move without having to pack. I bet you can't wait to get moved and settled in. In the meantime, get some rest.
Hi to everyone else. I will check in again later.
Hugs and prayers from, Lynne
Here are some shots from a trip to one of the many beaches we have visited. gopher turtle in parking lot, pelicans fishing to dinner, view over the dunes
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we totaled in at 14.5 inches. One of the most of the pa area of course. But you northeast sisters deserved a break from it. It's already melting rapidly which is ok with me. I slept again on and off all day long! Who knows why. Most times anymore. I end with that question anymore. Why? I am finding I have more questions than answers always. Hope everyone's is having a better day than I am. Maybe it's nerves. Hugs to all that need one! ~M~
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Chemo went well today, not feeling to bad tonight, a bit dizzy today but for most part OK.
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keetmom~ so glad you’re doing good. I hope sincerely that this new medicine does it business, without too many side effects! We all have just enough to deal with already! Rest well friend! ~M~
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Happy Friday! I’m loving the pic’s vacation, tortoise and snow.
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