Oh I can’t tell you how happy I am to be home. I had the surgery on Thursday afternoon and 800 ml of fluid was drained, and another 500 ml drained while I was in the hospital. I feel much better, I’m not out of breath, and the best part is I think the fluid is what was affecting my voice, because other than being sore/hoarse from the tubes, my voice almost sounds back to normal!! Yeah!!! I was up the next day walking the halls, amazing the nurses and just so excited to be walking with no troubles!
I did have a nightmarish first night, because I apparently stopped breathing for some reason when they were taking me out of the OR, so they had to bring me back in and put me on a ventilator. Staying that way for the entire night was pure torture—but it’s over now, and that’s all I care about. I just felt bad that my poor parents, husband and daughter had to see me laying there looking like a dead person and go home that night with that image in their heads. The fluid will be sent in for biopsy, but my surgeon said he didn’t think it looked like anything suspicious.
I will start round 11 of chemo on Thursday, and my doc wants to do two more rounds before we do another PET scan. Please do keep me in your thoughts and prayers. I truly appreciate all your love & support!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
more surgery
Hi everyone--
Well, it looks like I'm going to need to have a little more surgery. I have some fluid around my heart that needs to be drained, and I will have the surgery at my favorite hospital (San Ramon)with my wonderful surgeon, Dr. Dharan--I don't plan to step foot in the ValleyCare jail for a while. I will go in on Thursday, 8/14 and be there (probably) until Saturday, 8/16. The good thing is that he seems sure this will take away my shortness of breath and then maybe I can start exercising again!! Yeah! They feel strongly that the fluid will not come back, either, so I'm very happy with that. Please keep me in your prayers for a successful surgery and quick recovery, because we go back to work the next week and I do not plan to miss a day! Thank you so much for your friendship & support!
Well, it looks like I'm going to need to have a little more surgery. I have some fluid around my heart that needs to be drained, and I will have the surgery at my favorite hospital (San Ramon)with my wonderful surgeon, Dr. Dharan--I don't plan to step foot in the ValleyCare jail for a while. I will go in on Thursday, 8/14 and be there (probably) until Saturday, 8/16. The good thing is that he seems sure this will take away my shortness of breath and then maybe I can start exercising again!! Yeah! They feel strongly that the fluid will not come back, either, so I'm very happy with that. Please keep me in your prayers for a successful surgery and quick recovery, because we go back to work the next week and I do not plan to miss a day! Thank you so much for your friendship & support!
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