Finally getting back to updating you. First small corrections: my left sde is the side that had the cancer and was the side that healed nicely. My right side was the side that had bleed and they had to go in the second night and stop the bleed. The drains were removed first from the left side. On the right side, one drain was removed and I went back to the hospital for some cleanup work on Saturday, Sept. 24th . It was done under a local and I went home that afternoon. The Thursday before, the Dr. told me she and Dr.F. had decided radiation would be needed due to the small amount of cancer found in one of the left lymph nodes. That with the news about the surgery on Saturday came on top of news earlier that day that my friend Merene was now in Hospice. My loving daughter plied me wih Dove candy that night which helped my attitude.
All went well and I even went to church the day after surgery(sadly to discoverMerlene had died that morning.)
Since then, I've been to the funeral Thursday and had the fiinal drain removed last Friday. The best news is I finally ws able to take a real shower Saturday. All in all, I tink I'm doing well and am ready to have final stitches removed on the 8th of October wen Dr. C. returns.
Agan,thank you all for yor prayers and good thoughts.
September 28, 2009
September 20, 2009
Radiation Therapy Links
September 13, 2009
Report From the Surgeon from Judy via David
Well David and I took Mom to the surgeon today and got some good news and some that was not as good. The right side is healing very well and the drains on that side have been removed! There were some abnormalities in the tissue on that side but not cancer. The left side was not doing as well but that was not a surprise since there was a second surgery on that side. Those drains will have to stay another week as will the stitches.The pathology on one of the nodes on that side did come back positive with a very small amount of cancer.
So where do we go from here? Not sure yet. Dr. Chow the surgeon will consult with Dr. Frederic and they will come up with a plan. Mom will go back next Thursday evening to see Dr. Chow and have her stitches removed and probably the drains. I don’t know if she will tell us the plan at that time or if we will have to wait until the following Thursday morning (Sept 24th) when we will see Dr. Frederic. Mom is a bit disappointed but seems fine. Her health and spirits in general are quite good considering all she has been through.
Thanks for all the love and support all of you have given us through chemo and surgery. It has been wonderful to know that all of you are there for us.
Love to all,
JudySeptember 8, 2009
The Surgery and Recovery
Dear Friends and family,
Sorry it has taken me so long to update you on my surgery and recovery but being surrounded by loving family there was little time to sit down and concentrate.
Son Allan, Barbara, and daughter Mikha were here weekend before last. Mikha is beginning a Masters in Library Science and had to be in Denton Saturday for a class. It was wonderful to visit with them and here all about their doings. Barbara is working on a display for her library and has been asked to present her work at a state library meeting. Ben (their son) is back in Providence and is working on a project for physics. There were pictures on face book, but I was glad Allan was here to explain it all to me.
The next Saturday, Jill arrived and Judy and I picked her up at the airport and had lunch at Uncle Julio’s on the way Home.
Sunday, we went to church and the four of us and Judy’s two girls had lunch at P.F. Changs. By the time we finished John and Son William had arrived. I could go on about the wonderful times we had, but I’d better tell you about he surgery, etc.
We arrived at the hospital Tuesday morning at 5:30am. By 7:00 they took me to radiology where Dr. Chow met me and injected me with dye which would stain and help identify any cancer cells in the lymph nodes. She left for another surgery and the family (Judy & Jill) and Frs. Fred and Bill followed us to holding. They left for the waiting room and I was greeted by my friend Ruth who works there. After several interviews by surgery and anesthesia, Dr Chow reappeared and I was taken back to surgery.
All went well, and I was back in my room sooner than I thought.
All had gone well and a cursory look at the nodes showed no sign of cancer. The only glitch was that night, it was discovered I had a bleed on my right side . after two pints of blood, I returned the next night to surgery to check for any bleeds. All again went well and I went home the next afternoon in good shape with very little pain meds. And have been doing well ever since.
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