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Chelee · 01-07-2011, 10:33 PM

Pam,
I get so fed up with doctors, surgeons and other medical ppl telling me how I should feel after a surgery, or procedure that they have never had done on themselves. Having your femur repaired is not a minor surgery. I know I certainly didn't bounce back as fast as my ortho onc told me I would. Far from it!

It's no wonder you would be feeling tired after all you have been through. Then there's always the endless doctors appts and decisions to make...it's very draining so go easy on yourself. The way your feeling sounds very normal to me after all you have been through. Hopefully that hematoma will resolve quickly so you can get the rads behind you and get started on the halaven to knock those tumor markers down. If your still using your walker...that alone is enough to make you tired. lol I wanted to throw mine across the room all the time...it's so restricting. Hang in there Pam...I know it's far from easy. Continued prayers for you.

Chelee

01-07-2011, 10:33 PM	#13
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: update on my progress Pam, I get so fed up with doctors, surgeons and other medical ppl telling me how I should feel after a surgery, or procedure that they have never had done on themselves. Having your femur repaired is not a minor surgery. I know I certainly didn't bounce back as fast as my ortho onc told me I would. Far from it! It's no wonder you would be feeling tired after all you have been through. Then there's always the endless doctors appts and decisions to make...it's very draining so go easy on yourself. The way your feeling sounds very normal to me after all you have been through. Hopefully that hematoma will resolve quickly so you can get the rads behind you and get started on the halaven to knock those tumor markers down. If your still using your walker...that alone is enough to make you tired. lol I wanted to throw mine across the room all the time...it's so restricting. Hang in there Pam...I know it's far from easy. Continued prayers for you. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.