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Chelee,

Posting at 1:37 AM????? Glad to hear you've got the surgery behind you...and hoping for speedy resolution of the post surgery issues.

Take care,
chris

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Hi Chelee! Glad you got through surgery in one piece, but what are those nurses doing not following doctors' orders? Have you mentioned this to your doc and asked him to intervene? I've heard about not giving food to someone who is very nauseous after surgery. Were you still on an IV? They may have done that to make sure your stomach settled down. I had a similar reaction and everything I swallowed came back for 24 hrs. And that was after a short surgery with minimal anaesthesia.

Don't you have someone (husband, friend, relative) who can step in for you and deal with the poor nursing? I know I had to do that for my Dad when he was admitted after a fall recently. They are so busy they forget what they are doing. Or should be doing for that matter.

Isn't it ridiculous that you have to keep tabs on your treatment plan while in a hospital? Isn't that what the nursing staff should be doing?

Anyway, hope you get out of there soon, and may you heal swiftly so you can get your chemo.

Love

Jacqueline

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I am thinking about you too. I hope you are feeling better by now. Please take good care of yourself and let others around you do some of the physical labor !!
Get strong, so you can get your chemo soon.

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Chelee,

Take deep breaths ... And I'm hoping you'll be back on the board soon.

Sending you a lot of hugs and prayers.

Joan

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Chelee,

So good to see your post. You've been on my mind and hopefully the worst of this will be over. I know you want to get home--that can make you feel so much better.

And like everyone says, try to get someone else to help make sure you are taken care of.

Sending you a warm hug.

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Hi Chelee.....Good to "see" you and hoping you are back among us soon.

Hugs and love...

Mary Jo

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Dear Chelee,

I am praying hard for you and wishing you speedy recovery. God bless you!

hugs,
shobha

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Chelee,
I hope you are beginning to feel better. The worst is behind you! Take it REAL easy and try and not over-do. Rest is the best healer for your body.

Take care and I will pray for a speedy recovery.
Sandra

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Chelee, I hope you get the care in the hospital like you are suppose to get and are entitled to get. We all want you well and about as soon as possible. Wishing you a good recovery.
Much aloha.....
Maryanne

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Chelee,

Can you ask for a referral to a Rehabilitation doctor to assess your condition and possibly get some physical /occupational therapy?

Thinking about you.

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Chelee,

Glad your surgery is over. Hope you get to feeling better.

Amelia

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Chelee,

You know I am thinking about you. Hope you are finally starting to feel better and you will be walking - pain free - again soon.

Take care,

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Hoping you are feeling better and wishing you a quick recovery!

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I finally got home from the hospital on Monday. (11-23) What was to be at most 3 days, turned into 5 days. As I already mentioned I was told I lost alot of blood. I'll tell you...as much as I wanted to do Tykerb right now I can't even imagine that now. I have a high tolerance to pain and this has been just excruciating. I can hardly put any weight at all on my right hip...pure torture. They sent me home with injections of blood thinners for 7 days. Usually they do that while you "in" the hospital...not sure why I get mine when I leave?

When it comes to them not feeding me...not sure what the deal was there? I thought I was on an all liquid diet since I was nauseated after surgery? But later I found out that I was on a "normal" diet and they didn't know why I wasn't given any food? So it was a little over two days before I got to eat...I was starving! (Maybe they thought I could afford to lose a little.) lol After I called my Ortho's office and told his nurse I hadn't had any food in two days...nor was I getting any physical therapy did I finally get to eat. The physical therapy was a joke...I got it twice the entire time I was there. My mother had two hip surgeries and they had her up right away and moving at least 3 times a day...along with excersise to do in bed. I was given no instructions on what I should and shouldn't doing? I was very pro-active about all this and so was my husband...not sure what the deal was.

Anyway...I'm home...and I can't tell you all how happy I was to find all the replies. :) This has been a lonely road for me with the exception of you guys. I can't tell you all how much it meant for me to find all your well wishes, support, & prayers. Thank to all of you for thinking of me and keeping me in your prayers...I sure need them.

Chelee

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GLad you are home! Just can not fathom your NURSES not even noticing you were not getting any food. Hope they were at least keeping your water jug full or giving you juices. Boggles my mind!

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So good to hear you got home! Now take care of yourself and get some help. This is major surgery and you need help around the house, you need PT, you need to get your strength back for the next round, which is going after those cancer cells whith everything we've got!

Hugs

Jacqueline

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Oh Chelee, I hate that you are going through this. Thank goodness you are home. Hospitals can be dangerous but didn't think you could starve while there! I just happened to cruise by this morning. Glad I did so I can wish you well. Love, Kim

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Hi Chelee Girl! Well, you've done that! You are amazing, you know! I'm so sorry that your hospital adventure was such an ordeal! It's scary the things you've had to deal with. I'm glad you're home and in a safe place again. Best wishes for that ol' hip to start to mend correctly and with a lot less pain. Lots of love and prayers to you, ma

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Chelee, so glad you are done and home~!!

I have had bad hospital experiences. (ugghhh) It is hard enough to recover physically and emotionally, you don't need to fight the hospital too.

Hope you can focus on your healing and gear yourself up to kick some butt!!

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Dear Chelee,
I'm so sorry you're still having such struggles with your doctors and nurses. I hope your husband is advocating strongly for you so you can focus on healing. If not, we need to find you someone who will. You shouldn't have to fight so hard when you are so weak. He should have been banging on the cafeteria door or smuggling in some take out or something, not to mention banging on the physical therapist's door!
Try to stay as confident as possible and keep on truckin'. You can do this. Find what strength you have and focus on that. It may be one part of your body, it may be your spirituality or maybe it's HER2 support! Focusing on your sources of strength, and it may help you remain calm and confident.
Love, Celeste