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Chelee · 12-29-2009, 12:29 AM

For those of you that brought up the lack of physical therapy...I have no idea why I wasn't given any during my 5 day hospital stay, let alone now that I'm home? I'm very motivated to get off this walker & cane so I have been up moving it as much as physically possible. This house is 3000 sq feet so just going back and forth thru here has been a workout. Plus we have steps in & out of several rooms....so I have to use those all day too. Then I've been to all my chemo appts, scans, labs and you name it using my walker. So I've been giving my leg a workout...it should be better then it is. The worse thing is driving...since it's my right hip it hurts so bad when I have to move my foot to the brake & gas pedal. Damn it hurts.

I have a follow-up appt. with Orthopedic surgeon on 1-12-10. I am going to certainly let him know how disappointed and upset I am about not being able to walk on my own this far out from surgery! I can take a few baby steps by myself but that's it.

Jacqueline you hit the nail on the head. The ortho really did not tell me what to expect. He actually said very little. It was like pulling teeth to get the information I needed from him. He probably didn't want to tell me how long the recovery was because he knows I would of never done the surgery. (At least not at that time.)

Chrisy I started laughing when you repeated back what I said about enjoying myself on the Navelbine. lmao I have to admit...that is pretty funny! This navelbine so far has been so easy compared to the TCH. My 3 month scan is due is January and I know my chemo combo could change...that's why this time was so important to me. I'll call the ortho surgeon tomorrow and see if this recovery time is normal...if it's not I plan on wacking him up side the head with my walker when I see him.

(Just a thought.) I'm just saying...

Chelee

12-29-2009, 12:29 AM	#13
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: I'm so tired of this! (Venting again!) For those of you that brought up the lack of physical therapy...I have no idea why I wasn't given any during my 5 day hospital stay, let alone now that I'm home? I'm very motivated to get off this walker & cane so I have been up moving it as much as physically possible. This house is 3000 sq feet so just going back and forth thru here has been a workout. Plus we have steps in & out of several rooms....so I have to use those all day too. Then I've been to all my chemo appts, scans, labs and you name it using my walker. So I've been giving my leg a workout...it should be better then it is. The worse thing is driving...since it's my right hip it hurts so bad when I have to move my foot to the brake & gas pedal. Damn it hurts. I have a follow-up appt. with Orthopedic surgeon on 1-12-10. I am going to certainly let him know how disappointed and upset I am about not being able to walk on my own this far out from surgery! I can take a few baby steps by myself but that's it. Jacqueline you hit the nail on the head. The ortho really did not tell me what to expect. He actually said very little. It was like pulling teeth to get the information I needed from him. He probably didn't want to tell me how long the recovery was because he knows I would of never done the surgery. (At least not at that time.) Chrisy I started laughing when you repeated back what I said about enjoying myself on the Navelbine. lmao I have to admit...that is pretty funny! This navelbine so far has been so easy compared to the TCH. My 3 month scan is due is January and I know my chemo combo could change...that's why this time was so important to me. I'll call the ortho surgeon tomorrow and see if this recovery time is normal...if it's not I plan on wacking him up side the head with my walker when I see him. (Just a thought.) I'm just saying... 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.