Another hospital stay for madubois63...

[madubois63]

Yup! I just can't believe it. This past Tuesday I had my Herceptin with Benadryl. My counts were totally amazing (for me). I felt amazing. I fell asleep after getting the Benadryl and slept through most of the infusion. When I woke up, it felt like I slept the wrong way bending my neck. It wasn't that big of a deal. Half way home, the pain became unbearable through my neck, to my shoulder and left arm and also through my left breast (tram flap reconstruction site). My breathing became very labored very quickly, scaring me to the core. I got home and took 2 Oxycontin tabs. I tried to cook dinner thinking I could keep my mind off the pain. I finally relented and called my mom to finish cooking dinner. The meds didn't even touch the pain, if anything it got worse. I couldn't eat or breath, and I contemplated the ER for a bit. My son finally talked me in to going. He called my onc and then we (mom, my son and my daughter) all drove to the other hospital in my area. They took me in immediately and hooked me up to monitors. I then had every test possible. I got dilautin to ease the pain and was brought to a room at 5 in the morning. I then had every test I didn't have the night before and repeated some of the tests too. Everything came back negative. They ruled out heart attack and insisted I had a clot (possibly from the abscess from the week before). All the test came back negative and after three days, they finally let me go home. I believe that my recent problems all go back to the fall I took over a month ago (the amazing full straddle split). All the pain and the abscess are on my left side. I feel much better now. Actually I feel really good. I went to a cancer patient appreciation day event for yet another hospital in my area today. It was a free lunch, some give-a-ways and just great day. My friend Liz won a door prize that was absolutely beautiful. It was a fall themed basket with 2 bottles of win, lots of fall/Halloween decor, candles and a $50 gift certificate to Barnes and Nobles. My other friend Carole won a gift certificate to a bakery and also a tray of Italian cookies. I didn't win anything today, but I won a day at a spa from a raffle at my cancer center the other day. It is a full day of massage, a facial, reflexology and lunch. The woman that registers everyone as you walk in entered my name in to the raffle. How nice is that??? So that's all for now. I am really trying to stay away from hospitals...