Home at Last!!
Hi All!
I'm home! (My outpatient procedure turned into a 3 day stay!)
Good pain meds!
Awesome husband and kids!
Dogs who missed me...A LOT!
I was blessed to have the cutest, friendliest elderly roommate during my hospital stay. Once the pain meds kicked in...it was like having a 2 day slumber party with an old friend. She sort of reminded me of my mom a little bit!
Most, no, make that all but one, medical professional were professional and compassionate. Delightful! Clearly they love what they do! I've already sent notes of commendation to their supervisors.
The exception,Nurse Ratchet... her supervisor will be receiving a letter of extreme dissatisfaction...as soon as I can type a little better. (You all will get the sarcastic, slightly hyberbolic version of my dissatisfaction as soon as I'm not so loopy (from narcotics) all the time.) In all seriousness...I feel compelled to report her...for fear someone's elderly relative will be subjected to her "ministrations" if her superiors don't intervene. She was a mean person, and a bully. I gave her the benefit of the doubt at first...then she crossed the line...well...let's just say...the only thing I like less than mean people, is bullies. She met her match my friends. The letter will be very detailed, and somewhat forceful, I imagine.
Anyway...I'm home...on my own couch...watching my own TV...and drinking anything I want, any time I want...and no one's measuring the "output"!
It's good to be me!
Please remember to keep those prayers and good wishes flowing for a beautiful recovery...with full range of motion, and minimal scarring. Thanks for checking in to see how I am!
Denise
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1/11-needle biopsy
2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
11/11 radiation x28
1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
6/8/12 Return to work :)
6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
7/10/12 last Herceptin
7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
8/23/12 Back to work
12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed
“ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert
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