Guest guest Posted April 25, 2002 Report Share Posted April 25, 2002 HI all....sorry I haven't posted in a long time...I've been lurking a lot d= ue to being in and out of the hosp. and partly to Yahoo making these clubs r= eal hard to navigate, at least for us webTV users! ¶--------- Anyway, for an update....I had the lumpectomy plus reduction of the other b= reast on 2/11, that went well, but then I found out that the margins from th= e lump weren't clear so had to go back for the mastectomy on 3/4 or thereabo= uts. They did a TRAM flap reconstruction and I was in for the average 5 day= s. While in I became a minor celebrity around the hospital!! My plastic su= rg. is a young guy (we'll ignore the fact that he's CUTE!) who will use " new= " things when needed...he used LEECHES on the TRAM to help build blood circu= lation to the site -- I guess this is pretty rare. ¶--------- Anyway....I had to go back on 3/18 for " outpatient " surgery to clean up the= TRAM area and ended up being there for nearly TWO weeks! Got out the day b= 4 Easter. The procedure on 3/18 was on Mon. and they had to work on me the = next 2 days, one day being for removing the TRAM completely since I told him= I wanted it OUT so we could get on with chemo, etc. After that I had to go= to P/T every morning so they could flush the open wound with saline to clea= n and irrigate, and dressings were changed 3 times a day. ¶--------- So....I had the first chemo yesterday. The delay was needed to allow the o= pen wound to heal enough since chemo slows healing. The onc. dr. said it's = 90% healed!! YEAH!!! I felt well enough after to do a load of laundry, the= n watched TV and went to bed, pretty much normal schedule. I did feel tired= towards the end of the evening but that could be blamed on little or NO sle= ep the night b4 due to nerves and talkative " neighbors " ! ¶--------- I haven't had much appetite this morning but have had some hot tea (my old = standby!) and saltines. I'm just taking it real easy today...maybe I can do= some stuff after a couple of days. ¶--------- Sorry this is so long....I sure hope it posts better than my previous posts= which get all run together even when I try to make new paragraphs. Anyway = that's about it! I hope things are going well for all! ¶--------- Take care all! ¶--------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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