Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 OK, now I want to go scold that nurse... what on earth? It feels to me like sometimes these folks just don't LISTEN. If you can feel it in your hand and not taste it, that should tell her something. I'd be reporting her to the patient advocate at your hospital - sooner rather than later. When I was fresh from surgery and in pain, I asked the nurse for some pain meds - she asked me to wait as it was only 45 mins until my next scheduled med. I said OK (what else was I going to say? I was in some kind of twilight state anyway). By the time she got the pain meds to me it was too late, and the pain had taken over. They had to give me some special booster thing to help me get back on top of the pain. That's the trick, to always stay a little ahead of the pain level so you don't develop an exaggerated response (or so I'm told). The point of this is that when the patient advocate came to see how I was doing, I told her what happened. She was all over it like white on rice. Very apologetic and clear that the nurse would be doing some additional education on how to treat patients in pain. Sending another hug.... Thank heaven your doc understood what might have happened. Are you on Coumadin or Warfarin? Maya ---- Cath wrote: > Maya, > > My problems all started after surgery. The day after surgery, a nurse was messing around with my IV. When she gave me my meds I told her that it was burning in my hand bad. She told me that I should taste it and I told her I could not taste it but I could feel it in my hand. > When I was released and the next day my hand was swollen up to my elbow. That was very scary. My Surgeon said the nurse must have pulled my IV out of my vein and shot the meds into my hand resulting in to a blood clot. > I was put on a blood thinner which is why I bleed in my right breast. I'm trying to stay positive and trust God that I will one day have beautiful girls sitting on my chest again. > My last chemo will be Dec. 5 and then radiation. I don't know how many treatments my Dr. will tell me I need. I probably will not have recon. surgery until the new year. Thanks for the hugs and hugs back to you. Have a great day and God bless you and everybody, Cat > mbrand@... wrote: > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 2:01:48 -0400 > > To: breastcancer2 > Subject: Re: New here > CC: Cath > > Hi Cat, > > Big Hug coming your way. I too had the expanders and suffered some discomfort, but nothing like what you describe. I can say that I'm about 6 months out from my recon and love my girls. They look great and day by day I feel increasing better. I wish the same for you. > > Maya > > ---- Cath wrote: > > Hi , my name is Cat, > > > > I found out I had Breast Cancer June 28. I had surgery on Aug. 1, I had Radical mastectomy on both breast. My cancer was in the left breast, which was Invasive ductal carcinoma, grade III, and focal high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ. I .had 8 lymph nodes which turned out to be negative, thank God. > > Had chest expanders the day of my surgery. Started 16 weeks of chemo Aug. 30. Turned 48 on Sept 3. The first 4 rounds of chemo I was so sick after each treatment. > > After my second chemo on my free week I went in to have my expanders filled and I had complications that night. My right breast swelled up in to my arm pit and neck and the pain had me in tears. > > My plastic Surgeon said he must had hit a blood vessel which caused the bleeding. He took out 100cc out and put pressure on it to drain it so now my left breast has 450Cs, right breast has 350cc so I'm lopsided and there's still pain there. > > Then in the middle of my chemo my dog Phantom got very sick, Oct 18 we had to put him to sleep. We were with him when we had to do it, I was depressed so much. > > My husband picked Phantom's ashes up today Oct. 25. I still find my self crying but I know he's not in any pain and he's not suffering anymore. But I still miss him here with me. > > I started my second round of chemo Oct. 24. I'm felling good today not sick like I was on the first round. Three more to go, my last one will be Dec. 5. Then I'll meet the Doctor who will decide how much radiation treatments that I will need. > > I don't know when I will get breast implants. The worst part of chest expanders is that, the chest muscles that lay flat on your rib cage are pulled up on top of the chest expanders and are stretched which is painful. > > I know some day when I get my implants and all well and this will be behind me. I miss working, sleeping in my bed, sleeping on my side or just being able to go places, out to eat, I miss all that. > > I have my family with me but don't get to see our girls too much. My Mom has been here with us helping out since the beginning. We all plan on walking in the Breast Cancer walks next year. Thanks for being here for me and all the others who need someone to e-mail. Have a great day and God Bless you, Cat > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 OK, now I want to go scold that nurse... what on earth? It feels to me like sometimes these folks just don't LISTEN. If you can feel it in your hand and not taste it, that should tell her something. I'd be reporting her to the patient advocate at your hospital - sooner rather than later. When I was fresh from surgery and in pain, I asked the nurse for some pain meds - she asked me to wait as it was only 45 mins until my next scheduled med. I said OK (what else was I going to say? I was in some kind of twilight state anyway). By the time she got the pain meds to me it was too late, and the pain had taken over. They had to give me some special booster thing to help me get back on top of the pain. That's the trick, to always stay a little ahead of the pain level so you don't develop an exaggerated response (or so I'm told). The point of this is that when the patient advocate came to see how I was doing, I told her what happened. She was all over it like white on rice. Very apologetic and clear that the nurse would be doing some additional education on how to treat patients in pain. Sending another hug.... Thank heaven your doc understood what might have happened. Are you on Coumadin or Warfarin? Maya ---- Cath wrote: > Maya, > > My problems all started after surgery. The day after surgery, a nurse was messing around with my IV. When she gave me my meds I told her that it was burning in my hand bad. She told me that I should taste it and I told her I could not taste it but I could feel it in my hand. > When I was released and the next day my hand was swollen up to my elbow. That was very scary. My Surgeon said the nurse must have pulled my IV out of my vein and shot the meds into my hand resulting in to a blood clot. > I was put on a blood thinner which is why I bleed in my right breast. I'm trying to stay positive and trust God that I will one day have beautiful girls sitting on my chest again. > My last chemo will be Dec. 5 and then radiation. I don't know how many treatments my Dr. will tell me I need. I probably will not have recon. surgery until the new year. Thanks for the hugs and hugs back to you. Have a great day and God bless you and everybody, Cat > mbrand@... wrote: > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 2:01:48 -0400 > > To: breastcancer2 > Subject: Re: New here > CC: Cath > > Hi Cat, > > Big Hug coming your way. I too had the expanders and suffered some discomfort, but nothing like what you describe. I can say that I'm about 6 months out from my recon and love my girls. They look great and day by day I feel increasing better. I wish the same for you. > > Maya > > ---- Cath wrote: > > Hi , my name is Cat, > > > > I found out I had Breast Cancer June 28. I had surgery on Aug. 1, I had Radical mastectomy on both breast. My cancer was in the left breast, which was Invasive ductal carcinoma, grade III, and focal high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ. I .had 8 lymph nodes which turned out to be negative, thank God. > > Had chest expanders the day of my surgery. Started 16 weeks of chemo Aug. 30. Turned 48 on Sept 3. The first 4 rounds of chemo I was so sick after each treatment. > > After my second chemo on my free week I went in to have my expanders filled and I had complications that night. My right breast swelled up in to my arm pit and neck and the pain had me in tears. > > My plastic Surgeon said he must had hit a blood vessel which caused the bleeding. He took out 100cc out and put pressure on it to drain it so now my left breast has 450Cs, right breast has 350cc so I'm lopsided and there's still pain there. > > Then in the middle of my chemo my dog Phantom got very sick, Oct 18 we had to put him to sleep. We were with him when we had to do it, I was depressed so much. > > My husband picked Phantom's ashes up today Oct. 25. I still find my self crying but I know he's not in any pain and he's not suffering anymore. But I still miss him here with me. > > I started my second round of chemo Oct. 24. I'm felling good today not sick like I was on the first round. Three more to go, my last one will be Dec. 5. Then I'll meet the Doctor who will decide how much radiation treatments that I will need. > > I don't know when I will get breast implants. The worst part of chest expanders is that, the chest muscles that lay flat on your rib cage are pulled up on top of the chest expanders and are stretched which is painful. > > I know some day when I get my implants and all well and this will be behind me. I miss working, sleeping in my bed, sleeping on my side or just being able to go places, out to eat, I miss all that. > > I have my family with me but don't get to see our girls too much. My Mom has been here with us helping out since the beginning. We all plan on walking in the Breast Cancer walks next year. Thanks for being here for me and all the others who need someone to e-mail. Have a great day and God Bless you, Cat > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 We sound pretty much the same . I had never had major surgery either. The most complicated thing I'd had done was my wisdom teeth out! To me the surgery was a piece of cake. My surgeon said he wished all his patients smiled as much as I did after surgery! But, we're all different and handle the pain differently. This is a great support group! You'll do fine! W 380/278/160 wrote: > HELLO MY NAME IS TANYA I AM NEW HERE I AM GOING TO BE HAVING THE > GASTRIC BYPASS IN JAN 2007. I AM VERY NERVOUS ABOUT HAVING IT. MY > STARTING WEIGHT IS 307. I AM 32 YRS OLD AND HAVE 4 CHILREN THEY ARE MY > LIFE. THEY ARE 15 11 8 6.I NEED SOME SUPPORT IN THIS. I HAVE NEVERY HAD > A MAJOR SERGURY. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Same here...the risks of NOT have the surgery scared me A LOT more than the risks associated w/ the surgery. W 380/278/160 Mike wrote: > I had had my tonsils out sometime in the mid 70s. I think I was six > or seven years old. That was the extent to my surgery/hospital stays. > > The area where I live now has a booming and top notch medical > community. Not to minimize ligitamite fears but I wasn't nearly as > afraid of surgery as I was diabetes and a slow, agonizing death from > obesity. > > Mike in GR > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 *Pamela,* *I am very glad that you are ignoring the wishes of others who want you to wait. You are definitely being wise, NOT selfish. I think it's appalling that anyone would suggest such a thing to you. It simply shows their ignorance.* ** *It's good that you have friends to share this with. Let us know what the add'l imaging shows on Wednesday.* ** *Best regards,* ** * Ann* *Chemo Hats: www.cjhats.com* ** > > Thanks Ann. > > I am goin this Wed for additional imaging before they determine which type > of biopsy to do. They are concerned by the size and density of the mass. I > have large breast I inherited from my mom's side of the family so this mass > keeps getting missed on regular exams. Both my grandmothers have had breast > cancer and several aunts and cousins which is concerning the doctors with > the way the mass looks. > I have some of my family to support me but most think I should hold off on > everything. My mother lost her job in August and took a lower paying job so > the kids and I moved in to help her out so I have some family that believe > it is selfish to not post pone but the drs have said that I can't post pone > with the way everything looks. I have support from friends though which has > made things much smoother who have been by my side since the drs talked to > me about the mammogram and the way things looked, > I am so glad I found this group. Even though breast cancer runs in my > family, no one likes to talk about it. All any of them say is who has had it > and so on but will not discuss it, alomst like it is taboo. > > Pamela > > Re: New Here > > *Hi Pamela,* > ** > *I am so sorry you are going through this. I assume the next step is a > biopsy? Did they do an ultrasound as well? Please keep us posted as new > information comes in. * > ** > *I hope you have family who will support you. You definitely have this > group - we are here for you. Sending prayers that this mass is benign.* > ** > * Ann* > *Chemo Hats: www.cjhats.com* > > On 12/3/06, Pamela J. <texasmom3pj@...<texasmom3pj%40earthlink.net>> > wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I am new here. My name is Pamela, I am almost 31 and a single mom of 3. > > I just joined. I have a strong family history of breast cancer and I > > have had cervical cancer before. The doctor sent me for a routine > > mammgram based on my family history. I am currently undergoing testing > > for breast cancer after a mammogram just revealed a massive dense mass > > in my left breast. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 I will email everyone as soon as I have the results. They called with the results the very next day on the last set. Pamela Re: New Here > > *Hi Pamela,* > ** > *I am so sorry you are going through this. I assume the next step is a > biopsy? Did they do an ultrasound as well? Please keep us posted as new > information comes in. * > ** > *I hope you have family who will support you. You definitely have this > group - we are here for you. Sending prayers that this mass is benign.* > ** > * Ann* > *Chemo Hats: www.cjhats.com* > > On 12/3/06, Pamela J. <texasmom3pj@...<texasmom3pj%40earthlink.net>> > wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I am new here. My name is Pamela, I am almost 31 and a single mom of 3. > > I just joined. I have a strong family history of breast cancer and I > > have had cervical cancer before. The doctor sent me for a routine > > mammgram based on my family history. I am currently undergoing testing > > for breast cancer after a mammogram just revealed a massive dense mass > > in my left breast. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hi Shari. That is close. I live close to Watauga elementary school. > > Hi Pamela, > > We are neighbors, I am in Park Glen > > Shari > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 I have a Question and was wondering if anyone had any advice. I broke out in a weird rash and went to a dermatologist. She told me that it wasn't anything but that a rash on my breast looked suspicious. She said it could be an irritation but it looked a little like Paget's a type of breast cancer. I didn't have a clue as to be worried or not. I went home and looked it up and now I am worried. I didn't think to tell her until later to look at my other breast which has a weird dark discoloration on the nipple and areola. The breast she did look at has a fairly large reddish scaling spot that itches and sometimes bleeds, but she told me to put a cream on it and come back in two months. If I go to a different doctor who should I go to (type of doctor)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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