March 29, Saturday

Hello,
I have sunken into the I can't tell my days apart syndrome as if I were on vacation.  I expected a construction man yesterday, and when he was an hour late I called and had to hear him explain that the appointment was for Saturday, tomorrow.... not Friday.  red face.


Nothing interesting to report.  I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.  My PCP gave me some pills to help settle my tummy which is still churning from the trauma.  He explained the numbness in the outside of my left thigh as being caused by the appendix infection. The fancy name for it is Meralgia paresthetica.  
I may sue my appendix, though, for all this aggravation.


I was supposed to meet with oncologist on Wednesday this week to determine the course of my treatment.  However, a test result will not be ready by that time so the appt has been postponed to the 14th.  That is disappointing. 
Meanwhile I have a test or dr appointment every day this past week and next week.  So I am not just sitting here eating bonbons!


Go UConn!


Spring is here but she brought drizzles.  Hey, we aren't shoveling it.


Anita

March 24th Monday

Hello,
I had 2 visitors today and I actually stayed awake through the whole visit.
This is a milestone because I have had offers from kind friends and family to visit and I keep saying no, thank you.  It seems to puzzle folks - maybe offended them, I'm not sure - but I was just too tired to talk that much, or listen to someone else talk.  I can't even read a book, for crying out loud.

However, today, I am glad to report that I have been pain free all day.  And taken no pain meds at all- even Advil.  and I have not had a nap!  I'm am not trying to avoid a nap as I believe sleep is healing time, but I haven't wanted to go to sleep.  Prior to this, that urge was pretty clear.
A card today from my cousin - who is a nurse therefore an authority - said that based on her experience, I am allowed 6 months of faulty memory.  So since that is exactly what I am experiencing, I will claim that wonderful excuse for that amount of time.

If I can remember to....


anita

March 20, 2014. Thursday

Yesterday, the main event (to normal people) was a trip to my breast surgeon, as I call him.  My original breast surgeon was Dr Zarfos and due to some anticipated complications, she sent me to this plastic surgeon also.  Dr Cech.  He was there at the surgery and ended up taking over to the extent that afterwards he said, "you are MY patient now." So I have had all my follow up appointments with him.
He is smart and not bad looking and I have tried to be pleasant - a girl needs a good plastic surgeon as a best friend,  don't you agree?
On the way there, I got my driver lost because I thought I remembered how to get there.  Thank goodness she had a GPS to save us.  By the time I walked into the office and STILL didn't recognize anything, I realized that I had in fact never been there before.  I had been to his Farmington office and this was Glastonbury.
Drugs!  Love 'em!
It was a short visit - there at 11 out by 11:30, and I went home had brunch and did MY favorite thing: went back to sleep!  Woke up at 9 PM.  Ate dinner provided by a good fairy, and went back to sleep for the night. That has become what I consider to be my main event.

Have a great weekend all you poor working slobs!

Anita

March 19, 2014

In previous episodes:
Mastectomy all done (2/24), appendectomy all done (3/7).  Our heroine is now supposed to recover from both and get ready for chemo.

This episode:
Hello!
Meal train has started and Johnny and I had a great dinner last night.

Yesterday I went for a CT scan and a bone density test.  I was there at 11 and got home at 4 pm and went right to sleep.  Woke for a good dinner, then back to sleep for the night.

I am still on pain meds as I have pain in my right side that is worse at night.  The Dr has said all along that the heavy antibiotics I am on is to prevent an abscess  (pus filled sac). (ugh). 

CT scan results shows a fluid collection at site of appendix. uh oh.

So, I saw my appendix Dr today and she says the mass of fluid the CT scan shows around the site is kinda small to be an abscess. After 10 days she would expect it to be bigger.  It could also be just some fluid that will eventually go away. 

 The pain I have in that side could be due to the 3 cuts they made in the muscle to do the surgery.  So she gave me more percoset (yum) and said to take Advil as well for the inflammation.  Another CT scan in a week to 10 days hopefully will show the fluid is reduced or gone.  And the pain should be gone then also.

So I was not scheduled for another surgery to drain abscess as I had feared.

The CT scan also showed some sort of fluid in my uterus which they cannot guess at. So, I go for an ultrasound next week to see what that is.

I didn't even ask about the bone density, I assume my bones are ok.  Head is, of course, hard.

So I continue to rest when I am not being dragged off to see a Dr.  I have to see breast surgeon tomorrow. I think that wound is healing OK.

All this traveling around I am doing is courtesy of

 many friends and my son as I cannot drive while on drugs... and I like my drugs!

Thanks for the prayers and keep them coming.

Anita