I am feeling much better today. I guess I had some anesthesia issues during the surgery and my blood pressure dropped real low and scared everybody. My surgery started around 7:30 and I remember coming to for the first time at 9:30ish. I was extremely nauseous every time I woke up between 9:30 and 12:00, the doctor would not discharge me until I was lucid and my nausea had subsided. Most people are out of there by 10:00 after the same procedure, but of course I had to have issues. I also had the worst migraine when I came to, so they were pushing pain killers and anti-nausea drugs which made me very sleepy. I was finally sprung around 12:30, when I got home I took my migraine medicine, a painkiller and a Phenergan as instructed by my nurse. I promptly threw all of that up and went to bed and I didn't wake up until 9:00 yesterday evening. I was awake for about 2 hours and then out again for the night until about 10:00 this morning. After 48 hours I can shower and change the dressing for the last time ever. After that there is no maintenance at all, I will be a free woman no more saran wrap and surgical tape before every shower, no more daily Heparin flushes and no more weekly dressing changes! I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and then I have an all day excursion at Cancer Camp on Thursday for the dreaded I.V. portion of my chemo, can't wait to turn green again!
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Hi Everyone! Joel and I have created this blog to keep all of our wonderful family and friends up to date on the whole cancer ordeal. We are so grateful to have so many people in our lives that care so much about us. Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers, we will need every one of them! Joel and I will try our best to update the blog after each doctor appointment, test, treatment etc...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2006
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Kelly,
I want you to know that I read your updates all the time and appreciate your efforts in keeping us informed. I wish you a happy healthier new year. By the way I apologize for my husband's earlier comment. It went something like, our thoughts and prayers are with us...?! English is his second language I just haven't figured out what the first one was.
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