Health Topics in Jax, FL
msccolon
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My sister has been watching some Health Topics show in her area and she's thinking of me like a rock star! A few days ago their focus was the "Chemo Bath" which you might remember I had done in May of 09. Today's was Microwave Ablation, which I just had done! Wonder what the next topic will be?!!!
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thanks for asking!CanadaSue said:Welcome back
Mary,
So nice to see you back!
I have thought of you often. How did you make out with your surgery?
Hugs,
Sue
The cytoreductive with IPHC in May went well itself, the infections following not so much. I was out for quite a while, in and out of the hospital 3 times, for almost 2 months. My oldest daughter and her baby were a constant fixture, which was wonderful and awful at the same time! I hated that they had to spend so much time away from home and family, in the hospital, but i loved having that baby around when i was lucid enough to care! My abdomen is an entirely different entity than it was prior to, with a ventral hernia thanks to infection; but I'm not really complaining cause I'm still here!
In November I found out about mets to my liver and left adrenal gland. I had them both ablated a few weeks ago and am now starting to feel "normal" again. I get a stent removed from my right kidney on Monday, followup on the ablation the 10th. I expect to have to return to chemo once again, since the scan in November showed lymph node involvement. Like kimby said, it's now a matter of which one of us is more determined (the cancer or me), and for now, my money's on me! The cancer is determined, but I am more so.
As everyone here knows, when the days are dark, it's tough going. Then, we start feeling better and the sun comes out once again. It is a rough journey, and none of us comes out on the other side unchanged. However, I have always been an advocate of change (no reference meant to the current administration!) so for now, I'm ok with that! I do miss my pre-cancerous body, how well it performed as it was asked, but I am in the process of coming to terms with it! After all, my 50th birthday comes this year, so 2010 is going to be a great one!
Sorry for the rambling, I must be in some kind of mood! Again, thanks for asking, and I am trying to come back on a regular basis. You know how hard it can be sometimes.
mary0
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