HollyID

Buzzard
Buzzard Member Posts: 3,043 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Mrs. Holly....We are anxiously waiting to hear from you whenever you feel like it. no hurry as long as its the next day or so.... I know you will be fine and we miss your ever loving smile and wit.........Your family is waiting for some news.......Love to you, Buzz

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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #2
    yes Holly we miss you!
    Hope all is going well after your surgery. Take good care!
  • idlehunters
    idlehunters Member Posts: 1,787 Member
    #3
    AnneCan said:

    yes Holly we miss you!
    Hope all is going well after your surgery. Take good care!

    3rd that!!
    Anxiously awaiting results...... Ain't that Buzz just too much. Got a full plate and still thinkin of others..... There are so many on here like that. I am so glad this is my family..., Anyway..Holly....you b in our prayers and thoughts....

    Jennie
  • HollyID
    HollyID Member Posts: 946 Member
    #4
    Surgery went very well...
    was definitely eventful, but I think I did well. He was going to go in and do this laproscopically. Well, that didn't happen. Well, it did, but he had to cut me open, right next to the old scar from the bowel surgery. Turns out that my innards had all scarred together. He said he couldn't make out what was what in there. He said he could see the top of my uterus and that gave him a landmark, but that was it. Couldn't make out the ovaries or the tubes or even the cervix. In fact, he shot dye in my kidneys so he could identify the ureters. Then came the scraping and the pulling. Took about 3 more hours than what he was planning. Lots of bleeding from scraping, but that was to be expected. Wild, huh? Of course, my bowel surgeon found NADA, Nothing, Zilch. I didn't think he would. There is a lightness I feel though. It's hard to explain, but I feel good. Dave, thank God, went back to work today. This surgery is NOTHING like the last one, even though the scar is as long, but the bowels weren't really played with. Just other stuff that was taken out. I wonder what my bowel surgeon thought when he seen all the scar tissue.

    Don't you think that all that scar tissue would have shown up my recent CT that was done less than a month ago? I would think so, but then again, he said my gallbladder was unremarkable as was my sigmoid. DUH!!

    I was a good patient and got up that evening. For some reason, my back and my butt just hate those beds. LOL So, Dave helped me up, we took a little walk around the nurses station and that was it. I think I slept more than I was awake. Those rotten nurses (I'm one of them, because I do it, too) made me wear TED hose and plexi-pulses. Neither are comfy. Dave brought me home yesterday morning. I hadn't passed gas yet, but he said to call him if I hadn't by last night. Since I'm a nurse, he said I know what to look for. Well, no farts for me, went straight to poo. I have a trust issue with farts. :o)

    Pathology will be back next week, but I'm not expecting anything earth-shattering. Just plain old tissue with a tad bit of cervical cancer. Nothing other than that.

    Buzz, et al, thanks for thinking of me. I thought of all you guys, too. Thanks for the prayers and the good vibes. They are always very much appreciated. :)

    LOVE YOU ALL!!

    Holly
  • Unknown
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    #5
    HollyID said:

    Surgery went very well...
    was definitely eventful, but I think I did well. He was going to go in and do this laproscopically. Well, that didn't happen. Well, it did, but he had to cut me open, right next to the old scar from the bowel surgery. Turns out that my innards had all scarred together. He said he couldn't make out what was what in there. He said he could see the top of my uterus and that gave him a landmark, but that was it. Couldn't make out the ovaries or the tubes or even the cervix. In fact, he shot dye in my kidneys so he could identify the ureters. Then came the scraping and the pulling. Took about 3 more hours than what he was planning. Lots of bleeding from scraping, but that was to be expected. Wild, huh? Of course, my bowel surgeon found NADA, Nothing, Zilch. I didn't think he would. There is a lightness I feel though. It's hard to explain, but I feel good. Dave, thank God, went back to work today. This surgery is NOTHING like the last one, even though the scar is as long, but the bowels weren't really played with. Just other stuff that was taken out. I wonder what my bowel surgeon thought when he seen all the scar tissue.

    Don't you think that all that scar tissue would have shown up my recent CT that was done less than a month ago? I would think so, but then again, he said my gallbladder was unremarkable as was my sigmoid. DUH!!

    I was a good patient and got up that evening. For some reason, my back and my butt just hate those beds. LOL So, Dave helped me up, we took a little walk around the nurses station and that was it. I think I slept more than I was awake. Those rotten nurses (I'm one of them, because I do it, too) made me wear TED hose and plexi-pulses. Neither are comfy. Dave brought me home yesterday morning. I hadn't passed gas yet, but he said to call him if I hadn't by last night. Since I'm a nurse, he said I know what to look for. Well, no farts for me, went straight to poo. I have a trust issue with farts. :o)

    Pathology will be back next week, but I'm not expecting anything earth-shattering. Just plain old tissue with a tad bit of cervical cancer. Nothing other than that.

    Buzz, et al, thanks for thinking of me. I thought of all you guys, too. Thanks for the prayers and the good vibes. They are always very much appreciated. :)

    LOVE YOU ALL!!

    Holly

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  • Kathryn_in_MN
    Kathryn_in_MN Member Posts: 1,252 Member
    #6
    HollyID said:

    Surgery went very well...
    was definitely eventful, but I think I did well. He was going to go in and do this laproscopically. Well, that didn't happen. Well, it did, but he had to cut me open, right next to the old scar from the bowel surgery. Turns out that my innards had all scarred together. He said he couldn't make out what was what in there. He said he could see the top of my uterus and that gave him a landmark, but that was it. Couldn't make out the ovaries or the tubes or even the cervix. In fact, he shot dye in my kidneys so he could identify the ureters. Then came the scraping and the pulling. Took about 3 more hours than what he was planning. Lots of bleeding from scraping, but that was to be expected. Wild, huh? Of course, my bowel surgeon found NADA, Nothing, Zilch. I didn't think he would. There is a lightness I feel though. It's hard to explain, but I feel good. Dave, thank God, went back to work today. This surgery is NOTHING like the last one, even though the scar is as long, but the bowels weren't really played with. Just other stuff that was taken out. I wonder what my bowel surgeon thought when he seen all the scar tissue.

    Don't you think that all that scar tissue would have shown up my recent CT that was done less than a month ago? I would think so, but then again, he said my gallbladder was unremarkable as was my sigmoid. DUH!!

    I was a good patient and got up that evening. For some reason, my back and my butt just hate those beds. LOL So, Dave helped me up, we took a little walk around the nurses station and that was it. I think I slept more than I was awake. Those rotten nurses (I'm one of them, because I do it, too) made me wear TED hose and plexi-pulses. Neither are comfy. Dave brought me home yesterday morning. I hadn't passed gas yet, but he said to call him if I hadn't by last night. Since I'm a nurse, he said I know what to look for. Well, no farts for me, went straight to poo. I have a trust issue with farts. :o)

    Pathology will be back next week, but I'm not expecting anything earth-shattering. Just plain old tissue with a tad bit of cervical cancer. Nothing other than that.

    Buzz, et al, thanks for thinking of me. I thought of all you guys, too. Thanks for the prayers and the good vibes. They are always very much appreciated. :)

    LOVE YOU ALL!!

    Holly

    One of those times
    This is one of those times to be thankful they put you out for surgery! If it takes longer than usual or has other issues, you never know till afterwards, when all is well. What a relief! Just remember to take it easy on lifting. Walking, and making sure you get some movement of your joints and body often is important, but stay away from lifting anything over 5 pounds for a while, or you'll regret it. Rest plenty, walk plenty, and keep the fluids going in, and you'll recover quickly.

    I'm glad this is done for you now - no more worrying.
  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #7
    HollyID said:

    Surgery went very well...
    was definitely eventful, but I think I did well. He was going to go in and do this laproscopically. Well, that didn't happen. Well, it did, but he had to cut me open, right next to the old scar from the bowel surgery. Turns out that my innards had all scarred together. He said he couldn't make out what was what in there. He said he could see the top of my uterus and that gave him a landmark, but that was it. Couldn't make out the ovaries or the tubes or even the cervix. In fact, he shot dye in my kidneys so he could identify the ureters. Then came the scraping and the pulling. Took about 3 more hours than what he was planning. Lots of bleeding from scraping, but that was to be expected. Wild, huh? Of course, my bowel surgeon found NADA, Nothing, Zilch. I didn't think he would. There is a lightness I feel though. It's hard to explain, but I feel good. Dave, thank God, went back to work today. This surgery is NOTHING like the last one, even though the scar is as long, but the bowels weren't really played with. Just other stuff that was taken out. I wonder what my bowel surgeon thought when he seen all the scar tissue.

    Don't you think that all that scar tissue would have shown up my recent CT that was done less than a month ago? I would think so, but then again, he said my gallbladder was unremarkable as was my sigmoid. DUH!!

    I was a good patient and got up that evening. For some reason, my back and my butt just hate those beds. LOL So, Dave helped me up, we took a little walk around the nurses station and that was it. I think I slept more than I was awake. Those rotten nurses (I'm one of them, because I do it, too) made me wear TED hose and plexi-pulses. Neither are comfy. Dave brought me home yesterday morning. I hadn't passed gas yet, but he said to call him if I hadn't by last night. Since I'm a nurse, he said I know what to look for. Well, no farts for me, went straight to poo. I have a trust issue with farts. :o)

    Pathology will be back next week, but I'm not expecting anything earth-shattering. Just plain old tissue with a tad bit of cervical cancer. Nothing other than that.

    Buzz, et al, thanks for thinking of me. I thought of all you guys, too. Thanks for the prayers and the good vibes. They are always very much appreciated. :)

    LOVE YOU ALL!!

    Holly

    Hi Holly
    Thanks for checking in with us after this surgery. It sounds like you went through a lot! I am glad this is over. Good for you for being a good patient. I hope you have a good recovery.
  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #8
    HollyID said:

    Surgery went very well...
    was definitely eventful, but I think I did well. He was going to go in and do this laproscopically. Well, that didn't happen. Well, it did, but he had to cut me open, right next to the old scar from the bowel surgery. Turns out that my innards had all scarred together. He said he couldn't make out what was what in there. He said he could see the top of my uterus and that gave him a landmark, but that was it. Couldn't make out the ovaries or the tubes or even the cervix. In fact, he shot dye in my kidneys so he could identify the ureters. Then came the scraping and the pulling. Took about 3 more hours than what he was planning. Lots of bleeding from scraping, but that was to be expected. Wild, huh? Of course, my bowel surgeon found NADA, Nothing, Zilch. I didn't think he would. There is a lightness I feel though. It's hard to explain, but I feel good. Dave, thank God, went back to work today. This surgery is NOTHING like the last one, even though the scar is as long, but the bowels weren't really played with. Just other stuff that was taken out. I wonder what my bowel surgeon thought when he seen all the scar tissue.

    Don't you think that all that scar tissue would have shown up my recent CT that was done less than a month ago? I would think so, but then again, he said my gallbladder was unremarkable as was my sigmoid. DUH!!

    I was a good patient and got up that evening. For some reason, my back and my butt just hate those beds. LOL So, Dave helped me up, we took a little walk around the nurses station and that was it. I think I slept more than I was awake. Those rotten nurses (I'm one of them, because I do it, too) made me wear TED hose and plexi-pulses. Neither are comfy. Dave brought me home yesterday morning. I hadn't passed gas yet, but he said to call him if I hadn't by last night. Since I'm a nurse, he said I know what to look for. Well, no farts for me, went straight to poo. I have a trust issue with farts. :o)

    Pathology will be back next week, but I'm not expecting anything earth-shattering. Just plain old tissue with a tad bit of cervical cancer. Nothing other than that.

    Buzz, et al, thanks for thinking of me. I thought of all you guys, too. Thanks for the prayers and the good vibes. They are always very much appreciated. :)

    LOVE YOU ALL!!

    Holly

    Glad you are home
    Sorry there was a game plan change, but good news that nothing else was found to be questionable.

    I was lucky, when they did the colostomy and other surgery they did the hysterectomy at the same time...one stop shopping for me...so only one wound and one recovery.

    Typically nurses don't make good patients...hope you are the exception and take good care of yourself during the healing process.

    To better health for us all,

    Marie
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #9
    Glad You're Home
    Glad you're home and everything went well. At least you got some good news even if they did have to slice you open again - ugggg. Take it easy. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

    Kim
  • msccolon
    msccolon Member Posts: 1,917 Member
    #10
    HollyID said:

    Surgery went very well...
    was definitely eventful, but I think I did well. He was going to go in and do this laproscopically. Well, that didn't happen. Well, it did, but he had to cut me open, right next to the old scar from the bowel surgery. Turns out that my innards had all scarred together. He said he couldn't make out what was what in there. He said he could see the top of my uterus and that gave him a landmark, but that was it. Couldn't make out the ovaries or the tubes or even the cervix. In fact, he shot dye in my kidneys so he could identify the ureters. Then came the scraping and the pulling. Took about 3 more hours than what he was planning. Lots of bleeding from scraping, but that was to be expected. Wild, huh? Of course, my bowel surgeon found NADA, Nothing, Zilch. I didn't think he would. There is a lightness I feel though. It's hard to explain, but I feel good. Dave, thank God, went back to work today. This surgery is NOTHING like the last one, even though the scar is as long, but the bowels weren't really played with. Just other stuff that was taken out. I wonder what my bowel surgeon thought when he seen all the scar tissue.

    Don't you think that all that scar tissue would have shown up my recent CT that was done less than a month ago? I would think so, but then again, he said my gallbladder was unremarkable as was my sigmoid. DUH!!

    I was a good patient and got up that evening. For some reason, my back and my butt just hate those beds. LOL So, Dave helped me up, we took a little walk around the nurses station and that was it. I think I slept more than I was awake. Those rotten nurses (I'm one of them, because I do it, too) made me wear TED hose and plexi-pulses. Neither are comfy. Dave brought me home yesterday morning. I hadn't passed gas yet, but he said to call him if I hadn't by last night. Since I'm a nurse, he said I know what to look for. Well, no farts for me, went straight to poo. I have a trust issue with farts. :o)

    Pathology will be back next week, but I'm not expecting anything earth-shattering. Just plain old tissue with a tad bit of cervical cancer. Nothing other than that.

    Buzz, et al, thanks for thinking of me. I thought of all you guys, too. Thanks for the prayers and the good vibes. They are always very much appreciated. :)

    LOVE YOU ALL!!

    Holly

    glad you are home!
    Sounds like you are recovering nicely! I know when I had my hysterectomy and they removed other various items in my abdomen it was a much easier recovery because the intestines weren't touched! As far as scar tissue showing on scans, I've never had them mentioned on my scans but I know I have a "heavy burden of adhesions" in my abdomen, especially after my HIPEC with all the infections. Keep strong!
    mary
  • coolvdub
    coolvdub Member Posts: 408 Member
    #11
    Annabelle41415 said:

    Glad You're Home
    Glad you're home and everything went well. At least you got some good news even if they did have to slice you open again - ugggg. Take it easy. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

    Kim

    Good news, yay!
    Holly,

    Glad to hear it all went well. I mean yeah it's a bummer they had to open you up versus the Laparoscopy, but glad to hear things looked good. I'm one of the scar tissue people as well. My surgeon said I have major internal scarring in the surgical report, that's why he had so much trouble creating my stoma. I will be praying for a speedy and uneventful recovery. Get well soon and post here when you can, we all love you.

    Don
  • Sonia32
    Sonia32 Member Posts: 1,071 Member
    #12
    HollyID said:

    Surgery went very well...
    was definitely eventful, but I think I did well. He was going to go in and do this laproscopically. Well, that didn't happen. Well, it did, but he had to cut me open, right next to the old scar from the bowel surgery. Turns out that my innards had all scarred together. He said he couldn't make out what was what in there. He said he could see the top of my uterus and that gave him a landmark, but that was it. Couldn't make out the ovaries or the tubes or even the cervix. In fact, he shot dye in my kidneys so he could identify the ureters. Then came the scraping and the pulling. Took about 3 more hours than what he was planning. Lots of bleeding from scraping, but that was to be expected. Wild, huh? Of course, my bowel surgeon found NADA, Nothing, Zilch. I didn't think he would. There is a lightness I feel though. It's hard to explain, but I feel good. Dave, thank God, went back to work today. This surgery is NOTHING like the last one, even though the scar is as long, but the bowels weren't really played with. Just other stuff that was taken out. I wonder what my bowel surgeon thought when he seen all the scar tissue.

    Don't you think that all that scar tissue would have shown up my recent CT that was done less than a month ago? I would think so, but then again, he said my gallbladder was unremarkable as was my sigmoid. DUH!!

    I was a good patient and got up that evening. For some reason, my back and my butt just hate those beds. LOL So, Dave helped me up, we took a little walk around the nurses station and that was it. I think I slept more than I was awake. Those rotten nurses (I'm one of them, because I do it, too) made me wear TED hose and plexi-pulses. Neither are comfy. Dave brought me home yesterday morning. I hadn't passed gas yet, but he said to call him if I hadn't by last night. Since I'm a nurse, he said I know what to look for. Well, no farts for me, went straight to poo. I have a trust issue with farts. :o)

    Pathology will be back next week, but I'm not expecting anything earth-shattering. Just plain old tissue with a tad bit of cervical cancer. Nothing other than that.

    Buzz, et al, thanks for thinking of me. I thought of all you guys, too. Thanks for the prayers and the good vibes. They are always very much appreciated. :)

    LOVE YOU ALL!!

    Holly

    Hey Holly
    glad everything went well, and your home! big hugs

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