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Tichondria said:

I'm doing pretty good

Love how amazing my husband is, and my in-laws. If it was not for them, I don't think it would of been as easy to get through.  I still have to wait on the staging of my cancer, but for now. I'm just going to consider myself NED. Until I get something  that tells me otherwise, I will think of myself as NED and not worry. If it turns out I still need treatment then I will take that one step at a time. It does no good to worry myself silly. It will just decrease my healing time, and I'm all about returning to be as normal as possible.

My mother in law is thinking of getting a new car and they were possibly thinking of giving us their other car. My hubby proudly told them, that while he would not look a gift car in the mouth, it was all up to them and no matter what they decided to do with it, he would be happy for them. I can't even begin to describe how amazing the hubby has been. Even with my little ups/downs. And I swear my temper is worse than ever. One moment I'm fine, and the next I feel like a little bit of raving lunatic.

I have decided to quit taking some of my other meds that my normal doctor prescribes for me, because atm... I don't believe it is in my best health to continue them. And that medicine is the phentermine one. I don't think in my current condition it's a good idea to be taking it. My food input has been relatively low since a few days before surgery. I've only eaten 1-2 times a day because the rest of the time I feel full and kind of nauseous. I've mostly been eating light food like scrambled eggs, and drinking apple juice. It just tastes the best atm. Thank you everyone for your replies, I don't feel so alone when you ladies talk with me. I've been a member on a  few msg boards but this is the one that I always come back to, because you ladies talk to me. And I just feel more relaxed. So thank you!!!

Tichondria...happy that you are doing good.  It sounds like you have right attitude in approaching all this mind over matter.  Wishing you a speedy recovery and good results.

Nancy

Tichondria said:

I'm doing pretty good

Love how amazing my husband is, and my in-laws. If it was not for them, I don't think it would of been as easy to get through.  I still have to wait on the staging of my cancer, but for now. I'm just going to consider myself NED. Until I get something  that tells me otherwise, I will think of myself as NED and not worry. If it turns out I still need treatment then I will take that one step at a time. It does no good to worry myself silly. It will just decrease my healing time, and I'm all about returning to be as normal as possible.

My mother in law is thinking of getting a new car and they were possibly thinking of giving us their other car. My hubby proudly told them, that while he would not look a gift car in the mouth, it was all up to them and no matter what they decided to do with it, he would be happy for them. I can't even begin to describe how amazing the hubby has been. Even with my little ups/downs. And I swear my temper is worse than ever. One moment I'm fine, and the next I feel like a little bit of raving lunatic.

I have decided to quit taking some of my other meds that my normal doctor prescribes for me, because atm... I don't believe it is in my best health to continue them. And that medicine is the phentermine one. I don't think in my current condition it's a good idea to be taking it. My food input has been relatively low since a few days before surgery. I've only eaten 1-2 times a day because the rest of the time I feel full and kind of nauseous. I've mostly been eating light food like scrambled eggs, and drinking apple juice. It just tastes the best atm. Thank you everyone for your replies, I don't feel so alone when you ladies talk with me. I've been a member on a  few msg boards but this is the one that I always come back to, because you ladies talk to me. And I just feel more relaxed. So thank you!!!

I agree with you - consider yourself NED unless told otherwise.  Even if chemo and/or radiation is recommended, if it's only to prevent a possible recurrence, you're still NED.  I also agree to be careful going off any medication.  Our 41 year old daughter stopped taking one of her meds - not by choice; she had run out and couldn't get into her doctor for two weeks.  She had terrible withdrawl symptoms but thought she had the flu and ended up in the emergency room.

I'm glad to hear you have so much support.  I don't know what I would have done without my husband.  Over our 47 years together, I've pretty much taken care of most things but he stepped right in even changing the bed (althought he put one of the pillow cases and the bottom fitted sheet on inside out - LOL).

Let us know how you're doing.  We're her for you!

Love,

Eldri

Welcome! I don't know how I missed your posts except I'm out of town right now. I hope you will encounter better nurses in the future. The ones at my cancer center are fabulous. You will get plenty of support on this board. It is the best. I've tried other boards, but it doesn't seem like people participate on a regular basis. Looking forward to hearing about your progress.

Tichondria said:

Not feeling so great today

Been nauseous all day today. Got up this morning and thought I was going to loose my apple juice but after one dry heave it just stopped and settled down. Then I got up a little bit ago and I'm sitting here at the computer desk instead of using laptop and my nausea level is at an all time high today It is just not settling down very well. I might have to call my normal gyno and see if he will prescribe me some anti nausea meds. Because I am just having a really hard time today. Perhaps I'm over doing  it but I didn't feel like I was. I'm not eating any really heavy foods. I had 1 small salad (when my nasuea first acted up) then 2 chili dogs (yeah I know.. worse thing to eat but when I burp it's not them I'm tasting.. I still taste that dumb salad.. sorry for the not so pretty details.) But I'm hoping I didn't get sick from eating that salad. I know spinich and stuff can go bad, but it wasn't slimy and didn't look bad, but ever since eating it.. I've just felt horrible

I got sick one night after eating red grapes and I wondered the same thing - had those grapes gone bad??  It's probably going to be a long time before I eat grapes again!!!  The anti-nausea meds didn't work for me but other people swear by them so it's worth a try.

Hope you feel better today!!

Love,

Eldri

Tichondria said:

got some anti-nausea pills

Can't fill them yet though, will have to wait till first of month.  Oh the joys of being on disability and having to wait till the beginning of the month.  However, I'm slowly loosing more and more faith in my doctor. Even though he just found out about my cancer and having to do tvh/bso he was telling me that eating applesauce and bananas was too much sugar and wanted me to eat more protein. Said get those protein drinks at safeway 10 for 10. I almost wanted to look at him and go, "have you seen the amount of sugar in those things?" lol. I'm scared more protein will make this constipation worse.

And then he was like.. just take a laxative... yet everything i read said some can make pain worse because it irritates the lining of the intestine and can cause lots of pain. I don't need anymore lol.. I barely went # 2 today and that was with a lot of rocking back and forth so I was not straining since that can dmg the insides. Should I make an apt with my normal Gyno.. or should I make a call my my Gyno/onco and ask her what kinds of foods I should eat.. I thought bland/soft would help make my stool softer/easier to pass but maybe i'm wrong. What do you Ladies think, or what did you do to help with constipation without having to rely on pills and what not?

I did not use Miralax after surgery (did during chemo, though) but I did use Colace twice a day.  That helped a lot for me and seemed fairly mild.  No straining, no rocking.  And yes, lots of water will help, too. And once you get off the pain meds, things will resolve themselves. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains will help move things along, too.

Oh, God, those protein drinks are ridiculously sweet.  I have found an organic one, Orgain, that isn't too bad and has quite a bit of protein in it, 16 g.  I drank a lot of it when I was recovering from surgery.  I also recently came across something that's loaded with protein:  collagen peptides.  If you get the unflavored powder, it dissolves completely in water or any hot or cold liquid and it is absolutely tasteless.   18g protein per 2 scoops.  This was the "protein powder" recommended by my naturopath.

I used ginger for the few times I dealt with queasiness, either ginger chews or even sucking on slices of raw ginger.  And that good old stand-by, ginger ale. Also, I know that for me, having a little something in my stomach before I took the pain meds helped prevent nausea, even if it was just a bit of yogurt or a couple of crackers.

I hope this phase passes quickly for you.

Chris

Tichondria said:

I will try out your suggestions

I'm going to try miralax and that protein powder you were talking about.. and I don't know why i didn't even think about some ginger ale. I should have the hubby grab some. He made me tomatoe soup today and I told him to eat the rest of the meatloaf because I was eating so little of it and it don't want it to go bad. Plus I think he is done with chicken lol.  He has turned into quite the cook for me. I will try that collagen peptides though, i'll put it into my fruit juices or maybe when I make some smoothies.. Love home made smoothies, best thing ever.. just wish where i lived there was a Jamba Juice here. I LOVE those places!

Miranda, I used Colace and Miralax after surgery. Please consider using both so that you can get things moving faster and more comfortably.  I also used both during chemo.  As long as you are on the pain meds, keep using them daily. They won't hurt you, and your body won't come to depend upon them once you are off the other meds. My doctor told me this and that was certainly the case for me.

I hope things settle down for you. BTW, I have a feeling the strange brain things is a result of the pain meds.  There are a couple of ladies on our board that are/were nurses. I'm hoping they will see this or your post and confirm my assumption or provide you a better explanation. Either way, it is probably a good idea to share it with your doctor.

Love and Hugs,

Cindi