OT Still chugging along here

Still have a hole in my belly, and I'm not up to jumping jacks yet, but I am still here and plugging along.

Had a doctor's appointment last Tuesday. The main Doctor was out of the country so I saw one of the doctors under him. Since I asked she gave a list of the drugs they want to give me during chemo. I don't know if that list will hold since one of the drugs is on the shortage list. Nasty business all of them, no wonder they want me inpatient when they give them to me. Looking the drugs up has also told me that I need to make an appointment with a dentist. There are all sorts of problems that could come with the immune system being depressed and blood thinning, and since I have a broken tooth ( yes that very same one that I mentioned half an aeon ago) any number of troubles could arise. Plus obviously I haven't been to a proper dentist in a very long time, so heaven only knows whats going on in there. The doctor also gave me a pamphlet on ovarian cancer with the kind I had highlighted, and the cell type written next to that. For anyone interested I had a sex cord - stromal tumor and it was a granulosa cell type. That means it was inside the ovary and one of the kinds that is solid right through. Apparently they grow fast and big, but do not spread so readily as other kinds. After all this good doctor stuff the doctor then had a brain fart leading to a bad doctor moment. She told the nurse I needed a dry dressing instead of a wet one, and then compounded the error by deciding that it would facilitate drainage to leave it after it was pointed out. By the time I got home it felt like somebody had been pounding my belly with a meat tenderizing mallet. By the by, expansion joints on highways are evil things! ow. When I got home we changed the dressing for the correct sort, but it has taken me the better part of the week to recover from the irritation of having the wrong sort of dressing.

DH is pleased because as he puts it I am "not eating enough to keep a bird alive, (I am) eating enough to keep at least a pie's worth of birds alive." which is an improvement. He does fuss so about keeping us all fed up here.

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NightMist
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((((( NM )))) Hugs to you and your DH, who obviously is the best sort to ha= ve through the 'sickness' part of that whole ...thrusicknessandhealth.... t= hing. A rap on the head for your doctor, for being unable to correct her ow= n brain fart.

I know it's good to be informed about your medical care, and good to deal w= ith the whole dental thing. (don't ask me about mine, I'm hiding from the e= vil dentist right now) But reading about meds can be terrifying and dishear= tening and can lead to bad things like squinchy butt cheeks and rapid heart= rate and worrying about things before they happen, if they ever do which s= ometimes they don't.=20

That's my way of saying I love you much and want you to be well and not hav= e to go through nasty treatments. But I"m glad there are nasty treatments f= or when we need them. Just know you're in my prayers and good thoughts and = everything else.=20

Hugs, Sunny

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Sunny

Glad to have the update, and esp. glad that you're back home and in DH's good hands.

-Irene

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IMS

Now is the time to boost your nutritional status before you commence chemo. It will make a big difference on how you tolerate the chemo and the side effects. Protein, calcium, potassium and iron rich foods are at the top of the 'do over' list from my son. He had to have his chemo stopped and a large part of it was due to his poor nutritional status before he commenced his chemo.DS is now in his 5 th week of hospital life and things are beginning to turn around for him so that they may consider chemo again. Smoothies and shakes made with carnation instant breakfast can help with the calorie and nutritional status. Increasing your caloric intake with extra protein will also help you to heal faster. Depending on the drug combo they decide to give you, they may want your wound to be healed first as chemo will delay the healing abilities of your body. Take care, Donna inNWONtario

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oldhag

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