Well, my back hurt quite a bit the first 2 days. My surgeon tightened up the muscle and tissue under the right side so it was pulling on my back again like when I had the expander fills. I was bleeding a little for those 2 days too which is odd since I've never had blood before? No biggie, I just take my little pain pills and muscle relaxers and I'm good. The beer I drank last night didn't hurt either!
I'm doing better today. I took it easy and napped all morning. Of course that means I won't sleep tonight; but oh well. The bleeding has stopped and the pain is almost gone. I haven't taken any pills today so that's a good sign.
Hopefully this will be the last surgery. I say hopefully because the one he fixed/replaced is making a squirty/burping sound when I move my right arm. It's actually pretty funny, Jason can hear it it's so loud! I'm going to check with my doctor tomorrow to make sure that's normal.
Oh well, just another hurdle in my race!
Take care.
Love, Erica
Breast Cancer Survivor
"We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails"
Family photo November 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Final reconstruction surgery (hopefully)
My final phase of reconstruction is tomorrow afternoon at 1:00. I have to have the right one replaced and they'll be building some sticky-outy things for me. (I didn't want to make the guys too uncomfortable there)
Hopefully it will all be easy. It's just a day surgery, I'll be home tomorrow night.
No new news on the stomach thing. I stopped taking the new medicine and they doubled the antacid pill which seems to be working. If it comes back I'll go in for the colonoscopy and other scopes (fun, fun).
Hopefully it will all be easy. It's just a day surgery, I'll be home tomorrow night.
No new news on the stomach thing. I stopped taking the new medicine and they doubled the antacid pill which seems to be working. If it comes back I'll go in for the colonoscopy and other scopes (fun, fun).
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Back from Maine
Ok, it's been a week since we got back from Maine and I've finally caught up with everything.
The "heartburn" I thought was being caused by my new medicines wasn't actually heartburn. The medicines didn't have anything to do with it. I stopped taking all medication for 3 weeks while I was in Maine and I still had it 3-4 days a week
I saw my doctor this week and she sent me in for an immediate Upper GI scope (what fun). They said it's not an ulcer but may be Biliary disease or stones in my bile duct. I swear, I can't catch a break. Just when I think it's over, whammo, another thing. The doctor gave me some medicine that is helping, it's not totally gone but it's much better. He's checking my CT scans and blood tests to see if he sees anything internally. My blood test the other day showed that I was anemic, so they were worried that I was bleeding internally somwhere. Hopefully I'll get some results tomorrow.
Our trip to Maine was fun. The kids had a blast at the beach and doing fun things with my parents. My party was awesome. I can't believe how many people came by to see me! Thanks to everyone who came, I was so happy to see all of you. I'm just sorry I didn't get to spend more time talking to everyone because I was bouncing around talking to each new person that came in.
Hopefully we're coming back at Christmas so we'll get to see some of you again.
Update again soon!
Love,
Erica
The "heartburn" I thought was being caused by my new medicines wasn't actually heartburn. The medicines didn't have anything to do with it. I stopped taking all medication for 3 weeks while I was in Maine and I still had it 3-4 days a week
I saw my doctor this week and she sent me in for an immediate Upper GI scope (what fun). They said it's not an ulcer but may be Biliary disease or stones in my bile duct. I swear, I can't catch a break. Just when I think it's over, whammo, another thing. The doctor gave me some medicine that is helping, it's not totally gone but it's much better. He's checking my CT scans and blood tests to see if he sees anything internally. My blood test the other day showed that I was anemic, so they were worried that I was bleeding internally somwhere. Hopefully I'll get some results tomorrow.
Our trip to Maine was fun. The kids had a blast at the beach and doing fun things with my parents. My party was awesome. I can't believe how many people came by to see me! Thanks to everyone who came, I was so happy to see all of you. I'm just sorry I didn't get to spend more time talking to everyone because I was bouncing around talking to each new person that came in.
Hopefully we're coming back at Christmas so we'll get to see some of you again.
Update again soon!
Love,
Erica
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