God bless the people who performed my surgery and the nurses at the hospital that helped me get well enough to come home. It is amazing what medical science can do sometimes! It's not a perfect science by any means though! As I told you in a previous blog I had 15 staples going down my stomach and 14 staples when they split my butt open like a cantaloupe! I had 2 tubes coming out of my butt cheeks that allowed for drainage. These were removed when I left the hospital. They left one hole in my taint that continues to drain yellows and greens to this day!! It's like BP was in charge of my operation and they couldn't plug the leak! At least no sea life will be harmed!
Now every two weeks I have to go to my surgeons office and he violates that hole with a Q-tip about 12 inches long! Every time he does this it knocks me out for at least 2 days!It is like having a gunshot wound and poking it with a stick every couple of weeks! The penetration is like being hit with a sharp needle right on a nerve! It makes me white-knuckle the hospital bed every time people! A month ago the q-tip went about 6 inches deep inside of me and when the doc pulled it out it was completely red with blood. Two weeks later he tried again, but I had to work the next day so I denied him the pleasure! Well this last Wednesday I had another appointment with Dr. Feelbad and he did the deed....ugh! The q-tip only went up 3 inches this time so I am healing, but the pain is just a trip! So is the after effect! It's like I am just home from the hospital all over again! I recover eventually, but I eagerly await the day that this hole is healed up completely!
Walking at work has really helped me firm up the muscles I had lost. I am up to about 142 lbs! Just a few more to go. I need to start doing some sit-ups and get my stomach muscles back in shape. It is going to be interesting trying to do it with my lil' stoma sticking out! Sooooo sexy! I used to be so good looking! lol!
The road to recovery has been quite the eye opener on so many levels! I have so much more respect and admiration for the people that go through serious operations. If you know anyone that is going through anything medical do what you can to make them comfortable and that you are there for them! I had alot of friends and family reaching out to me from the start of this journey down cancer highway and I wouldn't have made it w/o them!
I start up my last round of chemotherapy on Thursday of next week. I go in to the hospital once a week for about 3 hours to get my I.V. chemo. I take the chemo through the I.V. 3 weeks on and one week off. So over the next 4 months I will have 12 "treatments." I am taking Oxiliplatin through the I.V. At the same time I also have to take chemo pills of the drug Xeloda. These pills are taken on a 2 weeks on 1 week off rotation. 6 pills a day. three in the morning and three at night. When I had chemo(same schedule) before the surgery it didn't weaken me or make me lose any hair so here's hoping we can repeat that!
Sitting here watching OUand Missouri on Saturday Night college football with the family. I can actually sit! That's something I took for granted before! Just sitting is a beautiful thing! looking forward to the day when i can just plop my butt down and not have to worry about the repercussions!
Well that's about all for today! Work was good. Dinner was good. The game, so far, is good. I will write again later and let you know how it's going! Ubtil then! Take care of dat ass!
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