Blog of Random Thoughts
Today I spoke with the surgeon and the washing from last week is all clear with no signs of cancer there. The CT scans from a couple of weeks ago are normal as well, so we will proceed with the surgery. He is anticipating taking out 50 to 75% but he is going to leave…
The kids will be going to my parents for the beginning of the week as I need to be at the hospital for 6am. Last week when Xavier tried to connect his laptop for school he could not because of the security that I had setup on the home network. This morning we drove over…
Yesterday I had my first surgery. It was originally suppose to be at 8am, but was moved to 11:20. I am all right with that since I would have had to get up at 4:45am to start getting ready. I had to take my medication by 5am, and then not have anything to drink from…
Tomorrow I go to the hospital for my 3 hr pre-admission. I need to remember to bring my note book and to write everything down. During this time I have some bloodwork and meet some people. I am not sure what to expect. If it was a Thursday I would have gone in a suit….
Yesterday I received a phone call from my doctor telling me about some of the results from my CT. He saw that my colon was inflamed and asked if I had pain on my right hand side. I had replied no and he was not too concerned about proceeding with the surgery on Wednesday. He…
Today I called the doctor to ask about the Covid-19 vaccination. There was a small window that he had wanted me to go for it between the two surgery dates and looking online the only date was May 8th, which if there were any side effects may potentially be an issue. When I called I…
I have had several phone calls over the last couple of days from the hospital and Doctor’s office as they try and schedule all of the appointments within the next two weeks. Everything is now happening quickly as I read articles and things about people being delayed surgeries and taking months to get in for…
It is remarkable the speed that my team schedules things. I received a call from the hospital today and I received my surgery date. It is May 11th, with expected 5 days in the hospital. Since it is a Tuesday I expect that I will be discharged from the hospital by Thursday or Friday. I…
I received a phone call today from the hospital. My surgeon wanted to move my appointment ahead and chat with me today if possible. It surprises me how fast and efficient things run when I hear complaints of how slow the system is or how you can get lost in the cracks. Melanie made this…
I realized that I prefer having my chemo on Wednesday as it lets me work a normal work schedule. Yesterday was a tough day as it is normally the day when I rest. Today I was fatigued as well, but it was not too bad and was bearable. I frequent some cancer forums because I…