Here it is…my forever scar. It’s all one-piece bathing suits from here on out. Removal of the staples was not as bad as I thought it would be. I just don’t like to feel pain, and when it came time to remove the first few staples it felt like someone was pinching me…20 times! The [...]
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HANDICAMS
PSSST...Wanna know the best part of surgery? Handicap pass! I’m good for 6 months; and I can’t wait to park in downtown Seattle cause it’ll be free!
SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE
Today is my 2nd opinion day at SCCA. I was quite nervous about this meeting mainly because I don’t know what the doctors will be saying about my case. First off, everyone at SCCA were all really nice and very attentive. I met with Dr. Pollack who is the Chemo Specialist and Dr. Kane who [...]
HIGH MAINTENANCE
I’m not talking about me…I’m talking about my PICC line. Annie from Walgreens came by the house to do a demonstration of flushing out the line once a day. A big thank you to Patti for taking on the task flushing out the line. Also the dressing has to be changed out once a week [...]
DISCHARGED
So I just got discharged today around noon. As always, it feels good to be home. I’m quite hungry and want to eat some fried chicken, but that would just bring me back to the hospital. So tofu soup will do just fine. As I sit out here in the back patio enjoying the sun, [...]
SPECIAL DIET
So I’m on a strict liquid diet, given that I’ve been having a lot of stomach pains. The tomato soup is the best soup the hospital has to offer (no joke) as well as the jello. The ensure was not that bad, it’s quite filling. Yet on the other hand, the Oikos Greek yogurt was [...]
PICC LINE
Today they put in a PICC line; it’s similar to a standard IV and is inserted in my upper left arm. It was somewhat a painful process but I get to keep it in for a year if needed. The joy of having the PICC line is that I don’t have to get poked or [...]
BACK TO THE ER
So I’m back in the ER after vomiting and feeling nauseated the past couple of days. I just can’t seem to keep anything down and it hurts soooo bad just to throw up. I think it was the combination of stress, overexertion, and simply not taking better care of myself after being discharged . I [...]
VISITING DR. SALAMA
Todays visit consisted of taking the rest of my staples out. I had a total of thirty-two staples and the day I got out of the hospital they took out twenty-two. Unfortunately, since I went to the ER yesterday, Dr. Salama didn’t think it was safe to remove the rest of the staples just yet. [...]
OUCH!
This morning I woke up with a scratchy throat and after I had a sip of my morning coffee, I started throwing up. I took some pain medication and nausea medicine, but that came right back out. I spent the rest of the day vomiting and feeling nauseated, I ended up going to the ER [...]
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
This week has been nothing but sun, sun, and more sun. So after church at St. Matthews in Northgate, we went for a little shopping at University Village. A great outdoor mall that allows dogs in mostly all the stores. I think I did too much walking and not enough resting that I got pretty [...]
4th ANNUAL RUNNING OF THE BULLS
Today was another gorgeous day to be out and about. My friend Chris throws an event in Queen Anne similar to the Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls. It’s in its 4th year and I’ve never missed an event. Although I wasn’t able to participate in the run, I was able to stop by for the [...]
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