Tues, 14 August 2007
My Dear Friends,
Spoke to Mom's doctor on Friday. She's only Stage 1 but she needs surgery. He started to explain a "modified radical mastectomy" to me. (I had one.)
I interrupted,"Just a minute, doc, I need to tell you about my own situation..."
After that, he kicked up the vocabulary a notch!
In a nutshell, Mom needs to decide between removing the infected quadrant of the breast or the whole thing.
As I was leaving, I noticed a familiar face in the crowded waiting room.
"Mom!" I said, also noticing my aunt sitting next to her in full nun garb, veil & cross.
Then I put my foot in my mouth.
"Sister!" I exclaimed, "Speak of the Devil!"
The entire waiting room burst out laughing as I stammered,"Well, I didn't mean it like THAT..."
Anyway, I took my aunt outside and we discussed Mom's condition. I recommended taking the whole thing. If they took a quadrant, she'd have to have 6 weeks of radiation (like me) but the doc wasn't sure she would keep that schedule.
In either case, the doc will also remove her lymph nodes. If those are clear, she's free to go. If not, chemo. But we'll cross that bridge later.
Spoke to Mom today. She's opting for removing the whole thing and has scheduled surgery next week.
As for me, my latest issue is an infection in my port. Trying to remember if it was already irritated before I went to the hospital to get it checked (when it wasn't working). I don't believe so. My nurses say this is a frequent problem, people developing infections AFTER getting their ports checked at the hospital. Nice!
Already tried antibiotics and Neosporin. Not helping. Don't even get me started about puncturing the area yesterday for treatment. That was NO FUN. We've all had a cut that got infected. Imaging shoving a needle in it! I asked what we do now. The nurse said removing the port and getting a new one is a possibility. That's all I need is another surgery. I think not.
Maybe I'll ask them to give me an IV in my arm for treatment next Monday to let the port area heal up a bit. Who knows?
Other than that, I am well.
Thank you for your continued prayers.
Love,
Jeanette
Spoke to Mom's doctor on Friday. She's only Stage 1 but she needs surgery. He started to explain a "modified radical mastectomy" to me. (I had one.)
I interrupted,"Just a minute, doc, I need to tell you about my own situation..."
After that, he kicked up the vocabulary a notch!
In a nutshell, Mom needs to decide between removing the infected quadrant of the breast or the whole thing.
As I was leaving, I noticed a familiar face in the crowded waiting room.
"Mom!" I said, also noticing my aunt sitting next to her in full nun garb, veil & cross.
Then I put my foot in my mouth.
"Sister!" I exclaimed, "Speak of the Devil!"
The entire waiting room burst out laughing as I stammered,"Well, I didn't mean it like THAT..."
Anyway, I took my aunt outside and we discussed Mom's condition. I recommended taking the whole thing. If they took a quadrant, she'd have to have 6 weeks of radiation (like me) but the doc wasn't sure she would keep that schedule.
In either case, the doc will also remove her lymph nodes. If those are clear, she's free to go. If not, chemo. But we'll cross that bridge later.
Spoke to Mom today. She's opting for removing the whole thing and has scheduled surgery next week.
As for me, my latest issue is an infection in my port. Trying to remember if it was already irritated before I went to the hospital to get it checked (when it wasn't working). I don't believe so. My nurses say this is a frequent problem, people developing infections AFTER getting their ports checked at the hospital. Nice!
Already tried antibiotics and Neosporin. Not helping. Don't even get me started about puncturing the area yesterday for treatment. That was NO FUN. We've all had a cut that got infected. Imaging shoving a needle in it! I asked what we do now. The nurse said removing the port and getting a new one is a possibility. That's all I need is another surgery. I think not.
Maybe I'll ask them to give me an IV in my arm for treatment next Monday to let the port area heal up a bit. Who knows?
Other than that, I am well.
Thank you for your continued prayers.
Love,
Jeanette
posted by Mark Kappe @ 8:27 AM
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