Well, so far- things aren't great. Not terrible, but definately not great. We went out last night to celebrate my birthday- we went to PF Changs, and the kids were actually pretty well behaved. I totally didn't pay attention while ordering food and EVERYTHING we ordered was EXTRA spicy! Holy crap! I went through 4 lemonades in about 10 minutes. Good food, but man- I really need to pay attention next time!
On the drive home my hips were starting to ache- I knew I had done to much for the day. When we got home I went to the bathroom and got stuck on the toilet!!! No- I didn't fall in and get stuck- I just could NOT stand up. I yelled for help but nobody came. I had to sit there for a good few minutes before I could muster up the strength to make myself stand up. Then, I decided to take a bath- it was great until I tried to get out. Yep- stuck again! After yelling for a few minutes, Jim came to help me. He tried to just give me an arm to pull up on but I was not able to use my legs at all. He actually had to lean in and put his arms around my body and stand my all the way up! It's really nice to feel like an invalid the night before your birthday! After that I was fine- just shuffling around the house as usual in the evenings. I am just glad Jim was there last night- if he would have been gone to work over night I really have no idea what I would have done.
Today I get to meet my radiation oncologist. At least I have come to terms with getting radiation. I am really not too worried about it. I have a couple of good friends; Debra and Robert, that work in the radiation field, and they have talked to me many times and made me feel much better about this. Robert actually works with the radiation oncologist that I am seeing today. I love that I have friends in 'high' places! While I am there, I need to talk to one of Dr. Robin's nurses because I have found a lump :( It's on the foob side, but not where the expander is- it is sort of below my armpit- it's definately a lump and it is painful too. ugh! It may just be scar tissue from the surgeon digging out my lymph nodes but I need to make sure it's just that- I haven't noticed it, until this week. I thought of waiting till my next Oncology appt, but that isn't for 2 1/2 more weeks.
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