I had my surgery on Thurs afternoon — mastectomy and excision of 8 tumours from my leg. All went well, and Dr Pace was very pleased. He left only one tumour on my leg because it was so close to another excision, he wouldn't have had enough skin to stitch it up without pulling on the stitches of the other one. It's only a small one, so we'll get that and the one on my back another time. I was put in ICU only because there were no beds available on the surgical floor.
Hi everyone,
I had my surgery on Thurs afternoon — mastectomy and excision of 8 tumours from my leg. All went well, and Dr Pace was very pleased. He left only one tumour on my leg because it was so close to another excision, he wouldn't have had enough skin to stitch it up without pulling on the stitches of the other one. It's only a small one, so we'll get that and the one on my back another time. I was put in ICU only because there were no beds available on the surgical floor. There were a lot of machines running, whirring, beeping all night long, so sleeping soundly was near impossible. But Jim went out and bought me some earplugs, and that helped block the noise quite a bit.
I came home from hospital on Fri, and I've been pretty much out of it ever since, thanks to the Demerol every 4 hrs. I'm not in any pain, and I feel pretty good emotionally. It's amazing how much pain you learn to endure. I didn't realize how painful my breast was, but now that it's gone, this pain-free feeling is unbelievable! So although I miss Betty Boob, I like the painlessness even more.
The home care nurse comes by for daily dressing changes, but she said today that everything looks so good and clean, she'll only come every 2 days. I have 30+ staples from the mastectomy, plus a load of stitches in my leg. All that gets removed 10 days post-op. I also still have a drain, but I have to wait until the drainage is less than 30ml/24hrs before it can be removed, which should be in a few days.
The day before I went in hospital, I got a call from Montreal to say the ipilimumab trial was now open. I explained what was going on with me, and she said that was fine. I just have to wait until I'm 28 days post-op, and I can start. So we're looking at around mid-Sept for Montreal.
Thank-you for all those prayers, well wishes and positive vibes. Keep up all that positive energy. It's what keeps me going.
Hugs
Sharyn
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