Today was my post op follow-up with the surgeon. Marc and I thought he would go over the pathology report with us but we were mistaken. That will happen in our appointment with the medical oncologist in a few days. My daughter sent me a text this morning, "Praying for you". I wrote back. "Thank... Continue Reading →
Good News!
Friday evening around 6 pm we got a call from my surgeon. He said he was just leaving for the weekend and was looking at pathology reports and wanted to give me some good news. He said that the lymph nodes were clear and that he had taken out enough to have good, healthy cells... Continue Reading →
Surgery – Day 2.5
We have made it home. Jane is doing well. Her pain level is low, just some aching at the surgery sites. Her "bluing" has reduced to just sky blue now :) She has 4 incisions. On the right side one used to remove the tumor, and a second one to get at the sentinel lymph nodes.... Continue Reading →
Surgery – Day 2
Jane is much improved this morning. Although still a little sleepy (perfectly normal as the anesthesia gets worked out of her system), she has been able to move about and did not have anymore bouts of throwing up last night. Even her blue smurf look has faded somewhat this morning :) Right now she is... Continue Reading →
Surgery Day
The day started early. Up at 6:30 to leave the house by 8. We are to be at nuclear medicine by 9am for a shot of something radioactive. The procedure only took 5 minutes and the surgery was scheduled for 2:10 so we had a few hours to wait. The doctor had told us that... Continue Reading →
Where is my hope?
Surgery day. Jane asks, "Why is this surgery different from any of the others I've had?" Because the stakes are higher I reply. But are they? Where is my hope? I find it is easy to put my hope in in statistics. How many people get this kind of cancer and what are the survival... Continue Reading →
On the Greisen Side of Life 