Posted by admin on Aug 28th, 2010

Update...

It’s been awhile since I last posted, but wanted to give an update. I had a bilateral mastectomy in June and started the reconstruction process at the same time with tissue expanders. The surgery went fine (the drains were really annoying) and the following week I received great news. The pathology report showed that my cancer was “completely responsive” to the chemo – meaning...

Posted by admin on Jun 2nd, 2010

Surgery next week...

Next Wednesday I will be going in to have a bilateral mastectomy and the start of reconstruction with the implantation of tissue expanders to stretch the skin. For a few days I thought about whether or not to delay reconstruction. My oncologist had told me that I may need to have radiation after surgery and I won’t know if I do until after the biopsy results come back. Reconstruction is more...

Posted by admin on May 13th, 2010

Latest...

I spent a 3rd time in the hospital at the end of April due to passing out at home.  I was sitting on the couch watching TV when the room went completely black for a few seconds. I had been throwing up for 3 days and couldn’t keep anything down, so off to the hospital I went and was treated over the next few days for dehydration.  I was released from the hospital 3 days before our daughter’s...

Posted by admin on Apr 18th, 2010

Out one day – in the...

Last Tuesday, I was discharged from the hospital.  About an hour before I left the hospital my tempertature was 98.2.  After being released I had to go over to the infustion center to learn how to give myself antibiotics through my port.  When I got there a few minutes after being discharged my temperature was 100.6 and contunued to climb in the evening.  On Wed., I had an appointment with my...

Posted by admin on Apr 11th, 2010

Admitted to the hospital...

I finished the AC part of my chemo a week and a half ago and it has taken a toll on my body.   I am finally done with chemo!  I have lost about 25 pounds, which I am going to try and keep off, but I have experienced shortness of breath and rapid heart beat for about a month.  I’ve had another MUGA scan done, about 3 chest x-rays, EKGs, etc. to see if they could find the reason to no avail.  On...

Posted by admin on Mar 15th, 2010

Side Effects Continue...

This second phase of chemo using Adriamycin, Cytoxan and Avastin sucks!  Last week, I ended up in the hospital twice.  The first time to do tests to make sure I did not have a pulmonary embolism because I was experiencing shortness of breath and an EKG because my heart kept racing. The second time to get fluids pumped into me because I experience such terrible indigestion that I can hardly eat or drink...