New stage 3 hubby

Thanks you. 

She's been up and moving around quite a bit.  The other day she walked about two miles...basically until her drains started bugging her..but she admitted that might have been a bit much.

We meet the radiation oncologist tomorrow.  Since my wife is a a nuclear engineer by training I'm sure she and the doctor will be talking shop....

The medical oncologist, Dr Ondreyco, uses her maiden name in her practice.  Her first and married last name is the same as my wife.  Talking with the schedulers at Dr Ondreyco's office...it reminded me of the "who's on first" comedy routine..

It's time to strip her drains .....another "romantic encounter" with her double Ds (Damn Drains).   It sounds bad/kinky/corney, but it gets her to laughing....

While scared, I am pretty upbeat...then a tiny seed of doubt creeps in and I get to thinking about 28 years ago..whch gets me *really* scared and then I have to push the doubt out.

I think I did do some good today..  Sharon was griping about the drains...I took a *very* close look at them and decided that the weight of the tubing was pulling on the suture holding it in place.. So I got some paper tape and taped the drain tube about 2 inches back from the suture so the weight isn't pulling on things so much.  So far it seems to be working..she's sleeping right now.

Ossa, did you pin the drain tube or the container at the end (the "bulbs") to your shirt?  

Sharon uses little pockets that hang down from the front of the surigical bra.  I'm hoping they are for the "bulbs"..these pockets would be horribly "in the wrong place" for inserts. :-) 

I did have to move up to a more sticky tape as the paper tape wasn't holding that well.  But now that the tubing isn't pulling on the stich, she says it's "not perfect, but bearable...."  Perfect would be not having BC at all, but that's not realistic.

To Cindyl/  It's hard to not think about 28 years ago...You are right, the treatment was much more brutal and in that case, some of the doctors weren't that understanding....Everyone I've talked to says the chemo is much less harsh and the doctors are much more understanding.

 Silentbell, I read what you called your ignorant post..... Don't worry about it.

About two weeks before Mickey (my fiancee) died, I came within half a dozen security guards of punching out a doctor who told me he stopped her morphine because "You've got to understand.  They investigate doctors who presecribe too many narcotics..it's a hassle."  

It's something I'm still proud of. :-)

Im on my smartphone so typing is a chore.

port placed and cardiac tests on Apr 3, chemo class Apr 5 and chemo starts Apr 9.

My wife holds a commercial driver license, so they are chevking out potential side effects and issues with drug testing before clearing her to drive "the big vehicles".



On the 5th we will know what she's getting and how often.

After much poking, probing and imaging, the current opinion is that the lump under her ear is not a problem.  And for some additional good news, our 8th grade daughter has been accepted into the IB program at the nearby high school.

In the meantime, Sharon had her 2nd AC infusion this past Monday. My impression is except for the fatigue, the side effects were much less this time around.  The fatigue, however, is pretty bad.  For the first 3 days after the infusion she was a bundle of energy.  Now it's an effort to even get the energy to feel tired.

About 10 days after the first infusion, her hair started to feel really dry and stiff.  Then on day 13, her scalp started to hurt.  Day 15 (the day after the 2nd infusion), the hair storm started and within the one day probably 50% of her hair came out.  She had me get the hair scissors out and had me finish the job so she wouldn't be sitting in a cloud of loose hair.

She's all done with the AC. Tired, bald, and standing tall! 4 Taxol to go.



Eric

Wow and amazing. Doing that alone took large amounts of inner strength.

I hope that didn't come across wrong.



Eric