Charleston Bound, part 2

That is so kind of you Marty. We are staying in a condo at the Abermarle. Great local for DH golf tourney. Not as great for me but it's very nice. I'd love to meet you for lunch if you are close. Let me know. I think I sent you my cell pm.

Hi Marty,  So sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday. We could try for Thursday night and meet in the middle?  It would be great to meet you.  Just let me know and any restaurant selections.  Thanks so much.  Jamie

Hey Jamie!  Don't be nervous, great Dr, great hospital and nurses.  Great city to visit and people to meet!  Your butt will probably hurt more than when they took the flap, at least mine did, and the lipo is painful but it dissipates pretty quickly and pain killers do their job.  (c:  You'll do wonderfully and be so happy.  The end is near!  Tell Marga howdy.  Text or call me any time.  Enjoy dinner with Marty and dh.

Go to the pool or hot tub!  Drains and holes in the bod are coming.  (c:  Enjoy a peaceful day.

Downey-warm wishes for surgery on friday and to easy recovery and great results. Enjoy dinner with marty too--that's fun that you were able to connect. Good luck to your dh too.



Gma-how's your hbot going? Hope you are able to relax and enjoy all those movies.



Cascader- it's almost time for your hbot too and hope logistics going smoothly for you. I read in my East Cooper hospital brochure that they have a wound care center and two hbot chambers there. I almost wish i had rented the tiny cottage on sullivans island and done my therapy there at ec.



Sherry--thinking of you and hope you have turned the corner and healing so you can get on with next surgery as planned. Are you doing okay now?

Jamie, wishing you an easy surgery and a swift recovery. You are in good hands. Let us hear from you soon!!

Prayers Jamie.

Hi everyone,  I left the hospital about noon today.  I could have stayed another night but it is very difficult to get much rest there.  Dr. M fixed my shark bites, fat grafting, revisions on breasts, and fixed some dog ears on abdomen.  I'm pretty sore but know it will resolve soon.  I have four drains but they are not putting out all that much.

It was realy great meeting Marty and her husband Chuck.  SNOB's was fabulous and so was the conversation.

Thanks to everyone for your good wishes.  Hugs, Jamie 

 P.S. It's nap time 

Finished my first 2 HBOT sessions today. All went well but BORING. Read some and just closed my eyes to relax. 8 of us in the chamber today. Tonight feeling congested and like I am getting sick. Not sure it is related, but back again in the am. Hope you are all good and enjoying the fall

Cascader, I'm now only 6 from being done this go round. I agree with Pinkheart, congested ears right after, then tired about 2-3 hours later, which I mostly just plowed through, and then by dinner or bedtime I'm feeling normal ish, but not totally.



I tired tv but have to get the tech to change channels, then tried movies from the library, now engrossed in Emily of New Moon. The latter keeps me really forgetting about the fact that I'm in the chamber and goes quickly. I have another tv series to watch when I'm done with these dvd's. wondering if my vision will go wonky as I hit my 15th session tomorrow.



Cascader, you are really plowing through the sessions with 2 at a time! I would also like to be in a different position than on the gurney. Donor site hurts sometimes. I've been taking an aspirin 1 hour prior to entering, and it seems to help. By the time I'm done ill figure it out!



I do get super hungry at mid point though, but subsides after I get out.



Are you able to chat with other patients?



I'm not sure Dr Kline is requiring or suggesting the extra 10 but more so the HBOT wound care doc.

Had originally planned to but having lymph node transfer with dr kline.

My insurance just approved!

Will have it at same time as stage 2.

My old pt may be going to her seminar though.

Pinkheart, wow anxious to read how the lymphnode transfer went. Addey where is the Chicago seminar with Marga? Would like to see her but going into surgery again.



I was trying to set up a consult with Marga and met also with Dr. Song UofC to fix a botched TE and capsular. Then bombshell hit, I was told I have kidney cancer. So instead of having a DIEP procedure I Am going in for Nephrectomy surgery instead.



Seem to just keep getting bad news and can't stand these hard tissue expanders in me anymore, one side breast lymphadema, other side hard scar tissue, I am a mess and llosing faith. I have had to advocate heavily and fight to get the proper scans.

Bogie, I am so sorry to hear about your kidney cancer on top of breast cancer reconstruction complications. You have much to bear and prayers r n my heart for you. Have you been to Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Chicago. Do u have surgery date yet?

Sherry...did you ever hear what your cultures showed? How did they treat the abscess? Hoping it is resolving!

Adey,Pink and Downey, thank you for your kind words and I'm glad you are all on the mend. My Nephrectomy surgery is on 10/23 at University of Chicago.



Pink, do you recommend the cancer treatments of America?



I did email and they were so nice, but don't typically take HMO BCBS insurance they told me. I may have to add another insurance through my work if allowed to. I use my husbands only right now. We have no idea where this came from and I'm still fairly young and working full time.