Charleston Bound, part 2

Cascader woo hoo, girl wear that bikini!!!! I bet you look awesome too. Wish you were here (for good reasons) so we HBOT ites could have lunch! Would be fun.



My DIL is such a sport - easy to have as a caregiver. She was caught unguard with a luncheon - but rolled with it by wearing her airline clothes - very casual. NO one at the table made her feel uncomfortable, that was a big show to me of how open and generous people on this site and organizations like Komen are.



She is the mother of 2 of my 8 granddaughters, hoping this disease never touches them, but how poignant it was for her to see the love in the room.



Checked out my body today or at least part of it. I truly look like Frankenstien! Having my DIL, Susan, take photos (what a nice relationship with her as I can ask her anything and she is so agreeable) along the way. I think at some point I will dump all the photos into something like Picaboo or something and make a hard bound book out of it so I can see where I was and came from with this journey. Also to take the photos off my iphone!!! what a a hoot showing people photos and then having them see the work in progress- NOT my intention!!! LOL



Take care and love to all (and that i before taking my meds!)



Pink, we are so blessed to find Dr Kline and Dr Craigie - so very happy with them!!!!

Hi Catie,  Glad things are going so well with you and your DIL.  It great to have such a close relationship.

Marty,  It sounds like you are coming right along. You'll be glad you had the plication when you are all healed and past the extra soreness.

I did an outside walk today but still tired.  Tried not taking pain meds but found it was too early for that.  Tomorrow I'll go back to a regular light dose. I'm always in such a hurry.  I have a lunch date tomorrow and am looking forward to that.

Sleep well and speedy healing.

sounds like a plan! We'll see how you or I feel and hopefully have time tomorrow, but will be moved to Mt Pleasant on Wed.



Going to sleep now, and have had quite a day but plenty of resting - anxious to hear exactly what Dr. K did, but know it's all good.



Marty you sure had a lot of stuff done!



g'nite all sleep well,



Thanks all for the good thoughts and prayers!

Thanks Betsy . You actually inspired me to do it . I survived and going to do it again today! I am a size 6/8 but have always struggled a bit with body image, and bc certainly didnt help matters. Reconstruction has given me back more than just a boob and I am so thankful. And yes, 55 is the new 30!

Moving to the Homewood Suites today. The Crowne Plaza has been okay, but nothing to write home about. Can't complain about it nor can rave about it. No continental breakfast, but there is a fridge and microwave in each room. Will see if the Homewood Suites are a 'go back to' type place.



I'm hoping to come back in July to get the stage 2b (fat grafting for SGAP area and breasts where needed to get them symmetrical). I had heard stage 2 was the toughy as far as pain goes, nothing that the pain pills can't address, in my experience.



I have incision from hip to hip in back and part in front, so that part is difficult getting in and out of bed, but did it last night and today. Spent most of yesterday sitting and oh so tired an sore when I got back to the room. Couldn't keep my eyes open - had enough time to take my normal meds then asleep all night!



Today going to try to find the place in Charleston (can't remember the name) that specializes in bras and fittings for correct bra sizes for my DIL who has been so sweet to do whatever I asked of her this whole trip. And, move to Homewood Suites. I want to stay in town until Saturday to be closer to our Drs. just in case. Hoping there is nothing that will come up, but staying anyway.



My body itches when it heals. Always has. And I'm in the itchy stage, so know some healing is going on.



Marty hope you are doing even better today!!!



Hugs to all

Marty,



Good to hear you're feeling better today. Getting over the nausea turned on the light at end of tunnel for me! Now to kick Pain's behind and building back strength. I missed what happened to chair?



Catie,



I really enjoyed our lunch yesterday, although I worried it was too much for you. I was pretty wiped out, too, and found out that Dr K was right that getting drain out wasn't going to relieve my pain in that area. Now I know how much work Dr K did on you (a lot!) so hoping for healing and energy to you soon. Hope to see you again before I leave on Saturday. I will see Dr K again on Friday for another hematoma aspiration. Don't have appointment time yet.

Hugs to you and your very special DIL!

Pink, loved our time yesterday but was wiped out so much that as soon as I hit the bed last night I fell asleep. Would wake up to ask my DIL about something I had dreamed about - no worries she is convinced I'm looney toons anyway😕



Absolutely could NOT drive home today even if I wanted to - so very good we are staying at Homewood until Sat.



DIL is packing up car now - she is a dear.



I didn't even call DH last night - was asleep!



Marty think it was bits of lace - will call to see when owner is in, thanks much

Cascader



Yep driving back by myself. Six hours first day five hours next.



Already called my hbot wound care doc just in case.



I see my PT-CLT next tuesday. Dr kline called her personally which was nice. To talk about my surgery and cording.

Pink just made my stage 2 b for 7/11/2, can't believe I have already made it!



Woo hoo, LOVE THE HOMEWOOD SUItes gonna see if they have room for then!!



Very tired today waited too long for meds yesterday.



Pretty day today.

Back at Homewood and wiped out just by walking Target and looking for a nice lingerie place to treat my DIL for her kindness. No luck, she is over a DD so have to wait to go back to Atlanta to find a good fitter for her I guess.



I had a scare last night that I thought I had bed bug bites right under my incision line of the flap he took extra skin away from the PAP flap. Three bite looking things that didn't itch but were so different than whatever else is going on in my body - crazy!!! So, I face timed my daughter (SIL is a RN) and she face timed her BFF who is also a RN - and her BFF's mother also JUST had a bed bug problem from a 4 star hotel! (I supposedly just left a 4 star hotel) - so we paniced thinking it was bed bugs!!! We were given a photo of her BBF's mom's wrist where she had bed bug bites, my DD emailed photos of other bed bug bites from the internet, etc, and finally was able to not feel they were bed bugs (also emailed ECPS with the photos of my bumps) - Dr. K responded it could be where they stapled for a short period as a sort of tailor tac to show where to start the incision!!!! WHEW!!!!!!!!!!! But crazy couple of hours! My DIL and DD said they itched all night just thinking about it! Luckily the pain meds kept me so asleep I forgot to take my blood pressure and allergy pill before going to sleep! LOL



Have rented two movies and have feet up - feet are swollen as they were stage 1 from IV and from fluid from lipo I think. They will go down as swelling goes down.



I am sold on Homewood Suites. Now tired and may sleep through part of the movies but wanted to add something as it looks pretty quite on BCO or my internet connection is not showing anything.



Beautiful day, if I wasn't feeling so tired and out of it we would have gone for a walk on the beach. Will save that for another time. No appetite at all - just had a banana for the potasium.



hugs to all

Sounds like a perfect plan if we don't rained out!



And your day sounds perfect I love the ocean. Ok I'm now sold on Homewood suites - so close to ECPS and the beach!!!



So fun to see you tomorrow we will wait for you after our appointment !

Catie,  so very glad that it did not turn out to be bed bugs. EWWWWW yuck.  Sounds like you are very comfortable at the Homewood Suites. Rest well.

Healing right along.  Started back to normal days but still very tired at night.  I just don't want to get up in the morning either.  Like everyone says....time an patience.

So glad to be off the oxy and now drain free!! Still some pain but doable.



One more hematoma aspiration tomorrow or maybe not. It looks alot better but still feel a knot. I want Dr K to see me anyway before I drive home Saturday.



Looking forward to Stage 4 in ~3 months with just lipo. It's the Stage 5 in 6 months working on my PITA radiated breast that I not looking forward to because I bet I end up with a drain again.



My radiated breast and the pain as well as damage internally to my chest wall and skin, has improved dramatically by Dr K with his patience and top skills and order for HBOT. He said we are about 70% there and I cant wait to celebrate the end of reconstruction!

Pink -



Looking forward to seeing Cathie in July - you joining our fat grafting week? Cathy is set for Thirs the 11 July and I'm the next day.



Hoping to be at Homewood by IOP Connector.



You all sound like you're making great progress.

Btw leaving on Saturday with DIL driving and lots of stops. She is a dear so drive will go quickly!