maryellen's Cancer Blog

Saturday, August 15, 2009

SURGERY FOR LYMPH NODE REMOVAL

WOW THIS SURGERY WAS DIFFICULT..THE NEW SURGEON USED THE ORIGINAL 5 HOLES AND THE DAVINCI ROBIT.. THIS SURGERY WAS 4 HOURS..27 NODES REMOVED ..NO CANCER…

AFTER THE SURGERY MY SURGEON DID CUSCPIC (CAMERA IN BLADDER)
AND INSERTED CATHERER… WHEN I WOKE UP IN RECOVERY I WAS IN PAIN..THE CATHERER WAS TO BLAME….THE PAIN LASTED 12 HOURS…SEEMS LIKE NO “PYRIDIUM WAS ORDERED FOR PAIN AND RELIEF OF FREQUENT URINATION” I WANTED TO DIE TWICE THAT NITE…ANYWAY BY 9AM MY HUSBAND BROUGHT THE PYRIDIUM AND 4 HOURS LATER I WAS HOME AND THAT PAIN ENDED… HAD TERRIBLE NAUSEA FOR 2 DAYS AND I WAS NOT ALLOW NAUSEA MEDICINE UNTIL I HAD A BOWEL MOVEMENT..I GUESS THE DOCTORS WERE RIGHT 2 SURGERIES BACK TO BACK WOULD BE ROUGH IN MY BODY AND IT WAS… THEN TO TOP IT OFF I AM ALLERGIC TO IODINE AND SOMEONE SWIPE MY BOTTOM WITH IODINE AND I LOOKED LIKE A WATERMELON FROM ONE HOLE TO THE OTHER…THIS WAS RECTOFIED AT 9PM BY THE NICE RESIDENT DOCTOR WHO ORDERED LINOCAINE WHICK STOPPED THE SWELLING AND STOP SOME OF THE PAIN…. ANYWAY NOW A WEEK LATER..THE BAD MEMORIES ARE STARTING TO FADE… I AM SO HAPPY I HAVE NO CANCER IN ME…NO CHEMO WILL BE NEEDED AND I WILL KNOW HOW MUCH RADIATION WHEN I SEE MY DOCTOR IN THE 19TH… THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS AND GOT ME THIS FAR..

I REALLY WAS HESITATE TO GO AND MEET THIS MAN AGAIN..I DID NOT THINK I COULD CONTROL MY TEMPER…BUT I DID

I ARRIVE FOR MY APPT., I REALLY DREADED ANOTHER INTERNAL…
I HAVE DONE THIS 3 TIMES IN 7 DAYS…BUT IT HAD TO BE..LIKE MOST THINGS CONCERNING CANCER IT HAS TO BE DONE…

HE ENTERS THE EXAM ROOM…INSERTS ONE FINGER AND IN ONE SECOND SAYS I AM HEALING FINE..AND TELLS ME TO GET DRESS AND MEET HIM IN HIS OFFICE

MENTIONED TO HIM MY BLADDER IS LEAKING AND HE SAYS DO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT TILL AFTER ALL PROCEDURES ARE DONE-(HE REALLY DOES NOT CARE) HE TELLS ME HE SUGGEST ONLY RADIATION TO THE CUFF OF THE VAGINAL..I ASK HIM ABOUT THE LYMOH NODES..HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE PATH REPORT ABOUT THE LYMPHVASCULAR INVASION…HE SAYS HE NEVER DID THE DISSECTION BECAUSE HE FELT THAT I LOOKED GOOD AND DID NOT HAVE CANCER….(MY LABS REPORT STATED I HAD CANCER AND A TUMOR BUT HE DECIDED I DID NOT….HE SAID NOTHING HAPPEN DURING THE 6 HOUR SURGERY THAT WAS UNUSUAL AND IT TOOK SO LONG BECAUSE HE WAS SETTING UP THE MACHINE…NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS KNOCKED AT 7:30 AND THE PROCEDURES ENDED 6 HOURS LATER.

HE SAID THERE WAS ONLY 2% CHANCE OF CANCER IN LYMPH NODES AND THAT HE WOULD NOIT SUGGEST HAVING THEM REMOVED..(HOW COULD HE SAY ANYTHING BUT THAT) THAT WAS ALL HE SAID..HE SAT THERE STRAIGHT FACE NO APOLOGY

ALL DOCUMENTS OPERATING REPORT AND ANESTIA REPORT SAY THAT HE WAS TO DO LYMPH NODE DISECTION…THAT CANNOT BE DONE
NOW BECAUSE HE REMOVED THE TUMOR…MY ONLY CHOICE IS COMPLETE REMOVAL