embolization on monday
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Hi Kris,
I also had a hard time laying on my back after surgery so I went to bed bath and beyond and got myself wedge pillow. It helped a lot. Hoping for speedy recovery.
LeeAnnI got sent home today. Still pain but not as bad, and NOTHING like Monday! Breathing is still shallow and I discovered I can’t lay down on my couch! OH, NO!! I’ll have to come up with something else.
Prayers for easy breathing. After my liver resection I had trouble breathing without pain, especially if I was trying to take a deep breathe. Keep doing the exercises they really so pay off. Hugs. Xxxooo. Lisa
Staying another night at Hotel Sloan Kettering. Breathing is still a problem. XRay showed normal “after procedure” stuff. A little bruising, a little fluid. I need to breathe my way thru the pain. But it’s hard… I feel like a knife is twisting thru my right breast every time I try to take a “deep” breath.
So one more night for evaluation.Sounds good Kris! I had trouble breathing because one of the drain tubes was right below the diaphragm so it was tough on the breathing in part. Take the pain meds, which you well know, they work and help a bunch! Hope you get out of jail soon!! On to the resection!
heehee Lainy.
I don’t know how he would fare at Penn Station. It’s pretty confusing, especially your first time. And to do it alone… oh, boy, I don’t know if he would make it.Oh, Kris, I was thinking about you all day yesterday, I am so glad things are much better today and that part is over. Maybe you should have rented a GPS for walkers, for the boyfriend???
Problem with pain management yesterday so I stayed the night at the hospital. Still in pain but nothing like last night. The main prob with this embolization is the entrance wound is at the diaphragm. So breathing is hard.
Last night the pain was jumping from 4-8. Today it’s about a 2 and I haven’t taken pain meds in over an hour.
Got up and walking to make sure it doesn’t get too painful. It’s all good right now. I want to leave mostly because my poor boyfriend is lost in the city, and I’m afraid he won’t be able to figure out how to catch a train.
Mmmm Kris, last time I checked with a phone call to Heaven, God had not put a length (long or short) on prayers! Thinking of you so often and still hoping for a great outcome Monday!! Also sending good juju and a ton of love.
Thanks everyone for the good wishes and prayers. We do seem to have a lot of them going around. Sadly, my prayers have gotten VERY LONG in the past year.
PCL: Thanks for the info. I guess I should have been a little more exact. I’m having an interventional hepatic embolization. No radiation involved. But I never thought of that. I did have some radioactive isotopes pumped into me for some tests last summer. I had to carry a card in case I went anywhere where I would set off alarms. Never thought of worrying about being near my boyfriend while sleeping. I will definitely have to keep that in mind in the future.
I have a friend who received radioactive treatment (not typical radiation) and she had to live separate from her husband and his kids for something like 10 days after treatment. Thankfully they have an in-law suite.Kris
Dear Kris,
I am hoping and praying all goes well for you. I used to love liver and onions when I was a little kid. That was before I ever knew what it was!! Gross!! And as for the pregnancy test, I think the way this cancer makes most of you feel, getting pregnant is by far the LAST thing on your mind. Haha. Take care.
Love, -Pam
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