I know I know I know ..... I'm horrible at this whole blogging thing, but I spent sometime looking at this website 'BLOGGER' and figuring out all the features it has and I've added an app on my phone so now I can blog from anywhere. My promise to myself and everyone else is that I am going to update it as regularly as possible even if it's just a quick post to share exciting news or an accomplishment or whatever. As I was looking through all the features I came across all my followers and from what country they are from. I was absolutely shocked to see that people from ALL OVER the world have been following my blog. It makes me feel pretty good and I hope that some of those followers are people going through similar situations and hopefully my blog helps them get through the tough and crappy times. I'm no Kris Carr or anything and I'm not exactly the most positive person right now, but I try to be as honest as I can in my blog and share my accomplishments and share all the bumps in this long, emotional, seems like no end in sight journey.
Update on Physio: I'm still going 3x a week and noticing huge improvements. I was hoping to 'kiss these crutches goodbye' and move onto canes full-time but I'm not there yet. I'm very slow with the canes and get tired very quickly. My new goal is to be walking by end of the summer with canes. Pink ones to be exact lol!!! I have been doing some resistance training at physio with ankle weights. I never in a million years thought it would be difficult to move my leg to the side with very little weight but holy crap it is one of the most difficult things I have done. I do 5 reps and I'm beat. My leg is getting stronger, but still has along way to go.
Update on Wounds: Happy to say my wounds are HEALED. I'm not sure if I mentioned that in last post. If so, well let's celebrate again because I never thought these things were going to heal. No more nurses, no more mesorb, no more tape, no more medical supplies. WOOHOO!!!! I was discharged from CCAC on July 5th!!!!! Now that's something to celebrate.
On July 8th I had a minor bump in the road --- unfortunately recovery and healing isn't a straight pretty line, it has several bumps along the way. On the 7th I came down with a fever which I thought was just a bug of some sort. On the 8th I spent most of the day in bed sleeping, when I woke up I noticed my left (bad leg) was red and very hot to touch. The redness and hotness was around where my reconstruction is and my incisions but nowhere near my wounds. My mom immediately said I had to go to emerge because it is a sign of cellusitits, which left untreated you can get very sick from. So great, here we go to emerge and to the place I hate most in this world .... the dreaded HOSPITAL. Surprisingly we didn't have to wait too long to be seen. I met with the doctor and he thought it was odd that the infection wasn't anywhere near my wounds, he did some bloodwork and everything came back normal, no sign of infection in my white blood cell count. He wanted to order a CT Scan of the pelvic area to ensure there wasn't an abscess anywhere or a deeper infection in the skin. He immediately started me on a double dose of antibiotics and I was sent home. The next day we got in touch with my surgeon and she suggested I go ahead with CT Scan and to stay on the IV antibiotics. So here I go again .... just discharged from CCAC and now back with CCAC coming everyday to do the IV Bag. Funtimes. I've gotten to know this process far to well. I was on the IV antibiotics for 6 days. The CT Scan came back normal and I stopped the antibiotics after the 6 days. Oh forgot to mention ... NEVER have a CT Scan done at St. Marys ... they make you drink this god awful chalky, horrible tasting drink. I had to drink 2 of them, half an hour for each. BLAH it was so hard to take these back. I've attached some pictures of my reaction to drinking with them lol. Brutal ... Dan found it quite amusing to watch me suffer through that.
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On July 17th was my routine appointment with my surgeon/oncologist. Of course I was extremely nervous a week or so building up to it. We were leaving for Vacation on the 19th. Last year before vacation I got diagnosed, so I was worried about what the news would be this year. My mom came with me this time. My appointment was at 315pm and I finally saw my surgeon at 430pm or so. I always wait a ridiculous amount of time for appointments there. Dr. Ghert came in and told me all my scans came back clear ... WOOHOO that's all I wanted to hear. I walked with the canes for her and she was amazed at how well I am walking. She mentioned I should prepare myself that I may need a cane for the rest of my life. She said I would probably be able to walk around the house without a cane, but if I'm out at a mall or something I would want the cane incase my leg becomes fatigue. I'm okay with that, I will rock that cane and be damn proud of it. I can get a different cane for every outfit lol. The only thing she mentioned was that my CT Scan from back in May showing I have an enlarged Thymus Gland, which is caused by stress. I wasn't surprised because I've been more stressed out the past few months then ever. She told me to just try to find a way to cope with the stress. I also talked to her about returning to work, she said medically speaking I am fine to go back to work but I should take a bit longer to focus on physio and recovering. She said we could discuss this again in October when I see her.
So we had our family vacation last week up at the cottage in Grand Bend. We had some nice hot days and then some crappy cold rainy days. It was nice to get away and relax. There are about 60 steps down to the beach and I was nervous I wouldn't be able to do them but I proved everyone wrong and I rocked those steps. I did them slowly but I DID THEM which was a huge accomplishment. I loved watching Alyssa play in the sand and she was so brave she even went in the water with daddy and brother Owen and she loved being in the kayak. I will attach a few pictures to share from the vacation.
I`m still attending my support group everyother week and I am absolutely loving it. We have a great group of fabolous ladies and I enjoy the friendships I have made with them. It`s nice to be able to vent and share with others who can relate to exactly how I feel.
Well I think that`s it for now ......
Update on Physio: I'm still going 3x a week and noticing huge improvements. I was hoping to 'kiss these crutches goodbye' and move onto canes full-time but I'm not there yet. I'm very slow with the canes and get tired very quickly. My new goal is to be walking by end of the summer with canes. Pink ones to be exact lol!!! I have been doing some resistance training at physio with ankle weights. I never in a million years thought it would be difficult to move my leg to the side with very little weight but holy crap it is one of the most difficult things I have done. I do 5 reps and I'm beat. My leg is getting stronger, but still has along way to go.
Update on Wounds: Happy to say my wounds are HEALED. I'm not sure if I mentioned that in last post. If so, well let's celebrate again because I never thought these things were going to heal. No more nurses, no more mesorb, no more tape, no more medical supplies. WOOHOO!!!! I was discharged from CCAC on July 5th!!!!! Now that's something to celebrate.
On July 8th I had a minor bump in the road --- unfortunately recovery and healing isn't a straight pretty line, it has several bumps along the way. On the 7th I came down with a fever which I thought was just a bug of some sort. On the 8th I spent most of the day in bed sleeping, when I woke up I noticed my left (bad leg) was red and very hot to touch. The redness and hotness was around where my reconstruction is and my incisions but nowhere near my wounds. My mom immediately said I had to go to emerge because it is a sign of cellusitits, which left untreated you can get very sick from. So great, here we go to emerge and to the place I hate most in this world .... the dreaded HOSPITAL. Surprisingly we didn't have to wait too long to be seen. I met with the doctor and he thought it was odd that the infection wasn't anywhere near my wounds, he did some bloodwork and everything came back normal, no sign of infection in my white blood cell count. He wanted to order a CT Scan of the pelvic area to ensure there wasn't an abscess anywhere or a deeper infection in the skin. He immediately started me on a double dose of antibiotics and I was sent home. The next day we got in touch with my surgeon and she suggested I go ahead with CT Scan and to stay on the IV antibiotics. So here I go again .... just discharged from CCAC and now back with CCAC coming everyday to do the IV Bag. Funtimes. I've gotten to know this process far to well. I was on the IV antibiotics for 6 days. The CT Scan came back normal and I stopped the antibiotics after the 6 days. Oh forgot to mention ... NEVER have a CT Scan done at St. Marys ... they make you drink this god awful chalky, horrible tasting drink. I had to drink 2 of them, half an hour for each. BLAH it was so hard to take these back. I've attached some pictures of my reaction to drinking with them lol. Brutal ... Dan found it quite amusing to watch me suffer through that.
Taking the first few sips .... YUCK YUCK AND YUCK
Half into the drink ... I think at this point I was wanting to throw up lol!
Rocking the Fanny Pack
So we had our family vacation last week up at the cottage in Grand Bend. We had some nice hot days and then some crappy cold rainy days. It was nice to get away and relax. There are about 60 steps down to the beach and I was nervous I wouldn't be able to do them but I proved everyone wrong and I rocked those steps. I did them slowly but I DID THEM which was a huge accomplishment. I loved watching Alyssa play in the sand and she was so brave she even went in the water with daddy and brother Owen and she loved being in the kayak. I will attach a few pictures to share from the vacation.
Walking on the beach with my babe
Ninja LOL!
Being silly out by the fire
Hubby and I enjoying a drink ... CHEERS!
Family :)
First time since surgery pushing the stroller ... Big accomplishment!
Love Love Love Her!
I`m still attending my support group everyother week and I am absolutely loving it. We have a great group of fabolous ladies and I enjoy the friendships I have made with them. It`s nice to be able to vent and share with others who can relate to exactly how I feel.
Well I think that`s it for now ......
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