Today really has not been a great day. I am very tired today and the waves of pain and the zings in my breasts have been relentless. And my underarm is achy, tight and is also bothering me a lot more than it has in the past few weeks. I am ready to be done with all this achy pains.
I did hear back from Dr. Goldberg’s office this morning about the home health nurse, turns out there will be a $40 co-pay each time the nurse comes out. We decided we could handle the packing of my boob on our own. Hubby got through the first two times on his own and didn’t even poke anything into my boob that shouldn’t be there. That’s always a plus. The second time he changed the packing tape he was much more relaxed about it, even cracking jokes, which is not really a smart strategy when you have to stick stuff into a hole in my boob and then you make me laugh. We had a grand time laughing and having to stop the stuffing process multiple times so I didn’t throw him off his groove of poking cotton gauze with a stick through a hole in my boob. At one point he told me he was only charging me $300 per hour, and that was the friends and family discount. When I told him this morning the cost for a nurse to come in every time to do this, he said he would change his charge to $20 for each time. A bargain! The things my husband does for me.
The other news that Caroline did advise is I can shower, we have to pull the tape out of my boob, I shower, then Hubby can repack the boob with the tape. I wasn’t up to showering today, but you can bet I will be taking a shower in the morning!
This morning, because it has been a bad day, I huddled on the sofa until I just couldn’t huddle anymore and went back to bed. I slept for another 3 1/2 hours, which meant this morning’s tape changing didn’t happen until the afternoon, and today there was a lot of extra fluid that came out with the tape. It leaked out onto the towel I lay on top of to protect our sheets when we change the tape. Ended up we had to wash the sheets today…. it was a lot of fluid. Even Hubby was surprised at the amount of fluid released on today’s tape change. Wonder what the next one will bring…
With all my aches and pains today I have been a little worried about the meeting with the Radiation Oncologist may have been a little premature. Today I can barely lift my right arm. I just hope tomorrow is a better day. Sunday better be a great day, we have a brunch date with our friends, and the kids are all coming over to celebrate Hubby’s birthday since they couldn’t make it last weekend.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Life is allowing myself to laugh again
I wonder why your body is making so much fluid. I would have thought it would have slowed to a minor trickle by now. Did you ask Dr. Goldberg how long this might continue. This packing and unpacking business sounds like a real pain in the neck ( only a little lower)! I know they would not have left a drain in this long. You must be going for the record!
I’ve been given the medical clearance for surgery that Dr. Scott wanted from my cardiologist. Next week will be full of meetings with the rest of the team. I’m already feeling tired of the running around.
Got my hair cig and colored yesterday. It’s much shorter than I’ve been wearing it and the color is lighter. It was just what I needed for a nice pick-me-up. At Temple last night I received lots of compliments on how good I looked. Between the weight loss and the fresh new 💁, it’s no wonder I got so much attention. Sure felt good.
I bet your new hairdo will get you lots of compliments at David’s wedding no matter what dress or shoes you are wearing. With the puffiness subsiding so well, your magnificent eyebrows and eyelashes coming back, and your beautiful smile, you’ll be the “belle of the ball.” Just keep your roll of packing tape hidden so nobody knows you’ve been stuffing your bra! LYTTMAB!
Hair cut and colored! How did cig get in there?