Breast cancer

Wound clinics are much more efficient and will have better options, as that is their specialty. And easier access to a doctor, if there is not one on site.
Much better than a home health nurse, who may not have such quick access if they have questions, or may to be up to par with the latest care. Which it sounds like the one who treated you at home was definitly not!

Glad you are up and around, eating, and feeling better. All of that helps with healing.
 
It’s just awful that the home visit wound care team was worse than useless! It’s outrageous that you didn’t get proper treatment at home - what in the protocol is pushing this option? I guess a takeaway is to insist on going to a medical facility for treatment of things like wounds.
 
It’s just awful that the home visit wound care team was worse than useless! It’s outrageous that you didn’t get proper treatment at home - what in the protocol is pushing this option? I guess a takeaway is to insist on going to a medical facility for treatment of things like wounds.
They vehemently insisted that "my insurance" would not pay for me to go to any medical facility for wound treatment. I knew that was a dubious statement since they didn't even seem to know what insurance I have. Oh well, now they seem to have all (simultaneously) decided it's OK for me to get care at the hospital. All's well that ends well. :)

We are headed to the hospital in just a few minutes, for my wound care appointment. :biggrin: I feel so much less pain and so much better than I did just a few hours ago! Sometimes things work out nicely and this is one of those times.
 
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Probably my oncologist thinks I need a rest from chemo, after the last chemo treatment and hospitalization (which I admit was pretty rugged for me). She must be right because all I want to do is sleep for the next 150 years or so. She cancelled all my immediate appointments and said that the next step is surgery and the surgeon will call me. Meanwhile I'm getting my leg wounds treated properly and they are almost all healed up. So, I haven't had much to post about except getting my legs treated and re-dressed. The nurses are very nice. This week I slept for several days and nights, or maybe a week? straight through.

Right now my other next door neighbor (not Frank, the other one) is having major under-slab plumbing work done to his house. He kind of has a "thing" about plumbing, seems to me, because he does this every year or two and nobody else around here has any plumbing problems. Anyway it's very loud but I still slept through it all day (after my appointment at the Wound Treatment Center) until now. That's all I want to do, sleep sleep sleep.

As for the possible mastectomy coming up, well, I'm not looking forward to it but I can deal with it. So far no appointment with the surgeon, or date for it. The tumor looks to me like it already shrank to about half the prior size, due to chemo.

Going back to sleep but just wanted you to know what's happening with me. All is well (well, except cancer and desire to sleep forever now! ) :2funny:

Take care and I'll post again soon. Still alive.
 
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The doc visits get so frequent and so tiring. I had to be cleared by my primary physician as "healthy enough for surgery" once I'd had the (long and somewhat frustrating!) onco surgeon consults. The appointments were sensible but felt endless. Trusting you have a helpful, encouraging surgery visit today and that you clear that cough and are healthy enough for surgery SOON. (y)
 
And when we got to the surgeon's office, no appointment existed! Even though I was sure that I had confirmed it and that they confirmed my confirmation. Oh well, I have been feeling pretty scattered lately and as they say the memory is the first thing to go..... :2funny: Guess I'll just relax for a few hours with my Animal Crossing game (on Nintendo Switch), instead. Sounds like fun. :biggrin:
 
Ugh. Sorry that happened. When is the appointment? Soon, I hope.
 
Ugh. Sorry that happened. When is the appointment? Soon, I hope.
Hard telling! Turns out that the surgeon and her staff get Tuesdays off, and there was no future appointment for me in her schedule, except for the one on November 4th which is just a follow-up to the chemo port surgery. Maybe I can ask at that appointment.
 
No medical stuff scheduled all weekend, so we are looking forward to relaxing and doing nothing until Monday (when I have a wound care appointment). Frank DJ'd a show at the bar down in Chalmette tonight, but no more work for him either for a couple of weeks. Hopefully we can catch up on our sleep. Right now we both have persistent colds that we are trying to shake off. I'll be seeing my PCP and my medical oncologist both on the 4th, so if I'm not better by then I'll be sure they know about it.

Otherwise life is pretty good. I know life with cancer is supposed to be terrible but I'm happy enough just to be alive and able to do a few things that don't require much energy and that I enjoy. Frank seems to be happy that he can help me as much as he does, every day. I look forward to reading your posts whenever I'm online. Take care, everyone. :)
 
Sounds like a great weekend, W2R!
 
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What a wonderful attitude, W2R! I am sure that it will serve you well and look forward to hearing your good news when you beat this.
 
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......... I know life with cancer is supposed to be terrible but I'm happy enough just to be alive and able to do a few things that don't require much energy and that I enjoy. .........
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Best line of the day !
 
We had a wonderful, restful weekend. On Monday I got the chemo wounds on my legs re-dressed, which was quick and easy. To me, they look almost all healed! Also we are both almost over that awful cold that we had, and feeling much better and more energetic, too. I don't think I have felt this good since before cancer. That said, I'm still tired a lot, sleeping a long time during the day as well as all night, and still unable to do much other than sleep. But I do seem to be doing better than I was a month or two ago. And Frank is still over here for a while every day, bringing me meals and conversations.

Just checking in to let you know that all is well, and hoping you all are doing well too. I'll be seeing the oncological surgeon on the 4th, and may have more news about possible/eventual mastectomy after I see her.
 
We had a wonderful, restful weekend. On Monday I got the chemo wounds on my legs re-dressed, which was quick and easy. To me, they look almost all healed! Also we are both almost over that awful cold that we had, and feeling much better and more energetic, too. I don't think I have felt this good since before cancer. That said, I'm still tired a lot, sleeping a long time during the day as well as all night, and still unable to do much other than sleep. But I do seem to be doing better than I was a month or two ago. And Frank is still over here for a while every day, bringing me meals and conversations.

Just checking in to let you know that all is well, and hoping you all are doing well too. I'll be seeing the oncological surgeon on the 4th, and may have more news about possible/eventual mastectomy after I see her.
Outstanding! Glad you are listening to your body and sleeping and resting. Great news on the wounds, too: evidence of how well you are taking care of yourself.

I had a breast cancer recurrence scare last week that ended happily: radiologist says the lump is just a "fat necrosis" (gross name!) and nothing to worry about. Treatment is so tough on our bodies, but the outcomes can be fantastic. Happy rest period before your surgery consult next week.
 
The appointment with my oncological surgeon was delayed until the 7th for some unknown reason. Then that same day my expensive elastic stockings will be delivered, and on the 8th I'll be trained on how to use them properly.

Meanwhile, Frank says I seem to have a LOT more energy than I have had previously, and I think he's right.

I saw my PCP yesterday and he said all my blood tests came out better than ever before! That sure lifted my spirits. Also we thought I was out of insulin and couldn't get any more, but last night around midnight I found FOUR large vials of it in my frig. I had thought they were something else. :2funny:

Today is election day, and Frank just left to go vote. I can't vote because I don't have valid ID, but I'm not too worried about it. Everyone in my precinct votes with the same party as me, so the lack of my vote is not likely to make a huge difference.

He's also going to pick up an order of chicken parmesan, which we always split between the two of us. Usually it's enough for both lunch and dinner for both of us. Yum! :biggrin:
 
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