GREAT NEWS: The pathology results came back "clean." There was no cancer detected in either breast that was removed. The months of treatments have been doing their job!
Mom is recovering from surgery very well. She is 9 days post surgery. She is feeling better and stronger each day. We even went out for lunch today (to celebrate the good news). This was her first outing outside of doctor visits since her surgery.
She did have a minor set back a couple of days ago (on Wednesday). Her knee swelled up and was very painful. I was concerned about blood clots so she went to the doctors office to have them check it out. Thankfully, it was not a clot, it was "only gout." Actually, we are waiting for this to be confirmed by lab tests, but the doctor thinks it was gout. After draining some fluid and a shot of steroids, she is feeling MUCH better already.
We followed up with the Cardiologist today. He was running a bit late. He even apologized to us that he was running late. I haven't had too many doctors do that before. Anyway, he will be putting mom on a blood thinner medication to help regulate the heart rhythm problem that she had in the hospital. She will be starting that medication as soon as the surgeon thinks it is ok. While she is healing from surgery, they will not be starting the blood thinner. As soon as she is healed enough, it will be added to her growing list of daily medications. In the mean time, she is on a different heart medication to prevent the rhythm problem.
So, all in all, it has been a really great week. We really couldn't have asked for better pathology results. We meet with the oncologist next week to talk about how this will effect her treatment going forward.
Thanks for reading.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Post Surgery Update
Sorry that this is a couple of days later than I wanted.
Mom is doing really well. She came home from the hospital on Thursday evening. We meet with her cardiologist later this week. The doctor at the hospital indicated that the abnormal heart rhythm was caused by the surgery. Apparently this is somewhat common. Her heart rhythm returned to normal late on Wednesday evening. She has been feeling a lot better ever since.
She is definitely sleeping better in her own bed. The pain level has been pretty tolerable for the last couple of days. She has already started some arm excercises at home. Her range of motion at this point is a lot better than I expected. She needs to obviously build up some strength, but that should come over time. The left side (the one with the cancer) is not as strong as the right, but we sort of expected that. The radiation on that side might make the recovery a bit longer.
The drainage tubes will be in for some time. They told us that she could have them for a couple of weeks. So, we just wait and see what happens.
Dads been a pretty good nurse so far. Moms not complaining about the level of care. In fact, I even heard her compliment him.
Thanks to all of you for caring so much.
Mom is doing really well. She came home from the hospital on Thursday evening. We meet with her cardiologist later this week. The doctor at the hospital indicated that the abnormal heart rhythm was caused by the surgery. Apparently this is somewhat common. Her heart rhythm returned to normal late on Wednesday evening. She has been feeling a lot better ever since.
She is definitely sleeping better in her own bed. The pain level has been pretty tolerable for the last couple of days. She has already started some arm excercises at home. Her range of motion at this point is a lot better than I expected. She needs to obviously build up some strength, but that should come over time. The left side (the one with the cancer) is not as strong as the right, but we sort of expected that. The radiation on that side might make the recovery a bit longer.
The drainage tubes will be in for some time. They told us that she could have them for a couple of weeks. So, we just wait and see what happens.
Dads been a pretty good nurse so far. Moms not complaining about the level of care. In fact, I even heard her compliment him.
Thanks to all of you for caring so much.
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