Hello friends,
I saw the surgeon on the 23rd of October. The only good news he had was that after the chemo is done on November 16th, and my hair starts coming in - an indication that the chemicals have gone through my body - that the skin should start covering the new tissue in the wound and closing up. The surgical visits lately have been short and not too painful. This time I didn't even know he was done.
So we continue with the wound vacuum for a while longer. Its been six weeks thus far and I didn't think I'd last this long dragging it around. I'm just getting tired of staying home from work. I've tried crossword puzzles to keep my mind active, knitting to keep my hands active, and calling friends to keep my mouth active.
It looks like this won't be the end of the blog for awhile yet.
Take care everyone. Thanks for the prayers.
Betsy
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
October 14, 2007
Good evening everyone.
Things are progressing slowly by my standards, but the nurses say otherwise. The oval shaped wound has changed to a circle which means it's closing in. There seems to be a little less pain on the bottom of my foot than before so I take each little change as a good sign. When I remove the vacuum myself in the shower, it's now bleeding which indicates new tissue is filling in. The nurses are happy with the color of the wound. Each little change, i. e. less pain, able to leave my foot on the floor for longer periods of time, moving my toes is a big step for me.
I was able to take the vacuum off when I took a group of seniors to Smithville on Thursday, Oct. 11. At first the weather was pleasantly warm. When we went in to have lunch at the Smithville Inn, the rains came. After lunch we went back to shopping to find the temperature had dropped dramatically after the rain. My brother Denny (who's now retired) assisted me in the wheelchair. It was a good day away from my living room setting.
I have chemo tomorrow for one day. My next chemo is scheduled for Nov. 12 for 5 days and hopefully will be the end of it.
So things are changing for the good.
My friends at St. Rose have started to cook for our family two days a week, which is a blessing as with the colder weather setting in has kept Paul a little busier to make sure people's heaters are ready for start-up. So thank you to my friends Sue and Kathy for last week's dinners and desserts.
Keep up those prayers. They will get me back to First Presbyterian before you know it.
Betsy
Things are progressing slowly by my standards, but the nurses say otherwise. The oval shaped wound has changed to a circle which means it's closing in. There seems to be a little less pain on the bottom of my foot than before so I take each little change as a good sign. When I remove the vacuum myself in the shower, it's now bleeding which indicates new tissue is filling in. The nurses are happy with the color of the wound. Each little change, i. e. less pain, able to leave my foot on the floor for longer periods of time, moving my toes is a big step for me.
I was able to take the vacuum off when I took a group of seniors to Smithville on Thursday, Oct. 11. At first the weather was pleasantly warm. When we went in to have lunch at the Smithville Inn, the rains came. After lunch we went back to shopping to find the temperature had dropped dramatically after the rain. My brother Denny (who's now retired) assisted me in the wheelchair. It was a good day away from my living room setting.
I have chemo tomorrow for one day. My next chemo is scheduled for Nov. 12 for 5 days and hopefully will be the end of it.
So things are changing for the good.
My friends at St. Rose have started to cook for our family two days a week, which is a blessing as with the colder weather setting in has kept Paul a little busier to make sure people's heaters are ready for start-up. So thank you to my friends Sue and Kathy for last week's dinners and desserts.
Keep up those prayers. They will get me back to First Presbyterian before you know it.
Betsy
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