Home From Hospital After 4+ Weeks, Queensland, Australia

Hi folks,

 

Just the quickest and smallest of notes to let you know that I am home at last. Thanks for the love and wishes that were sent my way and told about daily by my beautiful Jeff, who had the added burden of having to travel a 2 1/2 hour round trip every day to visit me.

 

I had a setback at 7 days when I developed a leak while still in ICU. As you may be able to guess, I am still a long way from recovery, but I should have a week or so to gain some strength before chemo stars. I am home with my J- tube just in case I cannot control  my weight loss and my pic line which has been left in for the chemo infusions. The pain that I am experiencing at present is from the nerve damage from the chest drains that were in-situ for 4 weeks. My poor belly is still recovering form 4+weeks of twice daily heparin shots. I have lost a total weight of around 6.5 kilos and have the "pleasure" of still being on soft foods for the next 2 weeks at least and having it over 6-8 small meals/day. I cannot praise my surgical team any higher and as for the staff at the hospital, they were fantastic, from the cleaners ... who all took and interest in me ... right through to the nurses in ICU.

 

I still don't have the official staging, but sadly, the CTs before surgery didn't pick up that there was lymph node involvement ... 15 of the 30 removed ... but I'll just have to deal with it.  

 

Anyhow, once again thanks for all your blessings and prayers and as I get stronger, I'll keep in touch more.

 

Hugs