by Susan | Mar 14, 2018 | Horses, Medical
Follow-up for this surgery was two weeks after so I had about a week at home after Mike’s hospital stay. I was sure that the doctor would not be removing the drain since they had told me that I had to be down to less than 30 mls before it could come out. Again, I saw...
by Susan | Mar 7, 2018 | Caregiving, Medical
The nurses couldn’t believe that I’d had surgery only the day before when he was admitted. Admittedly I didn’t ever have much pain. Or maybe I just don’t feel it. Normally I like to be at the hospital when the doctors make rounds, but I knew this surgeon usually did...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2018 | Caregiving, Medical
The surgeon contacted the social worker to see what they could do to get us back to Lawrence safely. Our son went to work at 4:00 pm and we didn’t know what time we’d be done at the main hospital. Mike drove us from the surgical hospital to the main hospital where he...
by Susan | Feb 21, 2018 | Medical
​ We were on our way to Kansas City. I was to have surgery on Thursday, January 11 and Mike was to have an EGD with dilation on Friday, January 12 then we would drive home. We got to Lawrence without any problems and had dinner with Roderick and his girlfriend....
by Susan | Feb 14, 2018 | Caregiving, Medical
​ For the last four holiday seasons, I’ve felt grateful for my family because of Mike’s health. This season was a little different because of mine. Don’t worry I’ll get through this, it may not be as easy as we thought but I’ll survive. I was very worried about Mike...
by Susan | Feb 7, 2018 | Caregiving, Medical
The lumpectomy and sentinel biopsy was a breeze. I hardly had any pain. I did sleep a lot when we got home. And I got to John’s band concert on the next Tuesday, sans camera, but I was there. I would have had to go to great lengths to get his picture anyway. He was...
by Susan | Jan 31, 2018 | EGC, Medical
The lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy was scheduled for December 14. I would go in for the radioactive seed placement the day before. As I understood it this was the placement of a small radioactive device so the surgeon could see the edges of the tumor and would...
by Susan | Jan 24, 2018 | Medical
​ We were back in Kansas City for my first visits with the breast surgeon and breast oncologist the week after Thanksgiving. I started out with another mammogram (that’s three in two months if you’re counting) and an ultrasound. I was able to have lunch between the...
by Susan | Jan 16, 2018 | Medical
These words have changed my life in several ways since January of 2013. But this time it was personal. In November and December of 2014, we had traveled six times in eight weeks to KU Med Center as they were trying to find lung cancer that a local practitioner thought...
by Susan | Jan 10, 2018 | EGC, Horses, Medical
​ My day was completely derailed. It is Friday, November 10, eight days before my birthday. John’s fall play has the final dress rehearsal tonight and performances on Saturday and Monday. I had the biopsy on Monday and the doctor said that if she didn’t call by noon...
