Night and Day

Aha I figured out how to switch my blog from one google account to another! and it's not easy!!!

Just thought I'd give a quick check up- you know, the post before the BIG life-changing-thoughtful post that I may have at like 5:36am within the next week or so... It's a touchy science like earthquake prediction :| (Seattle is due for a big one!!! or so they have been saying for weeks now)

I'm feeling ok & off the narcs. And no you can't have any because I may need them for a headache some day ;). So stop asking. The other day I did wake up in pain, at 10am. Although I was super excited to be awake in the am. for once, I had to take a Dilaudid and slept until the afternoon anyways. I guess I can't sleep on my left side. Maybe because the remaining organs on my the right side are stapled or clipped in place and that stretches them?

My sleep schedule is wrecked again. I'm in full on vampire mode. What's funny is that in my house I'm rarely even the last one to get up.... at 4pm! I love the upstairs people: we love sleep and we only see the sunrise as we close our blinds and stumble off to bed ;) Wait! Sun in Seattle?

Ok I'm getting slap-happy cause it's 3:38am. I better re-focus. I have a doctor's appointment at 9am on the 8th. No I did not make that appointment. I think I may have to stay up all night to be up in time for that. SCCA should know me by now- I was always the last blood draw of the evening, in the last radiation therapy spot of the day, and had to reschedule chemo once or twice because I couldn't make my 1pm appointments. I am ridiculous but at least I know my body well enough to know what times to avoid!

I'm not sure what the treatment plan is going to be. Chemo? Radiation? Both? None? Honestly people keep asking me what I'm going to do next and I have to almost remind myself what they are talking about. It's weird how right now it's on the back of my mind, and when some people see me it's the only thing they can think about.....

My steri-strips are off and the incision scar will not be pretty. This time I'm definitely gonna have to get that tattoo. Still deciding of what....

I watched a Grey's Anatomy tonight about all the residents doing the night shift- reminds me of my life right now. On the show the lead characters work separate surgery shifts- as the alarm goes off for the male lead, the female character is just crawling into bed. There are nights when I know what time it is when 1.) the garbage men come and a little later 2.) my roommate's (the one who occasionally has to get up earlier than 2pm for work) alarm going off. Those nights suck.

Girrowls and Owlaffes

My friend gave this adorable animal to me before surgery for good luck. She made it out of felt. She had asked me what my favorite animal was and I said that I liked giraffes and owls:

Surgery

Surgery went well. I had a last minute change in regards to my uterus- something which my doctor doesn't understand. I just didn't see a need to take out an organ just because it MAY later house a tumor. There is no way of knowing for sure, and for now I'd like to keep that chance of being a mom...

My doctor said that she was able to remove the malignancy with no problems. It was slightly attached to my bladder and so she took off a layer of tissue from it. She didn't see any other problems. She did a peritoneal wash to biopsy, but there were no other obvious tumors. Pathology is waiting....

Surgery tomorrow

I'm hungry and waiting to poop. Sounds exciting, huh? Lunch today consisted of a little cube of vegetable buillion and hot water soup. Yum and very filling. Tonight's dinner was jello and a huge things  bottle of Blue Gatorade mixed with Miralax. Yay!

I'm not really worried about the surgery at all. Actually I'm more worried about getting up for the 6:30am check in. I have been sleeping in soooooooo much lately that at this point I am almost better off just staying up all night.

So that's it. Surgery. Oh yeah- I'm not getting that historectomy as planned. Someone brought home a documentary on test tube babies and now I can't do it. It may be completely stupid, but at the moment my uterus is fine and dandy- why should I part with it? I will have babies some day....

Dinner

Snack

A little help needed

Hey everyone,

I figured out a way to get some treatments paid for, or anything else I would need. I'm a member of this awesome bartering website, where you can offer services or goods in exchange for other services or goods. I sold my guitar and now have enough credits to buy something else. Mechanics, dentists, massage therapists and other professionals are on the site and available for trades. My roommate has so far used her "dibbits" to get two massages and have a personal trainer for 2 weeks. These are legitimate professionals who are just offering a service so they too can get services. Pretty cool, huh?

In any case, there are naturopathic doctors and acupuncturists on the site. If I can get people to sign up and use my referral code, then I can get 20 dibits per person. Plus, if you sign up, you get around 50-60 dibits from the start and get a massage :) The site is for the Seattle folk mostly, but if you want to help me out you could join anyways ;)

Thanks!


Dibspace Referral Code