continuing with the story...when we got home, i got out of the car and still slightly drugged walked into the house and melinda says "there's blood all over the back of your pants"...not good...so we investigate and there was a lot of blood (obviously)...we called the hospital and they told us to put pressure on the "wound" for about 20 minutes...20 minutes later we thought okay it stopped, yay...we put another band aid on it and went about our business...wrong move, bleeding continued...but it wasn't the color of blood...it looked more like the color of mississippi mud...a reddish/burgundy clay kind of a color and it had chunks of something in it...it was gross...so again i called the hospital and tell then what was happening...they tell me that they will have someone call me back...the phone rings about 20 minutes later and it's matt (yay matt), he says that it's dead tissue and other crap (i forget what word he used) and the drainage is okay, should stop in a day or two...if not then i can go to the er and get a stitch or 2...okay, thanks matt...(i am not going to go to the er for them to stitch up anything that is trying to "drain" dead tissues and other crap out of my body)...i'll just let it drain...so, i let it drain for 10 days (having to change the pad we used for soaking up the "stuff" 2-3 times a day)...10 long pain in the ass (literally) days...
in the meantime i was waiting for the biopsy results...and i called because i hadn't heard anything by the 3-5 day window and i learn that doctor #6 was on vacation and i had to wait for her return before i got any results...(WTF?!?!?!), which meant we had another 10 days to wait...after the drainage stops i start having very intense pain in my thigh...like vomit inducing pains....and i have a fever (possible infection?) call the hospital again...if fever isn't over 101.5 then it isn't an infection they say...my normal body temp is 97.9 my temp. the thermometer read 100.9 to me, that was a fever...that lasted 4-5 days...(i was a very unhappy camper during this time) eventually my temp goes back to normal, but the pain remains...(i am not one for taking pain medication, i didn't really fight taking them during this time)...monday finds its way here and i call the hospital again for the results...they have to call me back, they call back to say my case has to be discussed with the tumor board on wednesday...(ARGH!)..wednesday comes...tumor board meets after hours...(double ARGH!)...thursday they call...NO MALIGNANCY!!! we're pretty happy...(i however am still in crazy pain)...but very happy that there will be no amputation and i'll only have to have surgery...so we think.
in the meantime i was waiting for the biopsy results...and i called because i hadn't heard anything by the 3-5 day window and i learn that doctor #6 was on vacation and i had to wait for her return before i got any results...(WTF?!?!?!), which meant we had another 10 days to wait...after the drainage stops i start having very intense pain in my thigh...like vomit inducing pains....and i have a fever (possible infection?) call the hospital again...if fever isn't over 101.5 then it isn't an infection they say...my normal body temp is 97.9 my temp. the thermometer read 100.9 to me, that was a fever...that lasted 4-5 days...(i was a very unhappy camper during this time) eventually my temp goes back to normal, but the pain remains...(i am not one for taking pain medication, i didn't really fight taking them during this time)...monday finds its way here and i call the hospital again for the results...they have to call me back, they call back to say my case has to be discussed with the tumor board on wednesday...(ARGH!)..wednesday comes...tumor board meets after hours...(double ARGH!)...thursday they call...NO MALIGNANCY!!! we're pretty happy...(i however am still in crazy pain)...but very happy that there will be no amputation and i'll only have to have surgery...so we think.
3 comments:
wonderful news, virlena!! I'm so glad there's no malignancy!
You're beautiful and I love you very much. I hope your pain goes away very, very soon.
wow. i'm speechless, which is saying a lot because i talk a lot. you are amazingly strong.
goop.
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