Hi all,
Thank you for all your continued support, positive thoughts, prayers, calls, notes and cards.
My surgery has been planned for May 25th. The surgeon will be removing my esophagus and 1/3 of my stomach. He will then reshape the remaining stomach move it up thru my chest and attach it to my throat. I will be in the hospital for 9 days. I'm not sure on the length of time for recovery. I'll be having a feeding tube place during surgery and I don't know how long it will be there.
This waiting period is called my healing period. The doctor said the time was needed to heal my inside from the radiation. He explained to us that the radiation made my tissues like raw hamburg and the surgeon can't operate under those conditions.
I've been exercising daily to get my strength back. But I still seem to get tired easily, nothing a little rest or nap can't take care of. I find the pain in my stomach is getting better needing less pain medicine. My hair is growing, it's about 1/2 inch long now. I was hoping it would come back in curly but it is straight as a board. Just call me spike!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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