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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Post Surgery Update - 11/13/08
Surgery went well. They got started just a few minutes early and seemed to have finished early, somewhere around 3 hours. Kim did well, the Surgeon said that he saw no signs of cancer in the area he was in. Praise! They did say that they would send any tissue that they removed to the pathologist to make sure. Kim came home today and is doing remarkably well. She has two drains, that should be removed in the next 3-5 days and a "pain ball" that will last somewhere around 3 days. She had the pain ball last time as well. It is a ball about the size of the "Magic 8 Ball" that is full of pain medicine. Over time the ball pushes all of the pain medicine into a tiny tube that goes inside of the wound, kinda like a garden hose with the pin holes that waters the yard. She has not take any pain medicine other than the pain ball since sugery! Praise!
Recovery is supposed to be 2 weeks, so Thanksgiving should be exactly that!! Of course we give thanks everyday!
Thanks for all of the prayers and please give praise!
Continue to pray for healing, no signs of cancer in the removed tissue, continued trust and faith and just that we continue to be reminded how blessed we are!
Trusting in Him!
John
Pre Surgery Update
Just wanted to let everyone know that Kim has her reconstruction surgery Wed morning at 11:30 at RGH. We would appreciate your prayers. It has been 4 months since the last surgery and as we learned last week, just going back to the Hospital brings back alot of emotions. She hadn't seen her Medical Oncologist in 5 months so last weeks checkup was emotional. It is hard to believe it has been that long.
Pray for continued peace and trust and praise for 5 awesome months!!!!!!!
Trusting in Him,
John
Thursday, October 2, 2008
No news is good news
Hello everyone,
It has been a while since I sent out an update. In this case no news is good news. There really hasn't been much to report. After Kims hysterectomy July 2nd things have moved along very well. Kim was almost back to her normal routine including mowing the lawn 7 days after surgery. Kim also finished up her radiation treatments July 29th.
Just about the same time Kim was done with her radiation treatments she started taking her Aromatase Inhibitor (AI) medication. She takes it once a day for the next 5 years. Because she had the hysterectomy she was able to switch to this medication in place of Tamoxifen which you may be more familiar with. The AI has been shown to work better than Tamoxifen and has fewer side effects. At first Kim was having some stomach and headache problems which concerned us, but they seem to have gone away for the most part. That is a huge blessing since 5 years of feeling like she was would have been miserable.
Currently we are back to our normal schedules. Kim has started choreographing for the middle school show "Suessical" and is running a smooth ship here again (although she never really stopped). We have experienced a few "hmmmm" moments where something seemed not quite right, for instance some new pain and swelling in a knuckle, but we are being cautiously optimistic. Everything that we discover that is not usual will be a source of concern.
Kim has already been able to share with others from her experience, including talking with 2 people referred to her that she has never met and another close friend of the family that was recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer as well. Kim helped her walk through the process, meet Drs, answer questions, pray, and even sit in the hospital.
We are confident that there is a plan for this and for us and pray that it will be revealed to us. We have grown tremendously through this. I am not sure how we would have made it through this if we were anywhere else and not surrounded by such a great support system. Please pray that we deal with the "hmmm" things appropriately without over reacting, but in a sensible manner, that Kims Knuckle is just some Arthritis or something minor, continued good health, that her spirit and attitude continue to be amazing, and that we continue to have faith and trust!
Give praise that we are just a few weeks away from the 1 year anniversary of her diagnosis, Kims health, that Kim is tolerating the AI, that her hair is lookin' good, that we were able to spend our 10th wedding anniversary TOGETHER, and just for Gods peace he has given us.
John 15:2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
Trusting in Him,
John
It has been a while since I sent out an update. In this case no news is good news. There really hasn't been much to report. After Kims hysterectomy July 2nd things have moved along very well. Kim was almost back to her normal routine including mowing the lawn 7 days after surgery. Kim also finished up her radiation treatments July 29th.
Just about the same time Kim was done with her radiation treatments she started taking her Aromatase Inhibitor (AI) medication. She takes it once a day for the next 5 years. Because she had the hysterectomy she was able to switch to this medication in place of Tamoxifen which you may be more familiar with. The AI has been shown to work better than Tamoxifen and has fewer side effects. At first Kim was having some stomach and headache problems which concerned us, but they seem to have gone away for the most part. That is a huge blessing since 5 years of feeling like she was would have been miserable.
Currently we are back to our normal schedules. Kim has started choreographing for the middle school show "Suessical" and is running a smooth ship here again (although she never really stopped). We have experienced a few "hmmmm" moments where something seemed not quite right, for instance some new pain and swelling in a knuckle, but we are being cautiously optimistic. Everything that we discover that is not usual will be a source of concern.
Kim has already been able to share with others from her experience, including talking with 2 people referred to her that she has never met and another close friend of the family that was recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer as well. Kim helped her walk through the process, meet Drs, answer questions, pray, and even sit in the hospital.
We are confident that there is a plan for this and for us and pray that it will be revealed to us. We have grown tremendously through this. I am not sure how we would have made it through this if we were anywhere else and not surrounded by such a great support system. Please pray that we deal with the "hmmm" things appropriately without over reacting, but in a sensible manner, that Kims Knuckle is just some Arthritis or something minor, continued good health, that her spirit and attitude continue to be amazing, and that we continue to have faith and trust!
Give praise that we are just a few weeks away from the 1 year anniversary of her diagnosis, Kims health, that Kim is tolerating the AI, that her hair is lookin' good, that we were able to spend our 10th wedding anniversary TOGETHER, and just for Gods peace he has given us.
John 15:2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
Trusting in Him,
John
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Surgery Update
Quick update while I sit here in the hospital with Kim. Surgery appears to have gone really well. We got to the hospital at 5:30 a.m., she went in at 7:30 a.m. and was out of surgery and into recovery by 9:00 a.m.. They kept her in recovery for 3 hours and then up to her room. She was pretty groggy until around 4, but since then she has been awake. She is actually acting more like she just woke up from a nap than major surgery. She has already been up and walking twice. She ate a dinner (I had to go and get her something, I got to eat the hospital dinner, I think it was chicken ;-) ) including a snickers! The amazing thing to me is that she isn't on any pain medicine and not even hooked up to anything. The plan is she will get discharged before her radiation treatment at 7:00 a.m. in the morning and then she goes home! Amazing!!
Thank you all for your prayers! Please give thanks and praise tonight!!!!!
Trusting in Him!
John
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Surgery Moved Up
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:09 PM
Subject: Surgery Date Change
Just wanted to let everyone know that Kims Hysterectomy sugery date has been moved up from July 11th to July 2nd. There was a cancellation and Kim's Dr is having a baby and has been having contractrations, so they decided to go for it next week. As far as I am concerned it is good news. It will allow Kim to start her 5 year treatment of the Aromatase Inhibitor a week earlier. Probably doesn't make that much of a difference but it makes me feel better. Kim is the first scheduled surgery of the day at 7:30, so it will be an early morning. They will be using a Robot for the surgery and the expected stay is only 23 hours, so she should be home Thursday if all goes well.
The skin where we thought there was an infection looks MUCH better. I think the fluid must have been there from the start because it has always been much darker than it is now.
Praise: An earlier surgery which will allow me to be home for 4 days after the surgery, starting the AI a week earlier. No infection.
Prayer Requests: Good day for the surgeon, the Robot, side effects from hysterectomy (menopause), peace with the decision, effectiveness, Trust, Faith!
Thank you all for your prayers!
Trusting in Him,
John
Subject: Surgery Date Change
Just wanted to let everyone know that Kims Hysterectomy sugery date has been moved up from July 11th to July 2nd. There was a cancellation and Kim's Dr is having a baby and has been having contractrations, so they decided to go for it next week. As far as I am concerned it is good news. It will allow Kim to start her 5 year treatment of the Aromatase Inhibitor a week earlier. Probably doesn't make that much of a difference but it makes me feel better. Kim is the first scheduled surgery of the day at 7:30, so it will be an early morning. They will be using a Robot for the surgery and the expected stay is only 23 hours, so she should be home Thursday if all goes well.
The skin where we thought there was an infection looks MUCH better. I think the fluid must have been there from the start because it has always been much darker than it is now.
Praise: An earlier surgery which will allow me to be home for 4 days after the surgery, starting the AI a week earlier. No infection.
Prayer Requests: Good day for the surgeon, the Robot, side effects from hysterectomy (menopause), peace with the decision, effectiveness, Trust, Faith!
Thank you all for your prayers!
Trusting in Him,
John
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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