To Jean,
Hi,this is Pat. I tried all the links you sent. Two didn't work but the
others gave me more info than I can digest at present!. Thank you again. I
think I know that I won't really know much about the stage until after the
hysterectomy. I also found what I think is a good tutorial on "Ask Noah"-
Endometrial Cancer PDQ Information for health care professionals. I think
there is one for patients but I have not got that yet. I see my general doc
tomorrow so the next thing is to ask him what type of tumour I have I
think. Then I have to wait until after the surgery. Is that right?
Thanks again.
PS I also found the Gyn-onc list or whatever
Pat
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> From: Jean Johnson <tiggeroo@tidalwave.net>
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> Subject: [MOL] Annie got back from the hospital yesterday/Here's what she
wrote
> Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 3:05 PM
>
> Hi All!
>
> Gina & I got back from Columbus last night at about 10:00 p.m. We would
> have been home a little sooner, but we had to stop to get some
> prescriptions filled before we left Columbus. We wouldn't have made it
> back in time to get to the Marion pharmacy before it closed.
>
> Everything went pretty well, considering . . . On Wednesday, we got to
> the hospital at about 8:30 a.m. My surgery was supposed to be at 10:45,
> but I didn't get called from the waiting room until then. Then in the
> surgery area, it was the usual stuff. Questions and questions about
> this
> & that. Several different people ask the same questions.
>
> I had a problem with high blood pressure while I was waiting - since I
> hadn't been able to take my medicines in the morning as usual (no food
> or
> drink after midnight). They ended up giving me some blood pressure
> medicine thru the IV, and the pressure came down enough for them to
> bring
> me into surgery.
>
> I had thought I was going to have general anesthesia, but it turned out
> just to be local, so I heard all that was going on. I was given
> something to relax me, so I wasn't bothered by the surgery. I also had
> to turn my head to the opposite side and they put a drape over my head,
> so I couldn't have seen anything even if I wanted to. The procedure
> took
> approximately 30 minutes. They said that I handled the surgery very
> well.
>
> I got to the recovery room at about 1:20 - I'm not sure when the surgery
> actually started since I didn't have my watch or my glasses. I really
> missed my glasses. All the people milling around and saying hello, and
> I
> couldn't even make out their faces. It put me at quite a disadvantage.
> I had to stay in the recovery room longer than necessary because they
> didn't have a room ready for me. I think it was about 3:00 before I got
> to the room. As soon as Gina walked in, I asked for my eyeglasses. Oh,
> it was so nice to see again!
>
> Not much happened for the next hour or two. I was anxious to get the
> chemo started! First I had to receive a saline IV (for about 2-3
> hours),
> then I received the first chemo drug - cisplatin. It took about 2 hours
> for the cisplatin to run through the IV, then they gave me the
> adriamycin. The adriamycin had to run much slower. It ran for about 20
> hours. Once it was done, we were soon on the road.
>
> On Thursday, I vomited twice. I had a terrible headache come on, then
> began to get nauseous. Once I vomited, I felt much better - no nausea
> or
> headache. I vomited just a little this morning. I've been pretty
> sleepy
> today and didn't feel much like eating this afternoon. I just ate some
> lunch since I'm feeling a little better right now.
>
> I'll maybe write more later. I'm getting tired again.
>
> Mom - I got the hat. It looks really nice and it fits!
>
> Linda & Jim - your package also arrived. One of the bottles of liquid
> spilled, but it was contained to the plastic bag. I don't know which
> thing spilled; we haven't cleaned it up yet.
>
> Love,
> Annie
>
> Everything is going well here. Last night I burned the midnight oil to
> finish up my disk of chemo info. for Annie. I'm putting it in the mail
> today. I figure I'll make her a psychological support-type of disk, too
> (maybe even keep a copy for myself!). Tom, the kids, and I are fine.
> Shannon shocked up this morning when, as she was watching t.v., she
> cried, "Eww-w-w! They french kissed!" Tom and I were, fo course,
> shocked because we know she's never heard that term from us. We asked
> her if she knew what it meant and she said, "Yes, someone kisses you on
> the top of you head." We asked her where (at 6-1/2-yrs.-old) she had
> heard that term. Turns out her older buddy Alex had mentioned it while
> referring to his much older sister and her boyfriend. I can already see
> that keeping ahead of what the kids learn from their buddies is going to
> be a tough assignment!
>
> -Jean
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