It Itches
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I am exactly 8 weeks and 2 days from my operation.
In the first few days after I returned from the hospital (after spending 5 days therein), I couldn't sleep longer than 5 ...
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Reviewing the D Buddy App
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I've been using the D Buddy app for two days now. I like it, although I find some of it difficult.
It's very convenient. I was able to enter what I was eating right ...
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One Month Update
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
It's been exactly one month since my surgery, so I thought I'd check in.
Pain. Yes, there is still pain. Pain when I walk, pain when I sleep, pain when I move. If I s ...
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Passover Challenges
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I was finally able to find the time and patience to take my new glucose meter out of the package, plug in the key code wand, and get it going. It's not like the old days, ...
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The Bills Are In
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Most of the bills from the tests leading up to the hysterectomy are in, and the operating bills themselves. I don't think this is the end, however. But I think this is mo ...
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Weight and See
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I did not go into this great surgery with the idea of losing weight. But, hey, if they take out a uterus with really abnormally thick walls, plus ovaries, wouldn't that gi ...
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A Miserable Day off Vicodin
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I can't lie: the day I came off the Vicodin was a miserable day. I'm not even sure why.
Yes, I felt more pain but it wasn't unbearable. I think it might've been a mat ...
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Off the Vicodin
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I came off the Vicodin last night. Mainly it did it because I felt the pain was manageable. And I did it because I'm tired of being a prisoner -- unable to drive, go to l ...
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Cancer Breakthrough
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Big, big article on the cover of the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday: "In a potential breakthrough for cancer research, Stanford immunologists discovered they can shrink ...
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A New Problem
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
While I was visiting with Dr. Stern, he mentioned something that had shown up on the chest x-ray they had performed while I was still in the hospital on March 11th: the x-r ...
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Press Conference
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Hey, everyone, thank you for coming. Please keep it low on the flashbulbs. Let's get right to the questions.
Q: How do you feel after the cancer surgery?
A: Pretty ...
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Feeling Much Better
by
catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I'm feeling much better, and the picture of the stitches tells you why. They almost look normal. (Pic was taken exactly two weeks and one day after the surgery.)
Sleepi ...
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Finally, a Corner to Turn
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
I felt like yesterday I turned a corner. I didn't feel as much of the pain, and my range of motion was better.
It took three days of bleeding from the stitches first, t ...
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Up at 5AM for Pain Meds
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Yep, here I am again, up at 5 am, and eating Fritos in advance of my pain meds. This pain has whipped my butt for two days now.
I had no idea that the pain would be so ...
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The Hospital
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Alta Bates hospital in Berkeley is its own little city. Even while I was doped up, I could tell the many layers of work that kept the place going, thriving. I was a ...
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Babysitting After Surgery
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catattack
Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer
Ruth is still a little nervous about leaving me alone even today counts the seventh day from which I had surgery!
So, she's looking for people to look in on me. Today ...
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