idahoanmom

In Boise with dr. Anderson...anyone else local?

Corned beef and roast beef hash and scrambled eggs saved me!!!

Well, chemo went as well as chemo could have gone. I was cleared as no signs of post chemo growth the 8th of August. I go back in December for another scan to check again. I was finally banded on aug 30th and am on week two of mushiness...and down 17 pounds! My first fill will be oct 15th! Yay!

Hello all. Well I won't be banded for a while so I am going to log out for a while. I start rchop chemo on the 23rd. Should take about five months to get through. Need to focus on that. Bad news is I will lose all my hair by the end of the month...good news is I wont have to shave my legs all summer long! Keep the group going...wonderful support April bandsters! I would sooo much rather be losing it with y'all than going through this...but life is an adventure and apparently I am on a different ride! Goodluck to everyone! Stay strong I know you will all succeed and be fit an fabulous in no time at all!

Well, lab tests came back cancerous, actually only 5 other reported cases type of cancer, but non aggressive. So heading to oncologist for tests and if they come back clear I shall be banded may 24th. Talk about a hiccup! But on the bright side...my surgeon is getting to know me well! I am dubbed the surprise girl!!! Lol! Life is sooo funny! Congrats to all other April bandsters who made it through!

Start golfing!

Everything happens for a reason. I am one week post op. After waking up without a lapband I count myself lucky. My lapband surgeon I chose him because he wasn't just a lap band surgeon but also a general surgeon. Y'know just in case. The fear of anything going wrong should not be discounted. After he got in there his expertise as a general surgeon allowed him to see something that wasn't right. He found an egg shaped tumor on my spleen. After two hours of precise carving they removed both whole. Recovery has been hard. It hurts like hell, especially since he had to carve a bit of my diaphragm too to get the spleen out whole. The pathogist has found abnormal cell groupings and has had to send my sample out to another lab for diagnosis. So, I sit here on my norco recovering and waiting. It could be a weird benign thing. It could be lymphoma. I had my day of tears! But honestly I am so lucky my surgeon was who he was. That he could literally, by accident find this growth before it spread or became symptomatic. I may still be headed to chemo and down a different path than skinny land at the moment. But if nothing else I hope my story can help others be patient and make these decisions not in haste, choosing your providers for the things that "could" happen because by not listening to your fears and taking appropriate steps to cover those bases, ie running to the first doc who will put it in the fastest,choosing accredited providers, there wouldn't be chances for miracles like mine! I still plan on moving forward with the lapband after I get through whatever THIS is. Either way overweight and cancer free or skinny and cancer free I look forward to living. It has humbled me to know that I could die! I speak softer to my kids, I think twice about everything! Now if the pain will just heal quicker I can move forward with healing inside and out! All because of a great doctor, hamburgers and sweets!

Was discharged from hospital last night. Apparently the tumor was behind my spleen not somewhere it would ever have been found unless I had gone in for lap band surgery. So praise the Lord for that! Still waiting on lab results to be sure it was indeed benign. It was the size of an Easter egg! Doc said I should heal in about three weeks and can get the band then. After this pain...I bet it will be a breeze. I am more susceptible to getting sick like pneumonia and meningitis now but that is ok if it saved me from a different cancer down the road. I guess a tumor that size can cause a spleen to bleed internally and you can die from just that! By the time you become symptomatic it's over! I have more reasons now to be healthy....if I had said no lap band i could have died from being overweight! We just don't know do we!!!!??? Anyway, will keep y'all posted! Susan

. Thanks! Glad to hear you are doing alright!!

So I woke up, no lapband. I had a tumor on my spleen so they removed it instead. Both tumor and spleen Been puking all day and in recovery. Doesn't look malignant but will know in a couple days. Bummed and in pain!

So I had a dream last night that I was out of surgery and felt GReAt...then I forgot I had it and popped a mini snicker in my mouth...realized it and spit it out...rinsed my mouth but swallows a nut! Ahhh the horror of it...I am supposed to be on a liquid diet! Then my stomach gets this weird bump like the heel of a baby pushing out but I could feel the ring. Terrible...so I wake up and my alarm hadn't gone off...but I'm ok for time so I jump in the shower...and my sweet little five year old comes in. Now last night she was in tears at the thought of someone cutting me and me dying! So she has her little radio mp3 player device and she serenades me to the song "if I die young" by the band perry! OMG!!! What a beginning to surgery day! On my way to hospital! Surgery at 10:45! Is today really here?!

Smmrsue...Right there with you! 10:45am tomorrow am! Nervous, excited, apprehensive...especially after quennies post. Best wishes to you tomorrow! See you in lapband land!

My surgeon said there are three sizes. He Only puts the largest in because it can be filled to be as small as the others and when Un filled can usually correct a slip. Some still use the older smaller bands.

Getting banded in the morning! Will blog as I can!!!

Thank goodness! I thought I was the only one not on a preop liquid diet! Phew!!! Was afraid my doctor was missing something! I have my surgery Thursday the 5th!

I am scheduled for the 5th and have three kiddos. Middle schoolers and a K. How long did you have to wait before driving was safe? Trying to plan ahead....

Wow! That is great! It amazes me how different everyone and their doctors requirements are. For example I had to lose 12 pounds preop...that was my preop diet...post op I am on liquids for 3 wks, mushies for 3 weeks then week 6 I can start solids...no fill til week 6. Dr wants scar tissue to heal.

Perfect!!! Hubby is out of town on post op day 4. But I have a 13 yo boy for heavy lifting, an 11 year old girl for other things and a 5 year old girl, probably for emotional support (hugs ) None can drive though!!! Lol. Thank you! I am way less stressed about recovery now!

Ok so I have my surgery this Thursday (yay) and Monday the kids have track and 4h etc....so I should be fine by then! Just want to be safe! Thanks!