Suzie, please accept my condolences on the loss of your beloved mother. I'm so sorry but I'm sure that your wonderful memories will be a comfort and blessing to you always.
Marcie Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2016, at 8:17 PM, Suzieq <sheila.a.wat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello to my CML Survivors! > > Hope everyone had a very nice Thanksgiving. I know it's been a while since I > posted anything, but I haven't been on line very much for a few weeks. I > come today to let y'all know that I had to have a total hip replacement of my > left hip which was done on October 20th and was in the hospital (St.Louis) > for 5 days till they moved me to a hospital closer to our home for almost 2 > weeks of Rehab. I have one more week of restrictions left and then I'm > home-free! Yea!!! This has been about the worst (I should say the longest) > recovery from surgery that I have ever faced. I am not a patient person, > but I have obeyed & not being doing the things I was told not to do. The > reason for the replacement, it was bone on bone (the two weeks leading up to > surgery were the most painful I have ever experienced). I had a major case > of Arthritis according to the Orth. Surgeon of which he cleaned out as best > he could while in there. He did say that I would probably have to have the > other one replaced later on down the road (of which I thought to myself, it > will have to be a long time down the road as far as I am concerned, lol), > but it's not bothering me for now so we will leave it alone. He was very > surprised that I have such a case of Osteo Arthritis as my age (63). Seems > the left side has been the worse. Not only was it in the hip, but it's in > the left Sacroiliac Joint just as bad. The right side has a bit, just not > as bad. He made me go off the Gleevec for 30 days starting 7 days prior to > the operation. That long wasn't mentioned in the beginning, I thought it > was going to only be 15 days, but he said to stay off of it for the full 30 > days. I am hoping all will be well when I see my Hem/Onc on the > 19th.....sure hate to lose my "non-detected", but even so, shouldn't take > too long before it's back to 0. > > Oh, and one more thing..........I had my surgery on Thursday and my Mom > passed away Saturday night at 11:15 (Florida time). Needless to say, no way > was I able to travel the 1025 miles (one way) to be with my oldest brother > and for the funeral. I still grieve for her. I am now very thankful that I > had last spring with her when I went down to care for her once she came out > of the hospital. Got to spend 2 & 1/2 months as her total caregiver until we > placed her back in the rehab/residential home where she wanted to go. She > knew I was going in for surgery and she knew it went well. I told my husband > I feel she planned her death perfectly cause she knew I would put off the > surgery no matter how bad my pain was and come down there to be with her. She > never wanted to be a "burden" to us and she always was worrying about me with > the CML even though I told her that I was just fine, that it was not a > problem, that the Gleevec was doing it's job and all was well. Since I > wasn't able to be there, I told my brother that maybe we could maybe have a > special Memorial Service for her back in the hometown in Kentucky where most > of the family still lives later sometime after the 1st of the year. Everyone > seemed to be okay with that. > > Okay, I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas & the Happiest New Year! > > Suzieq > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
