I am so bummed. Cancer doc says Im still cancer free...BUT...they have to do ANOTHER surgery now because the plate that is holding the jaw bone has started protruding along the incision line, under the edge of my jaw (its at an angle where I cant really see it myself, but doc noticed it right away). Major risk of infection, and major risk of any pressure on the jaw opening the whole incison line. So theyll take a flap of skin from my neck/shoulder area and patch it over the opening. Thankfully its an out-patient procedure, so no drains to deal with, and doc said it would only take an hour and a half or so then I could go home once out of recovery. But it means no driving for a week cause I hafta keep my neck pretty still (she said 10 days and then I gave her the look and asked if she knew who she was talking to so she relented to 7 days). Surgery is now scheduled for the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Thank the Lord above that Cindis schedule changes the week before my surgery to having Tuesdays and Wednesdays off. So no Thanksgiving for me, but thats ok cause I cant really eat much anyway. The best part is that Im in no pain from it, and doc says that since all the surgical stuff will be on the outside where I have no feeling, I shouldnt have much pain after the procedure either (just some stinging where they take the skin graft). So all in all, it was a good visit. Surgeon thought I was doing great otherwise and no sign of cancer. The nutritionist just happend to be there and saw me in the waiting room so I went ahead and had an appointment with her too. She was very happy. My weight is down to 158, so 21 pounds since mid July. Overall Im down 10 sizes! My lean muscle mass ratio stayed good - of the 21 pounds I lost, only 1 pound was muscle and 20 pounds was fat. I know the muscle loss was recent just because Im spending so much time sitting in the car instead of exercising to keep or build muscle. My primary care doc had already sent over my blood work from last week and all my numbers there looked good. My iron was a little low, but within limits and everything else was unremarkeable. So now I have blessing to go down to 132 as long as I keep my body mass index good and muscle the same or increasing. Im going to have ice cream and take a nap.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 20:57:54 +0000
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