Kilaani
Still here
Jan 26, 2013
Wow, it is hard to fathom that another year has almost slipped by since I last posted. What a year. I decided on thigh reconstructive surgery with Dr. Agha. He is amazing and aggressive about getting the best contour possible. I did, unfortunately, have complications. Looking back and knowing what my body has gone through, now, it is like duh, of course I had complications. But then,we did not expect them so it was quite a shock.
I had a thigh lift, vertical thighplastcy and lipo 6-12-12. I also had a revision of my lower body lift scar and Dr. Agha was actually able to lower it by almost 2 inches. in July, my surgery unravelled and I had very large open wounds in my inner area from groin to knee and on my back all the way across. We had done wet to dry dressings for weeks and finally returned to Dr. Agha after constant contact while this all occurred. I also had a nasty case of cellulitis pop up while I was home in Las Vegas. After I healed with help from Dr. Agha and a wound vac, I had another surgery where he closed up the wounds and revised again and spent 6 weeks in Cali in a hotel room next to John Wayne airport. I moved very little trying to help healing. I was able to return home in September, but then spent a night in the hospital for severe anemia (3%) and 2 blood transfusions. Next 5 weeks spent meeting a hematologist and getting iron infusions. Hema wanted to know WHY I was anemic. I thought it was just because of the past 6 months trauma on my physical body, but he wanted a colonoscopy and follow up. I jumped back for a Pap smear with my regular doc since I was overdue. 2 days after my colonoscopy came back clean, a OBGYN testing resulted with the result of endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma. Turns out, I had blow off a bad pap flag in August 2010 and didn't follow up. Might have had the cancer even back then.
Full hysterectomy was done and they thought they got it all, but last week, they sent me to a radiation oncologist and want further treatment of chemo and rad therapy. My head is spinning, there goes the rest of the teaching year. I was supposed to go back to work 2/4/13 after my 6weeks for the hysterectomy but there that goes. I am very concerned about the lymph nodes as I have had leg swelling since June and before. After surgeries, even with constant compression, legs look bad if I have been on them a few hours: bad news for a teacher on her feet 10 hours a day.
God is in control and I am not. The past years eating would have resulted in significant weight gain if not for the DS. I have: eaten crap, eaten too much, eaten when I was not hungry, eaten for emotional comfort, and experienced far more Acid and heartburn than in the prior 7 years. However, day of surgery- 140lbs in December. I am holding around 144-146 pounds.
Since my DH has been sleeved just a few days ago, I know I have even more cause to clean up my eating, so I am back to work my DS I the best way I can. Getting off sugar is sooo hard, but it feeds cancer and makes me feel crappy. Trying to finally grow up and stop my diet of an 8 year old.
