mom4sadie
One Year and 5 days
Oct 17, 2009
Boy... a lot can happen in 1 year and 5 days! Try this on for size... I had gastric bypass 1 year and 5 days ago... I have lost 150 pounds, had two different types of cancer, now doing chemotherapy and still trying to juggle all of it!!! Never in my wildest dreams a year ago did I think #1 that I would lose 150 pounds in a year... and #2 I would have one cancer, let alone two different types of them and have to do Chemotherapy, but let me tell you this... I AM A LUCKY and BLESSED WOMAN!I have so much to be grateful for... even though it is REALLY REALLY hard... I am grateful. God has taught me a lot through this ordeal... and I'm sure there are more lessons to learn... but I am blessed.
For those who are not up-to-date on me... On August 5th I was diagnosed with Endometrial cancer and scheduled to have a hysterectomy on August 19th. In the midst of surgery it was discovered that I also had ovarian cancer. 5 weeks later I began chemotherapy.. more or less a preventative chemo cause both cancers were caught in their earliest stages.. THANK GOD! I was told at my first oncologist visit that Gastric bypass saved my life in more then one way... not only did I lose weight to save my life that way... but it slowed the progression of my cancer to almost a crawl... THANK YOU GOD.. and DRS. OLDHAM AND WEISS!!!
As I look back over the past 18 months I can see God's hand in all this. If Dr. Golden hadn't nudged me towards weight loss surgery (at the time it was lap band, but God himself moved that mountain and moved me to gastric bypass) and to the surgeon's and hospital I used, I saw an internist there for my pre-op stuff but he wasn't going to be there the week of my surgery and I was switched to one of his partners.. and I loved him... Dr. Anthony Martin...I decided to keep him as my full time doctor and he was the one who pursued my first symptoms and we found the cancers early.. if he hadn't been johnny on the spot.. I'd have been in big trouble in a couple of months... THANK YOU DR. MARTIN! He recommended Dr. Trent.. my gyno and then he recommended to me my Oncologist.. Dr. Ueland.. and this wonderful team of 6 doctors together have saved my life in several ways. I am soooo grateful to them and to God for all they have done for me.
Anyways... I just had my 2nd round of chemo two days ago and waiting to see how I am going to do with it. It has been made a little harder with my problems from my bypass. (since RNY I have had trouble getting fluid in) After my first round of chemo I had to be hospitalized for dehydration but Dr. Martin got me back on my feet in 24 hours and feeling better. We are experimenting this time with some things to see if we can prevent that... but if we have to rehydrate each time ... WE WILL! We are going to beat this thing. As I look at it... 2 treatments down... 4 to go... WE ARE GOING TO BEAT THIS!!!
anyways... This is turning into a novel and it must end now cause I'm getting a headache (another side effect of my chemo) and I need to go lie down.. but I wanted to post an update.. .sorry it is 5 days late... but better LATE THEN NEVER!
Love to all!
Deb- soon to be cancer FREE!
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About Me
Williamsburg, KY
Location
30.9
BMI
Surgery
10/13/2008
Surgery Date
Aug 17, 2008
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