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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I saw the PA today and she prescribed another antibiotic. While it looks better than it did the last time she saw it in terms of the reddening....it is very swollen. There is a seroma but she did not want to drain it ... she is concerned it will stir up the infecious process if it is indeed infected. I had been put on Doxycycline and Rifampin and on day 7 I had to stop taking them. My stomach was torn up from the Doxy...horrible upset stomach and reflux. No amount of meds and antacids were helping. I had a bit of a chuckle about it after the fact as I lost 4 pounds in that one week. I have been dieting since Jan. 1 and losing slowly...that was a lot in a week so my total is not bad right now. 
So...I keep my pain and continue on antibiotics and see the surgeon next Mon or Tues. They will email my appointment. They are awesome about contacting you and giving you ways to contact them. I have a direct phone number for everyone on my team including my surgeon. Very, very impressed with the care at M.D. Anderson! When you have an appt. you are seen at that time..no waiting longer than 5 minutes. Unbelievable!
Thank you so much everyone for your thoughts and prayers. You have no idea how comforted I am by them. I am hanging in .. I told a friend that this is the worst time of my life since my mother died...and that was eons ago. Guess I am kind of feeling sorry for myself off and on now. But...basically I am grateful that my biopsy turned out as it did. Things could be much worse. Not sure I want to know how much, though.  |
I had to laugh about you joking over the weight loss...keep that sense of humor intact...humor and laughing is always important, but esp right now!
It's tough to see you write that second part I bolded, bc we both know what it is to lose a Mom and what you go through during and after, and
forever bc of it. I know life isn't fair, but I sure wish you weren't having to endure so much pain - physical, emotional, mental, spiritual etcetera. You stay strong...but you also go right ahead and feel sorry for yourself when you need to, bc your mind/heart needs to feel those feelings too. Also? Get pissed off! This can help keep the spirit on its toes
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