Here Another Year

I have been trying to get my blog caught up but I am taking a minute to remember today.  It was January 15, 2013 that I had my surgery and was officially diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian Cancer.  At least officially to me anyway.  Here it is two years later and I am still here.  I did not think about I am going to die and no one has told me that I have a set time to live so do not think that I have beaten any odds in that way.  However, I do feel pretty lucky to be still here two years later and still doing what I can do.  Did I think I would be out of work due to cancer? Nope but I am.  Did I think I would fall getting off Amtrak? Nope, but I did.  Do not worry, I will post about those to catch you all up but that was some of the thoughts I had today.

So, it has been two years and I am still here.  I hope to be here for many more years if I can help it.

Jenn :)

Tummy Troubles

Okay, so while on the pause in my treatment my stomach started acting up. It was like I would eat a little something and then feel really bloated afterwards.  Totally not normal.  And not fun either!!

I go to the emergency room twice and nothing.  I then feel so bad that after texting with Husband, I call for an ambulance to take me back to the emergency room.

While there I get a tube down my nose into my stomach.  That is so not a nice experience and I am glad that has been the only time I have had it done.  I am also admitted to the hospital.  I get "fixed" by having some liquid sucked from my stomach and put on a liquid diet.  That feels better!!

So after being discharged I then return to have a G Tube put in my stomach.  It is sometimes referred to as a Peg Tube.  While having this put in, I am put under a little sleepy medicine so I do not know what is going on.  I am glad as I do not think I want to know how it was put in.

So, let us try something fun.  About two days after this tube was put in, it just fell out while I was walking through the kitchen.  I was stunned and just stood there for a second or two.  I called my mom who said to bag it and go to the emergency room.  And away I go!!

The emergency room doctor tried to put it back in.  I was trying to avoid a hospital stay so that is why I agreed to him doing that.  I do not think I will do that again.  He did not get it in and so I am in the hospital that night to have it put back in me in the morning.  The nurses were quite surprised to see me back and to hear the tube fell out.  Yeah, it was just one of those things!! Just wish it had not happened to me.

So, long story short, it is still in.  I am back on solid foods.  I also have to keep it clean.  The home health care nurses that helped keep it clean at first was a great help also.  I do not enjoy it still being in there but this is something that I think that cannot be taken out and put in as you want so it stays in for now.  It gets a little irritated feeling around the tube has been put in.  So, I am learning to live with it.  It is what it is!

Jenn