Morning started with a trip to a new Aurora hospital … St. Lukes. Yet another GE unit in the Nuc Med department… the echo wasn't painful, but it's also not comfortable to have a probe pressed hard against your breast and ribs, trying to get a clear view of the heart and its health.
After Heather tortured Liz while she ate her lunch (Liz couldn't eat after midnight or drink anything after 8am), we headed over to Sinai Hospital for Outpatient Surgery. OK… Heather didn't really torture me, I doubt I would have had an appetite to eat anyways. For some reason I was extremly anxious about this minor surgery, which is odd given my medical history (Note from Heather: Liz once watched her own ACL reconstruction...while it was actually happening).
We started with a quick trip to the CT department and picked up the Barium drink. I decided to go with the Raspberry Lemonade flavor.
Then we proceeded to the PT department to meet with my Leslie Waltke, my Physical Therapist. We discussed the importance of me working out prior to starting chemo and during my chemo treatment. Research has found that this level of activity will decrease any concerns about damage to my heart that could be caused by drugs like adriamycin.
Next we went to Ambulatory Surgery and started getting prepped for minor surgery to have a port installed on my left chest for chemo and other withdrawals and injections. Surgery went well and I managed to only be heavily sedated (called "twilight sedation") with Versed. As I was getting discharged the pain was higher than I expected, thankfully there's Percocet.
All drugged up from surgery and Percocet, we went home… and enjoyed some lovely Thai dinner with Eren and Tracy. It wasn't one of my social nights, but it was great to have friends around and feel the support. ~Liz
After Heather tortured Liz while she ate her lunch (Liz couldn't eat after midnight or drink anything after 8am), we headed over to Sinai Hospital for Outpatient Surgery. OK… Heather didn't really torture me, I doubt I would have had an appetite to eat anyways. For some reason I was extremly anxious about this minor surgery, which is odd given my medical history (Note from Heather: Liz once watched her own ACL reconstruction...while it was actually happening).
We started with a quick trip to the CT department and picked up the Barium drink. I decided to go with the Raspberry Lemonade flavor.
Then we proceeded to the PT department to meet with my Leslie Waltke, my Physical Therapist. We discussed the importance of me working out prior to starting chemo and during my chemo treatment. Research has found that this level of activity will decrease any concerns about damage to my heart that could be caused by drugs like adriamycin.
Next we went to Ambulatory Surgery and started getting prepped for minor surgery to have a port installed on my left chest for chemo and other withdrawals and injections. Surgery went well and I managed to only be heavily sedated (called "twilight sedation") with Versed. As I was getting discharged the pain was higher than I expected, thankfully there's Percocet.
All drugged up from surgery and Percocet, we went home… and enjoyed some lovely Thai dinner with Eren and Tracy. It wasn't one of my social nights, but it was great to have friends around and feel the support. ~Liz
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