Sorry to keep some of you in suspense about my drain. I’m sure much sleep was lost over it. (I wonder if someone will ever design a sarcasm font. It would be helpful.) They took it out on Monday.
In fact, I’m full of all kinds of good news this week:
1. Drain is gone
2. Infection is looking better, so I might get to do a one stage surgery next time instead of two (short version: no expanders, straight to implants)
3. For better or for worse, I’ve reached my out of pocket expenses for the year so everything from now til the end of December is 100% covered. I’m really hoping to get that one stage surgery in under the wire.
4. I was told I have a beautiful colon. How many people can say that?
5. I don’t have to drink Gatorade with Miralax for 10 years (maybe 5 with my cancer history). It’s awful. I mean really awful. Lemon lime Gatorade is bad enough but the Miralax turns it into a syrupy mess that just horrid to swallow.
I do itch though. On the frankenlefty side. Which is so weird, because I have no feeling there. I actually run into things with my frankenboob and can’t feel a darn thing. Shut it in the car door. Really, I did. Nothing. Except the itchiness. That I can’t scratch. Because there’s no feeling there. It would be funny if it weren’t happening to me. 😛
Ok. It’s a little bit funny.
6 responses to “Drainless with a side of itchy”
sprucehillfarm
September 20th, 2009 at 08:01
Well I am glad you got that drain out and hopefully you can get that one stage surgery soon.
I do not feel anything on my left side. It is weird to have an itch and not be able to scratch it. The same thing happens to me 🙂 Weird, I can also feel if it is wet but not when it gets wet but after if my shirt is wet I can feel that but do not actually feel it getting wet?!?
mandycharlie
September 20th, 2009 at 08:39
Hurrah! that the drain is gone..
Onwards and upwards.
Terrie
September 20th, 2009 at 13:05
Yeah! I’m glad the drain is gone. I hope you can get the one stage surgery soon.
I’d love to have a ‘sarcastic’ font 😀
lydee
September 20th, 2009 at 19:06
weird, very weird. lol about the colon!
Valerie
September 21st, 2009 at 14:30
Well, it’s not happening to me. And it is funny.
radioactive tori
September 23rd, 2009 at 14:35
My hysterectomy incision is like that. Numb, but itchy. I understand the frustration!
I’m glad you got the drain out, and hope you can squeeze everything in before the end of the year (who ever thought these are the things we’d be wishing for at our age????