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<blockquote data-quote="VelocityYellowRules!" data-source="post: 95394" data-attributes="member: 1318"><p>Good morning!</p><p></p><p>A long day, starting with the usual no eating or drinking from midnight on. Up at 5, 35 minute walk, shower but no deodorant (imagine what I smell like this morning!). 6:45 apply emla creme to numb the area around the original tumor location. To the hospital, register at 7, to radiology for this funky multiple cobalt radioactive tracer injection. I thought it was a cool, 4 needle at once instrument but rather it was four separate needles encased in a lead cylinder! This injection is to show the flow of fluid from the tumor to the sentinel node. Wait a while, not sure how long as no jewelry or watches or metal can be worn, and have the first scans. Then wait for a while, maybe an hour, more scans. A problem, potentially. Due to the lymphodema that started about four years ago things don't flow well to start with and I have a normally swollen arm. So second scan, this one takes a long time as they shoot it from many different angles. Concern expressed as even after maybe 3 plus hours not the movement they want to see. This may make it difficult to find the nodes the Dr. is looking for.</p><p></p><p>One super super funny encounter - one of the nurses here asked me if I'm "Garry the Runner". I tell her I might be and she said that she heard me give the motivational speeches to the beginning runners back in 2009 and 2010 when i was running with the club here in Grande Prairie. I laughed she would have remembered me from there!</p><p></p><p>For me the thought will they cancel the surgery?</p><p></p><p>So back to my room, 1:50 they come to get me and take me to the holding area. Meet with one nurse, then the Dr. Tells me he is not overly sure yet what will happen. Might be a case of just going ahead and removing all the lymph nodes in my shoulder and also left chest area. Not too excited about this as they may not be cancerous and will for sure make the lymphodema worse. But perhaps he can still get some indication with his Geiger counter, he won't be sure as another 3 or so hours has passed since the last scan was done.</p><p></p><p>Then meet with the anesthesiologist and he gives me his part of the story.</p><p></p><p>Next thing I know he warns me I will start to get tired.</p><p></p><p>Then I wake up, the Dr. is there. Said that he removed some samples from both locations and is going to send them to the cancer council for their recommendation. Things looked fine, no tumerous looking lymph nodes.</p><p></p><p>Not sure what time that was but I had to wait on hour and was out the door at 7 and home at 9.......</p><p></p><p>Oddly no stitches, he used Steri-strips which I found interesting for the length of the incision.</p><p></p><p>Mind blowing even more, no antibiotics proscribed and while some pain killers have been, the pain was not that bad and almost non-existent this morning, not at all what I was expecting.</p><p></p><p>So now the waiting game, up to two weeks to get the sample results and the opinion of the council. With some good luck this might be the end. If not maybe they have to go and fish the rest of them out and so be it.</p><p></p><p>On the Sunday trip in spotted two C7's and a Viper, it was super weather to enjoy such a car too.</p><p></p><p>And yes, I've even been starting to read how to do a burnout with a C6 Z06 on YouTube - ever the optimist am I!</p><p></p><p>Thanks to you all again for walking with me through this time in my life!</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p></p><p>Garry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VelocityYellowRules!, post: 95394, member: 1318"] Good morning! A long day, starting with the usual no eating or drinking from midnight on. Up at 5, 35 minute walk, shower but no deodorant (imagine what I smell like this morning!). 6:45 apply emla creme to numb the area around the original tumor location. To the hospital, register at 7, to radiology for this funky multiple cobalt radioactive tracer injection. I thought it was a cool, 4 needle at once instrument but rather it was four separate needles encased in a lead cylinder! This injection is to show the flow of fluid from the tumor to the sentinel node. Wait a while, not sure how long as no jewelry or watches or metal can be worn, and have the first scans. Then wait for a while, maybe an hour, more scans. A problem, potentially. Due to the lymphodema that started about four years ago things don't flow well to start with and I have a normally swollen arm. So second scan, this one takes a long time as they shoot it from many different angles. Concern expressed as even after maybe 3 plus hours not the movement they want to see. This may make it difficult to find the nodes the Dr. is looking for. One super super funny encounter - one of the nurses here asked me if I'm "Garry the Runner". I tell her I might be and she said that she heard me give the motivational speeches to the beginning runners back in 2009 and 2010 when i was running with the club here in Grande Prairie. I laughed she would have remembered me from there! For me the thought will they cancel the surgery? So back to my room, 1:50 they come to get me and take me to the holding area. Meet with one nurse, then the Dr. Tells me he is not overly sure yet what will happen. Might be a case of just going ahead and removing all the lymph nodes in my shoulder and also left chest area. Not too excited about this as they may not be cancerous and will for sure make the lymphodema worse. But perhaps he can still get some indication with his Geiger counter, he won't be sure as another 3 or so hours has passed since the last scan was done. Then meet with the anesthesiologist and he gives me his part of the story. Next thing I know he warns me I will start to get tired. Then I wake up, the Dr. is there. Said that he removed some samples from both locations and is going to send them to the cancer council for their recommendation. Things looked fine, no tumerous looking lymph nodes. Not sure what time that was but I had to wait on hour and was out the door at 7 and home at 9....... Oddly no stitches, he used Steri-strips which I found interesting for the length of the incision. Mind blowing even more, no antibiotics proscribed and while some pain killers have been, the pain was not that bad and almost non-existent this morning, not at all what I was expecting. So now the waiting game, up to two weeks to get the sample results and the opinion of the council. With some good luck this might be the end. If not maybe they have to go and fish the rest of them out and so be it. On the Sunday trip in spotted two C7's and a Viper, it was super weather to enjoy such a car too. And yes, I've even been starting to read how to do a burnout with a C6 Z06 on YouTube - ever the optimist am I! Thanks to you all again for walking with me through this time in my life! Cheers, Garry [/QUOTE]
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