Ddcoo
28-12-12, 17:04
I have just read all your wonderful posts while I have been sunning myself in the Bahamas (only joking) and want to thank every one of you for getting me through this with a lot of help from my NMP ted who has slept in my lovely sweaty plastic hospital bed every day with me. I know I have a long 12 month journey of recovery ahead, but I have you all to jolly me along on the tiring days. If any of you ever feel the need to pm me then I would be happy to try and help.
Well the new half of my tongue taken from my left wrist is looking healthy if not rather swollen, it feels like a large chunk of liver but in about 8 weeks time it should have reduced to a more manageable size, but folk can understand what I am saying If I speak slowly, I just sound as though I have consumed too many G&T's.
The patch they took from my tummy to patch the wrist is about 9" long & still full of staples until Mon when they will be removed. I had about 30 staples in my neck which were removed yesterday. The other bad bit is my left arm where they took the artery from wrist to elbow to feed the new piece of tongue, this is to be redressed on Mon and a support fitted so that I can't damage the artery site and where mt new tongue came from,
I don't know whether you will believe this, as I can hardly believe it, but I have never been in any
pain, just discomfort, especially all round my neck where they took the lymph nodes from.
What I have to work hard at now is speech therapy to try and realign my tongue as the old bit of tongue is pulling over to the left.I am being fed down a gastric tube for the next few weeks then I have to learn to swallow again, which is quite a scarey prospect. How clever these surgeons are, the cancer will be gone and I am hoping the lymph is clear.
My man has been wonderful, not just bt being there, but has had to learn how to feed me via a machine which I think is not only complicated but can be dangerous, then today he has had to go and hire a nebuliser machine as last night I was choking on thick sticky mucous which was frightening, so hopefully our 2nd night back together maybe a bit less frought. Excuse writing as I can only use one hand at the moment,
I would again like to thank you all for your prayers, THEY WORKED.
Well the new half of my tongue taken from my left wrist is looking healthy if not rather swollen, it feels like a large chunk of liver but in about 8 weeks time it should have reduced to a more manageable size, but folk can understand what I am saying If I speak slowly, I just sound as though I have consumed too many G&T's.
The patch they took from my tummy to patch the wrist is about 9" long & still full of staples until Mon when they will be removed. I had about 30 staples in my neck which were removed yesterday. The other bad bit is my left arm where they took the artery from wrist to elbow to feed the new piece of tongue, this is to be redressed on Mon and a support fitted so that I can't damage the artery site and where mt new tongue came from,
I don't know whether you will believe this, as I can hardly believe it, but I have never been in any
pain, just discomfort, especially all round my neck where they took the lymph nodes from.
What I have to work hard at now is speech therapy to try and realign my tongue as the old bit of tongue is pulling over to the left.I am being fed down a gastric tube for the next few weeks then I have to learn to swallow again, which is quite a scarey prospect. How clever these surgeons are, the cancer will be gone and I am hoping the lymph is clear.
My man has been wonderful, not just bt being there, but has had to learn how to feed me via a machine which I think is not only complicated but can be dangerous, then today he has had to go and hire a nebuliser machine as last night I was choking on thick sticky mucous which was frightening, so hopefully our 2nd night back together maybe a bit less frought. Excuse writing as I can only use one hand at the moment,
I would again like to thank you all for your prayers, THEY WORKED.