I'm almost done here with the infusion and it's been nice and relaxed. I took a 3 hour nap which was awesome since I have not been sleeping well. Ryan has been working remotely by my side the whole time and had a nice visit. It's been a good day so far :)
Just wanted to give you all the latest development. On Monday while at work, I started to experience sharp pain in my chest, especially when I breathed in & out, I remember this was a warning sign of something serious so I called my Dr. immediately and he ordered to have a CT Scan of my chest. A few hours later and I got the news that I have a Pulmonary Embolism, or a blood clot in my lungs. Seems my DVT (blood clot in my leg) decided it want to travel....and it did, landing in my Rt. Lung!! This is a pretty serious development, but the good news its that since it is in my Rt. Lung-there is no chance of it moving up to my brain (Remember 8th grade Health......yea me neither, so my Dr. had to remind me how blood moves throughout the body) Also, he was not confident to continue my use of Enoxoparin or Coumadin that I've been using to thin my blood, so today I'll start a new blood thinner called Pradaxa. This is a pill I'll take 2x a day and it will not need to be monitored since it's based on body weight, not INR like Coumadin. I'll need to be talking it easy-so no jumping jacks or anything. Also, I'll be stop using birth control since that slightly increases the risk of blood clots. So overall- not the best news-but not the worst!
My next big apt. will be May 12th, where I'll have a full body CT Scan to see how much of the cancer is gone! I am really looking forward to this-but also found out I'll need to drink something called contrast an hour before, and I'm guessing it's not going to taste like lemonade. I don't even like lemonade, but you get the point....it'll be gross!! I plan to plug my nose with every sip!
Also on Monday I'll have another check up with Dr. Garrett.
What I've learned...
1. Thankful and ready to continue the fight.....to fight against what ever comes my way!!!
2. Marriage takes work and date nights ;) I'm looking forward to a small gateway with Ryan tomorrow.
3.With this new development it would be easy to be very discouraged... I mean it sucks and bummed that it happened (well to be honest I was pissed too, but learning I need to be my biggest advocate) but it also made to have grow my faith...
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of Godthat is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39
"Now may The Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all of you" 2 Thessalonians 3:16
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