Visit with Sheila's Oncology Surgeon
We were back at the hospital today... back in Oncology... and back seeing Sheila's surgical Oncologist.
On the drive up to the hospital, Sheila and I were talking about being unsure of where our emotions are at this point in her treatment. In the beginning, it was a bit of a roller coaster ride of emotions. Then, for a long while, especially during the months of daily visits, we were definitely a bit numb. It was like we were on auto-pilot and just going through the motions... one step at a time. Then we had another roller coaster ride during her last treatment stage which included an ambulance ride to the ER. Neither one of us is quite sure about where we are at now. I think we're just bit weary of hospital visits.
So we headed back up to Burlington today to spend some time in the Breast Care Center at UVM Medical Center...
Today's visit, fortunately, was uneventful. Sheila's imaging looks good so that is good news. There is no swelling anymore, no signs of the high doses of radiation anymore, no lymphedema anymore, she has healed nicely and she has been feeling better than she has in two years. She still is not even close to being where she was before this last round of cancer but she is closer to how she was back then than how she was during treatment so that is good too. It was just about a year ago when things were close to the lowest for Sheila's health... and then things really spiraled out of control for a few more months. Now (the past few months) she seems to be healing nicely and improving a bit more each day.
We discussed some more options to help Sheila deal with the fatigue and lack of sleep due to continuing night sweats and general insomnia. So we'll need to look into that a bit more in the coming days before we forget about it.
There is one good thing about having so many hospital visits... we sort of treat these times like a date night. We go out to dinner (very early today), run some errands together, and get to spend some time together. There is no doubt that this "date night" part of this tiring medical care is nice.
We arrived back home at around 5:30pm today... and I wanted to just crawl into bed and Sheila wasn't feeling much more energetic than I was either! It was definitely a quiet night.
We're tired though...
On the drive up to the hospital, Sheila and I were talking about being unsure of where our emotions are at this point in her treatment. In the beginning, it was a bit of a roller coaster ride of emotions. Then, for a long while, especially during the months of daily visits, we were definitely a bit numb. It was like we were on auto-pilot and just going through the motions... one step at a time. Then we had another roller coaster ride during her last treatment stage which included an ambulance ride to the ER. Neither one of us is quite sure about where we are at now. I think we're just bit weary of hospital visits.
So we headed back up to Burlington today to spend some time in the Breast Care Center at UVM Medical Center...
Today's visit, fortunately, was uneventful. Sheila's imaging looks good so that is good news. There is no swelling anymore, no signs of the high doses of radiation anymore, no lymphedema anymore, she has healed nicely and she has been feeling better than she has in two years. She still is not even close to being where she was before this last round of cancer but she is closer to how she was back then than how she was during treatment so that is good too. It was just about a year ago when things were close to the lowest for Sheila's health... and then things really spiraled out of control for a few more months. Now (the past few months) she seems to be healing nicely and improving a bit more each day.
We discussed some more options to help Sheila deal with the fatigue and lack of sleep due to continuing night sweats and general insomnia. So we'll need to look into that a bit more in the coming days before we forget about it.
There is one good thing about having so many hospital visits... we sort of treat these times like a date night. We go out to dinner (very early today), run some errands together, and get to spend some time together. There is no doubt that this "date night" part of this tiring medical care is nice.
We arrived back home at around 5:30pm today... and I wanted to just crawl into bed and Sheila wasn't feeling much more energetic than I was either! It was definitely a quiet night.
We're tired though...
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