Re: Surgery

December 9, 2004

I had a Hyster about 4 years ago. It was the " simple " procedure rather

than the old fashioned one where they cut through the pelvis area. My

suggestion is to eat as if you had not had surgery, once you are allowed

to, staying on program. Ask your doctor what kind of exercise is

allowed. Perhaps lifting light barbells while sitting (cans of soup if

you don't have any) and walking as soon as you are able. My doctor,

once asked, told me exactly what to watch out for to be sure I wasn't

exerting too much. I lost weight during the whole process.

Good luck to you. I'm sure everything will go well!

Surgery

I know alot of you have had surgery and still had to try to remain OP.

I am having a hysterectomy (sorry to all you men) next week. I will not

be

able to get much exercise (light walking) and will be on limited

activity

for 6 weeks. Does anyone have some great ideas on how to not gain to

much

while laying around the house. LOL

Go Scrap

" Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible,

and suddenly you are doing the impossible. "

*St Francis of Assisi

December 9, 2004

I had really major surgery last year, three times. I found that

keeping up the with the journaling helped. At one point I was actually

in weight GAIN mode, and I still journaled. I just added points

because I wanted to gain back slowly and carefully, not put on a lot

of fat or stress my pancreas any more than it was already stressed. (I

had met goal before the surgeries.)

When I got out as soon as I could I had my husband take me to the gym.

It wasn't so much for exercise, but for the habit. I needed to get

back to normal as much as possible and i needed to keep up my habits.

So I'd walk slowly for 10 minutes. My first day back that's all I did.

It was okay. Your body needs to heal itself so you need to move, but

not strenuously. I figured that since the first thing they made me do

in the hospital was get my butt out of bed and walk, that walking was

okay. As I went on I set really small goals, increase by .1 miles per

hour, walk 1 more minute...stuff like that. Eventually I was back to

my pre-surgery exercise habits and felt like I'd never taken time off

at all.

>

> I had a Hyster about 4 years ago. It was the " simple " procedure rather

> than the old fashioned one where they cut through the pelvis area. My

> suggestion is to eat as if you had not had surgery, once you are allowed

> to, staying on program. Ask your doctor what kind of exercise is

> allowed. Perhaps lifting light barbells while sitting (cans of soup if

> you don't have any) and walking as soon as you are able. My doctor,

> once asked, told me exactly what to watch out for to be sure I wasn't

> exerting too much. I lost weight during the whole process.

>

> Good luck to you. I'm sure everything will go well!

>

> Surgery

>

> I know alot of you have had surgery and still had to try to remain OP.

> I am having a hysterectomy (sorry to all you men) next week. I will not

> be

> able to get much exercise (light walking) and will be on limited

> activity

> for 6 weeks. Does anyone have some great ideas on how to not gain to

> much

> while laying around the house. LOL

>

> Go Scrap

>

> " Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible,

> and suddenly you are doing the impossible. "

> *St Francis of Assisi

>

December 10, 2004

I think you answered your own question.

Eat healthy and GO SCRAP.

Blessings,

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 15:57:37 -0700, Brunetti

wrote:

> I know alot of you have had surgery and still had to try to remain OP.

> I am having a hysterectomy (sorry to all you men) next week. I will not be

> able to get much exercise (light walking) and will be on limited activity

> for 6 weeks. Does anyone have some great ideas on how to not gain to much

> while laying around the house. LOL

>

> Go Scrap

>

> " Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible,

> and suddenly you are doing the impossible. "

> *St Francis of Assisi

>

December 10, 2004

LOL. Too Funny. Maybe I can get some scrapping done for myself instead of

work. LOL

Thanks to everyone for the advice.

I can walk around the house, for the first 2 weeks, after that I hope to

work up to more every day. Walking is allowed and encouraged.

I can only lift 5 pounds for 6 weeks, after that I would like to get back to

lifting.

I have done my menu's and shopping list for the next 2 weeks, hopefully this

will keep dh from buying too much " junk " to eat and keep in the house to

tempt me.

Thanks again to everyone for the great advice.

Go Scrap

" Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible,

and suddenly you are doing the impossible. "

*St Francis of Assisi

>

> I think you answered your own question.

> Eat healthy and GO SCRAP.

> Blessings,

>

> On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 15:57:37 -0700, Brunetti

> wrote:

>> I know alot of you have had surgery and still had to try to remain OP.

>> I am having a hysterectomy (sorry to all you men) next week. I will not be

>> able to get much exercise (light walking) and will be on limited activity

>> for 6 weeks. Does anyone have some great ideas on how to not gain to much

>> while laying around the house. LOL

>>

>> Go Scrap

>>

>> " Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible,

>> and suddenly you are doing the impossible. "

>> *St Francis of Assisi

>>

October 5, 2006

How long is

> usual to be in bed at home afterwards.. usual to be in bed at home aft

> sure what to expect.>

Hi Juli,

I was on the couch for about 1 week after surgery, pretty much all day each

day. Getting my sponge bath and changing was my big achievement each day for

that first week. (which I was able to do each day totally by myself too! )

The 8th day I had lots of appts and we even went to see a friend on the cancer

ward on that day in between appts. The 9th day I was sore and kind of drained

from being up so much the previous day so I took it easy and today was my

10th day after surgery and I have felt the best today that I have so far. I was

the weepiest I had been yesterday for some reason. I am so relieved and I

feel so blessed yet it is bound to happen. Even then, it was only moments, not

hours or days like I used to do (back when I didn't even really have anything

to be weepy about! LOL) Anyway, I still have to take it easy and not do any

lifting. Under my arms hurts the most. I was up most all of today-- this was

first day I have not napped and I still feel really good tonight so I am very

pleased! I have a day full of appts tomorrow though!

Blessings and love,

in GA

October 5, 2006

Hi Juli! I hope I can be of some comfort to you. I was diagnosed with BC

10/05. I had a lumpectomy and 19 lymph nodes removed 2 weeks after the

diagnosis. Onlyn 2 of them were affected. That was on a Thursday and I was back

to work on Monday. Having that many lymph nodes removed was uncomfortable but

bearable. The surgeon was not happy with the margins and I had the choice of

trying to get those margins by taking out more tissue or going for the

mastectomy. After advice from my radiation oncologist, I went for the

mastectomy. The surgery was performed on 11/10/05, I went home on 11/6 and I

was back to work 11/14. Everyone handles this differently both physically and

mentally. There was some pain the next day but with each day it diminished. I

refused to let this thing get me down. I was not going to lay in bed and feel

sorry for myself. I had 8 subsequent chemo treatments. I scheduled those for

Fridays...just in case. But there was no " just in case " . I

handled them pretty well and never missed a day of work, except for the

treatments. Radiation treatment followed...33 of them. The only problem with

those was by the end I was feeling pretty tired. I really hope you are as lucky

as I was with this whole " miserable " thing. Good luck and you are in my

prayers.............Vicky

jeban80 wrote: I am about to have a mastetomy and a

bunch (not sure how many yet)of

nodes removed. I have IIIb breast cancer. I am 43. I've been told I

will probably come home from the hospital the next day. How long is

usual to be in bed at home afterwards...... how is the pain? I'm not

sure what to expect.

thanks,

Juli

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October 5, 2006

I had a double mastetomy Last June. I was in the hospital for 4

days. But eveyone heals at their own pace, so you could have a

shorter stay, or longer. I had my morphine pump for 2 days. After I

came home I stayed pretty much in one room for about a week, but tried

not to just stay in bed, I tried to sit up too. I was blessed with a

teenage daughter that helped me through so much, she even drained my

bulbs for me three times a day. She is my angel. I was pretty much a

wreck for at least two weeks. And just when I was starting to

feel " normal " I started chemo. A year later, I am once again starting

to feel " normal " I hope all goes well with your surgery. Just take

everthing at your own pace, and how it feels for you. Everyone is

different. God Bless you, I hope all goes well.

>

> I am about to have a mastetomy and a bunch (not sure how many yet)of

> nodes removed. I have IIIb breast cancer. I am 43. I've been told I

> will probably come home from the hospital the next day. How long is

> usual to be in bed at home afterwards...... how is the pain? I'm not

> sure what to expect.

> thanks,

> Juli

>

October 6, 2006

Hi all,hope everyone is feeling good. I am new to this group - joined a few days

ago and have been reading a lot , can't believe how much i've learned and wish i

would have joined a long time ago . Responding to the joint and muscle pain- I

found that gets better after chemo . My onc wasn't very helpful at the time - so

i just dealt with it. I do a question for anyone that has nerve pain to bottom

of feet from the chemo and muscle cramping. I do take a potassium pill everyday

and that seems to help a little. I am going to try magnesium and calcium for the

muscle cramps as some of you have suggested. any suggestions for the nerve

damage and helping that part get better? I am so grateful to everyone here -

even just reading the postings has helped me and encouraged me . My last chemo

was july of last year and I feel like I should be back to normal but my body

isn't cooperating and I get frustrated sometimes. Thanks for listening. Good

health to everyone!! Sheri

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October 6, 2006

Hi,

Taxol=bone pain. I used to roll around my bed groaning. The bath was my

best friend it was the only place I felt good. I ate at least 3-4 bananas every

day and took minerals. It's just goes with the territory. Eat well, and

excersize. Injest as many live foods as possible only organic and make sure you

get your antioxidants, lots of water. Flush that crappy stuff out of your body

with foods and fluids and colon cleanses, sweating in a sauna is an excellent

way to purge your body of toxins. Those cells that were killed are still around

and they are making you feel sick, get them out. Coffee retention enemas saved

my ass (yeah, I know, excuse the pun) They quickly detox your liver and helped

me with pain, I also looked fabulous from them, my skin looked awesome even when

I was going through chemo all the nurses were complimenting me and people always

asked me what I did. Lots of juicing and eating well plus the enemas which I

still do to this day and it's been 11

months and 4 days since my last chemo. I want to make sure that cancer doesn't

ever come back. The key is a great immune system, a clean liver, a clean

intestinal tract, good circulation. We have the power to be healthy but we are

in control of it and no one else. Take good care, a

sharrell jones wrote:

HI, I had one breast removed went home next morning and i felt

wonderful, no pain, went on with normal everyday life, didnt go back to work

though for 4 weeks. Nothing stopped me untill i got into 4th month of

chemo{taxol}...... then i was on alot of meds. stopped work, and was in bed for

3 months, almost lost my muscles, i was in bad shape by the time i got done with

that taxol. Its been 4 months now since my chemo. Does anyone on here have bone

pain from doing chem or taxol????

Maya Brand wrote: They sent me home the same day! I was down

for about a week, then pretty

peppy, but too much too soon. So, back to bed for naps every day, low

activity, retired from work. Now, I'm on a gazillion medications for a

gazillion ailments - high blood pressure, arrhythmia, high triglycerides,

depression, sleep problems, not to mention Arimidex or its replacement. I

just figure this is the new me. I'm not quite used to this new me yet, so I

struggle a bit. But today was a great day and I love this group!

Maya

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Subject: Re: Surgery