So as of this morning my chest tube was taken out, new xrays taken, and then I was sent home. I am in huge amounts of pain right now. They gave me pain meds but so far nothing really has touched it. The ride home was admittedly agony.
It took a bit, but we finally heard back on our path reports. They took out my lung tumor that indeed was melanoma. They took it out and had wide clear margins (which is a good thing!) then took 2 more spots out they were concerned with along with a few lymph nodes. All of this is really good news. This is the best that we could have hoped for. No chemo as of right now, just a watch and wait job. We will heal, then get scans redone in 12 weeks. We will continue this trend for a few years then go longer between scans. My next appt is May 21st to check in with my oncologist.
I have who knows how many stitches right now. They will be taken out May 7th. For the next 6 weeks I cant pickup anything heavier than 10 lbs. (yes this means MR Elliot too). So that sucks. I feel better since the chest tube is out, but I still hurt really badly. To be honest 'really badly' doesnt cover it. Silently crying sorta covers it. I hurt soooo bad. So far the meds still arnt helping. So far we've learned that Im immune to morphine. So its just taking us a bit to figure out how to get my pain under control. Im still surprised they sent me on home.
Funny part of my hospital trip? I was in the cardiac ward. AND I was the youngest person in there. Never failed, all the nurses seemed surprised when they saw me. Hey thats what lung cancer gets ya. On a good note? The nurses were spectacular. I did learn that asking for a a no meat diet is the way to go as far as hospital food. Much better food that way.
So thats all I know for now. Im going to attempt to rest. Which I feel will be difficult.
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