I have cancer....the road to recovery

[Cinder & Smoke]

BUMP!!

Wish we hadn't stopped using this old, reliable, HUGE thread ...
Lotta Good Thoughts on here being forgotten.

We'll keep it *bumped* up so Slick can find it when she gets HOME!

[gini]

Aw, Phred, you are right. I was just so anxious to let everyone know that she can go home tomorrow - and I wanted them to be sure to see it.

I hope people continue to post here too!

[Dorothy39]

You hope "People" will keep posting here?


Someone needs to start a Welcome Home Slick Thread!!!



Hey, I just got an IDEA!!!!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Hey MOM (aka Gini) ...

Do we know the Time of Release for Miz Slick?

And HOW's she gettin HOME ?
* with Friend Betty playing Chauffeur ?
* or maybe Joel's gonna do the honors ?
* or da Bus ?
* or a Taxi ?
* ride her Bike ?

Hope she'n not planing to *walk*!

Last tyme *I* was in the Whitecoat's Hangout ... they screwed around for
6 hours
before everyone "signed off" and wrote their discharge instructions.
THEN they wanted me to *wait* for a "Wheelchair Transport Driver" to show up
to haul my butt to the front door!
My Guy Nurse asked if I wanted to go NOW? .... I said RIGHT Now!

He gave me a choice - Long walk to and from the elevators ...
OR we duck down the stairs and wind up in the lobby ...

Seemed more like a Jail Break - but we skipped down the stairs as I phoned Pat & Joan to
pull the get-a-way car up to the doors - THEY'd been waiting for over an hour!

I pictured my Wheelchair Driver wandering the Fifth Floor ...Phred, Phred,
has anyone seen a Phred?"

Happie Homecoming, Slick!!

[RedHedd]

LOL Phred! You had me cracking up - waiting for everyone to sign off and then having to wait for the wheelchair patrol can take hours! I'll never forget being released close to 9:00 p.m. after my mastectomy surgery because it took all day for everyone to sign off who had to sign off. I was ready for bed!

Welcome home Slick! YAY! I'll post in the other thread too

[gini]

Well, Mr. Phred, I usually wait until after 7 PM to call her. Don't want her to miss out on her FABULOUS last hospital dinner, now do we? I think they serve it at about 6:15 - and my computer says 6:14 PM.

I know some good friends are picking her up - they have been looking after her cat (Max) too.

More after I talk to her.

[gini]

Well, it must be true - that she is going home - they came to take away the television while we were on the phone - and the guy was kind enough to give her an extra half hour on the phone.

She is scheduled to be released at 10:00 AM and hopes to actually leave the hospital by 11:00 AM. She will see her surgeon for one last time in the morning at the hospital. Her friends will pick her up and help her carry her plants and goodies to the car. A friend dropped by this afternoon and had made her a large container of homemade chicken soup. Isn't that a thoughtful thing to do - she can have that for supper tomorrow night.

Her last fabulous meal at the hospital was lentel soup and a plate of beef ravioli. Dessert was a half a canned pear. (she doesn't like sweets).

She really is feeling better but still in some pain. The Dr. told her it would be about a month before that completely went away.

Look for a post from her tomorrow night sometime from her HOME BASE!

It has been a long way from there to here - but this is now behind her.

Let the fun begin!