Navigating our way through natural healing
At our last post-op appintment when the remaining stitches and Todd’s drain tube were removed, thank God, we spoke with one of the lymphedema specialists for Todd’s range of motion and tightness. She explained that he was having some cording going on and referred him to a local lymphedema therapy specialist. Cording, also known as…
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This blog post is about more than the post-operative appointments last Tuesday…This was the worst traffic we have endured in one day and of course, I was behind the wheel which I don’t like to drive anyway. The first appointment was scheduled at 10:00 at the plastic surgeon’s office. We were a little behind but…
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Todd had his second tumor removal surgery on Friday, October 11th, 2019 at Orlando Health as a two-part operation. A lymph node dissection was done by the surgical oncologist and a lymphovenous bypass by a plastic surgeon. This was the fourth surgery Todd has had and the first that I was alone in the waiting…
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We have been back for a month and I can say that this has changed my life. I have never been away from home as an adult for more than a week. It is almost surreal the feeling I have for this whole experience. I can’t believe we made it all the way to Mexico…
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In a brief summary…20 years in the making Todd and I are high school sweethearts however, I liked him back in middle school. I remember the first time we meet (he does not). I was in seventh grade, he was in 8th and we were outside of the gym. But I was way too shy…
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Early last Tuesday morning we drove back up to Orlando Health for Todd’s consultation with the plastic surgeon for what we thought was the lymph node transfer procedure to be done at the same time as the dissection. The appointment was for 7:30 and we were smooth sailing down the highway until about 7:00 when…
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I was glad to be included in a meeting we had with Todd’s doctor at CHIPSA before he was discharged. He went over Todd’s ultrasound (as I mentioned, it was given in Spanish) he stated his concern for the tumors because they actually grew during the time we were there. He also went over the…
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Three weeks ago we arrived here at CHIPSA North Beach outpatient clinic and today is Todd’s last day of treatment. We were all excited to get home and continue his treatments and had somewhat of a game plan for when we return, but then we got some unexpected news… Todd had another ultrasound this morning…
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Another week at CHIPSA down and only one more to go! Todd’s schedule had some modifications after our meeting that have seemed to meet his needs more efficiency. No matter what you are dealing with, it could always be better or worse, fate lies in your hands. It takes more strength to be real and…
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It has been 21 months since Todd was first diagnosed and not one minute of it has been easy. We have tried our hardest to make the best of our situation and stay positive throughout this difficult journey and is not always ideal to keep it up. Many moments of negative feelings, sadness, anger, frustration,…
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