This week has been pretty uneventful. I’ve been in the hospital for just about two weeks now. My hospital stay was only supposed to be 7 to 10 days, but the skin grafts didn’t take so I have been waiting for an opening in surgery to replace the skin grafts. My surgeon said it would be best if I let myself heal by keeping off my feet while I waited so I’ve been on bed rest the whole time. I go in for the next surgery tomorrow at 11am. They said this surgery will be a lot shorter and definitely not as complicated so there is nothing to be worried about.
Spending the past two weeks here I have learned a few things which I was not aware of beforehand. When they transferred the soft tissue (which contained the lymph nodes) from my neck to my ankle it was a lot of tissue. The tissue now in my ankle creating a lump, as it was supposed to, but I didn’t know there was going to be a lump so as you can imagine when I woke up and realized this big bump on my leg wasn’t going away I was a little disappointed and under prepared to deal with it. I do have to admit I did shed a tear or two over the matter, but I also learned that I would need another surgery next year which would make that bump on my ankle a little less noticeable. I was glad to hear that the lump would go down someday, but I was a little upset that they didn’t tell me there was going to be a lump on my ankle and that I would have to have another surgery next year until after I had already had the initial surgery. I was expecting this to be it. With that being said, I have tried really hard to stay positive. I know with time everything will be fine and I will be better off for doing it, it has just been a little difficult getting there. I know there are so many people out there looking for relief and I know many of those people have looked into surgical options and they are scared to go through with it, but I really think this is going to work and I hope I’m right not just for me but for all of us. One more success is one step closer. I'll let you know how tomorrow goes as soon as I can! Comments are closed.
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AuthorHi, my name is Sydney, and I have Primary Lymphedema. I created this blog to share my journey, and I hope that by sharing my story I can help those who are on a similar path. Archives
April 2017
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