Surgery Update

The surgery went well today. They got the three tumors. One of them was on the bottom of my lung so they just clipped a small amount of my lower lobe but didn't have to take the whole lobe so that's a relief. My incision is not nearly as big as the right side but I also have not seen it yet, just taking others' word for it. I am feeling OK mainly because I got an epidural again for the main part where they did the incision. I do have a significant amount of pain in my left shoulder because they had to go through muscles in my shoulder and the epidural can't go up that high because it would cause breathing issues. I anticipate getting out of the hospital by the end of the week.

Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers.

PS. As I am writing this I am watching a show on the McCoy septuplets that just turned 13 and they are showing their infant stages and man can I relate to some of it already:)

WARNING-GROSS PIC

So you are aware of how gig the tumor was, here is the incision. It's HUGE!
I am home and doing pretty well. It still takes my breath and energy away to do small things like walk up the stairs but I am getting better and on good pain meds:) I have a post op appointment in the next two weeks and it will probably be my pre-op for the left side surgery. That surgery shouldn't be nearly as big as this last one. Hopefully they will be able to peel the tumor away instead of having to take another lobe. The good news is that my breathing will go back to normal (or somewhat normal). We do live at high altitude though so that makes it a bit tougher but oh well.

OK, here's the pic of the incision, don't look if you're squeamish.

I'm OK

Last night was a little rough but we are trying to get things under control. The epidural is still working but not covering the large span of my back as it was before. Right now we are playing with med doses etc. I am still having some trouble breathing but that's to be expected and it's getting better. The biggest trouble is taking a deep breath.

I am not sure if people are aware of how much of my lung they took, Originally the surgeon said he was going to have to take my entire left lung due to the size but instead took about 80% of it. The tumor was one giant one THE SIZE OF A CANTALOUPE! I cannot get over how big that is.