The draining is now pretty much yellow... oh the joy of it. Youngest son tested the hypothesis that pulling the drains out doesn't hurt! It just feels like my colon is going to come along for the ride. Then I spent the night wondering if I had put it everything back in with success. I am getting tired of waking up dripping onto my pjs Doing my exercises 3 times a day. Arm to shoulder height seems to be a huge aim at the moment and holding it for 5 seconds even more so. However, the lifting of a coffee cup is coming on well. That unfortunately is not on regime. Have resorted to a very attractive bum bag for carrying drain around in an taping the tubes to my legs. This works well but not sure about the safety of this arrangement. Apart from the head scarf I now look "normal". People bump into me (people generally meaning husband and own children) and then look shocked when I jump a mile or mearly wince with pain. Oh yes you had an operation, they seem to say, get over it, it has been almost 2 weeks now. At a party on Sunday I felt compelled to show off my tubes to anyone who asked how I was. I guess it maybe my imagination or guilt for so clearly being fine and still off work while others cover my class, but surely everyone is looking at me and thinking that I am fine now. The compunction to show off bodily fluids became so much so that I think everyone was quite pleased when we finally left. People who did not even ask I how I was or say how well I looked were duly treated to a sight to make them gip. I also needed to tell them it is not pee. It is a yellow liquid hence the need to show the yukky bits of flesh that are wiggling into my tubes. Making myself very popular of course.
Many things that i am supposed to be doing during my time off work... is facebook one of them?
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Your blog is both funny and insightful. Yes, it's amazing how speedily others adapt to your illness, and forget about it. "Oh yeh! Weren't you ill, or was it your partner...?" kind of thing. I think you have a fantastic Attitude, and I want to wish you all the best with those tubes, straw-coloured fluids and shock-tactics. Go it Judemex! xxx Penny
how kind you all are on this site.. it really encourages me to spill it all out... not the pee coloured liquids of course. However, today have watched the champions cup, had my yukky feet shroomes dealt with and edited my facebook page which now reads "Judy is giving up facebook in preference for the cancerbacup site ..." Thanks again
Good for you, i had my cheek removed and a new one built from my arm my facial scars are not too bad but my arm is not looking too nice I TOO FEEL THE URGE TO SHOW i have a feeding tube in my my tummy i often show that too, yr right folk think your our of hosp and yr fighting fit despite enduring chemo & radio (or both in my case) i have only just started to go out shopping folk stare and i have to resit the urge to whip the bandage off an STICK my tongue out n be major childish lol i guess they cant help being ignorant.
