Blessed

As per mention in my previous post-- recovery was going oh so smoothly.  My family even let me out of the house Friday evening to see a movie and Kyle and I saved a dog from this wildfire:


I was thinking that this was going to take just a few days of being a couch potato and I'd be back in the game... okay, wrong-->

So Kyle and I were dog-sitting for a family friend and Sunday morning I wake up and I'm in a lot of pain.  After eating a hearty breakfast, I take two Vicodin (because I could).  About an hour later I start getting really nauseous and dizzy.  I try to sleep it off but my body is not havin' it.  I actually thought I was dying and I'm not being dramatic when I say I looked like something off the Walking Dead (sorry no pictures this time).  There was nothing in my stomach and my body wouldn't keep anything down.  I could tell that Kyle and my parents were really worried about me...I mean I was worried myself!  We moved to my house and finally got ahold of the doctor around 6pm.  He said that I needed to stop taking the Vicodin immediately and that if I didn't get some fluids in my system he would have to admit me to the hospital.  My loving husband sat by my side forcing me to drink sprite, poweraid, and water all the while trying to take my mind off the nauseous spells.

Well. I [barely] made it through that day and I never want to touch Vicodin ever again.  As soon as it was all out of my system I was doing well again- meaning in pain but functional.  I can't tell you how good it feels to feel good (and to be able to eat again)!

Today I had my follow-up appointment and I am officially cancer free!!  That is such a weight off my shoulders!  I will have to watch my thyroid hormone levels by having blood-work done every three to six months.  Eventually I will probably need to take hormones but the doctor told me that it could be in 10 years, it could be in 30 years; we just don't know.  My incision is the smallest the doctor has ever made and looks to be healing up quite nicely.

I am feeling so blessed today!

I am so grateful for my family.  They seriously have done so much to help me out this past week.  My husband is the biggest sweetheart:


Flowers from my grandma and husband.
Also, my brother bought me this when I was in surgery.  It's been quite the debate in my house about what animal is, what do you guys think?!


This is my "bandaid" that I've had on since surgery at this hospital:


And after my appointment today I only have to wear this:


You can't even tell can you?!

Thanks everyone for your continual love, it means the world to this girl!

<33 Amanda

Comments

  1. SarahJuly 31, 2013 at 4:29 PM

    Just from looking at the front, my vote would be camel. Does it have a hump? So glad you are doing so well!

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