3 months on from surgery
Well yesterday was the 3 months to the date that I had my surgery. It's been a long tough 3 months in that I had to quit smoking before surgery, (smoked for 40 years) my mum passed away a week before surgery and all the stuff that goes with having surgery. Plus there has been buckets and buckets of tears over things not going as smoothly as I had hoped.Saw my surgeon yesterday and he was pleased with how I'm doing, told him I only have a little nausea (now & then). Told him putting the patch behind my ear helps a lot. He wants to do a PET Scan on me in 3 months and that's when I start seeing all the other doctors. The oncologist and GI Specialist. Still get extremely tired mentally but mostly physically and by the end of the work day I am whooped and look forward to going to bed. Makes me sound like a real granma lol. I try to stay positive every day but some days are a little harder to put a smile on the face. I do miss my family though and it has been a real struggle handling this all by myself in as much there is no-one at home to complain to after work. I am finally starting to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel :)
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I quir smoking four years ago. I used Chantix. AWESOME medication, I had great, vivid dreams. Anyway, I didn\'t want to quit, but was mentally driven by SOMETHING. Six months after quitting I learned that my sister had been diagnosed with lung cancer. She died several months later, and since then, have believed in divine intervention. Congrats Annie. I have had a couple of puffs since then, but no desire to smoke. I figure that if I made it through losing my husband without having a smoke, then I am never going to smoke again!.
Molly I am sorry about your sister and as you said not having a smoke after losing your husband shows you are \"over\" the ciggies congrats...... :)
Cheers Annie