Slow & Steady

I went to see Dr. Hatfield yesterday, she performed the surgery last Monday
4/25/1,1 to take care of the bacterial infection. She was pleased with my
progress. This is especially good since last Friday 4/29/11, she changed
one of my two antibiotics, giving me another week before I complete the
dosage. The change came after the infection control doctors did the
analysis on the particular bacteria and decided that drug Augmentin would
kill the bacteria. Great, I'll have to do a chaser of Imodium to digest
this drug.

The doctor also pulled out the last of my drains, Yahoo! This greatly
reduces the risk of further infection, but I'm not quite out of the woods
just yet. I get to shower, but have to use what looks like surgical scrub
to wash with, yuk! This doctor will see me one more time next Monday May
9th, and if all is well, she'll give me the clearance to go back to work on
Tuesday May 10th. I'll still have to put the Port in before treatment
starts, but that doctor won't even consider until the week of May 16th,
which is the same week they would like to start Chemo. Once the doctor
gives the green light next Monday, these other to-do's will start to move
forward. Slow but steady progress.

Note From Cathy's Team:
Last chance to sign up to walk with us this Sunday. Cathy's Kick-Ass Cancer Crew would love to have you join us and walk the 5K this Mother's Day. (Sign up ends tonight at 10pm online) Team registration is closed but you can sign up as an invidiual walker, pick up your race materials at the mall and still walk with our team. (Bag pick up times/locations listed on cure website) An option is to walk up and register the day of the event or if you couldn't quite get registered, feel free to meet up with our group. Our group is meeting at 8:15am in front of the outside entrance of Sears. The walk starts at 9am. Parking is chaotic, give yourselves plenty of time. Recommend carpooling, light rail or having someone drop you off. Hope to see you all there.