I have not heard anything from Dr. Deshpande at Yale. I'm a little disappointed about that. I've emailed him, and I called and spoke with his secretary/receptionist on Wednesday. She took all of my info and said she would give him the message that I was waiting to hear from him. I was hoping I'd hear something today. No luck. Looks like I'll be making phone calls again tomorrow. I really hate to make a pest of myself, but he is not leaving me much choice. I'm not angry, just determined. I honestly don't know how cancer doctors do all that they do. It amazes me. As a patient though, I can't allow them to let me fall through the cracks. I'm anxious to get started with some sort of treatment. Hopefully, I'll connect with him tomorrow.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
I'm a little teapot . . .
I had my catheter put in today. They drained quite a bit of fluid before they put in the catheter which was quite a relief. My breathing is almost normal again - yay! I still have a bit of a cough, but they tell me that's normal. However, I have to cough "gingerly" because it's quite painful around the incision site. Very unsatisfying! I go back to Roswell on Tuesday to learn how to use my new catheter to drain the fluid myself. It sounds like the more often I drain it, the quicker the fluid will dissipate altogether allowing my lung to inflate and re-position itself as it should be. With any luck, I'll be able to have the catheter removed in a month or two.
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Thanks for the update, Chris! Don't worry about being a pest. You need to keep it up so your file is always on top. Squeaky wheel and all that is TRUE! Anyway, I'm glad your breathing is better now. After my lung surgery when they took the chest tube out the wound refused to close up. An amazing amount of fluid would leak out! I called them every day to ask if all this spewing was normal! I was told your lungs produce a quart of fluid a day! Often, the whole quart was in my lap those first few days. Caring Always, Jackie
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