The Connie Corner: Appointment Monday

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Appointment Monday

Finally! Dr. Street's office in Tulsa set Mom's appointment for Monday at noon. We are praying that her pain and nausea will decrease over the weekend while she has to wait, and that she will sleep well. She has had such an outpouring of love and support--thank you to everyone! She is dreading the ride to Tulsa, but we are grateful it is not OKC. We are hopeful they will schedule surgery very, very soon.

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Anonymous said...: HI Bobo!!!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!!!! GO, BOBO!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU !!!!!!!!!; October 8, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Melinda said...: I am Shirley's daughter and I saw Dr. Street and have also called on him. I did not have cancer, but he is the BEST you could possibly have. We'll be praying for you.
Melinda Dickson; October 10, 2008 at 7:52 AM

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Surgery results

Mom's surgery lasted 4 hours on Monday, October 20. The surgeon removed a tumor from her left ovary, a smaller one from her right ovary, and one from her uterus. The larger tumor on her ovary had ruptured, and they drained one and a half liters of fluid from her abdomen.

The surgeon said that although two tumors sounds scarier than one, the fact that they appear synchronous gives her a better prognosis. It is cancer, but they are not sure what kind. It will take many days for pathology to make a report, and they may need to call in specialists to conclusively determine the cancer's origin.

He removed some lymph nodes and fatty tissue beneath her stomach and intestine, but her other organs were not visibly affected and appeared healthy.

The way things began

Mom woke up Easter morning to get ready for church, and found she couldn't go to the bathroom. She went to the doctor, and was told she had bladder spasms. All of the focus was on her urinary system: uti's, maybe a bladder stone, bladder spasms. . .

The problems would arise and decline over the course of the summer. In August she developed a uti and wasn't feeling well at all. In fact, Labor Day weekend, she went to the emergency room and was catheterized. The urologist on call thought she was suffering from bladder spasms, but sent her home with the catheter, telling her to seek follow-up.

She went back to the office where she had had her routine physical the year before, and the p.a. who examined her thought she had a kink in the tube coming from her bladder. She referred her to a urologist who would likely be able to do a simple surgical procedure to correct the problem. Finally! Some answers!

However, when she saw the urologist, he found what he thought was a cyst on her left ovary. He ordered a CT scan and bloodwork, and referred her to a gynecologist.

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Appointment Monday

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