Not reflecting light as well as its more fortunate cousin Gold, silver is harder to see. More so if you are not even looking for it!!
So go look for those silver lines!! :)
My silvers-----
-Discovering the mooshy mooshy at the right time. If it had been allowed to grow till it got its scholarship to college, then things would probably have been different!
-Being treated at the bestest hospital by the bestest surgeon. :)
-I got a break from work, it didnt have to be like this, but its been more than a year since i last went on a vacation! :)
-I have gotten much more closer to my family !:) ( months spent in the hospital with nothing but re-runs for entertainment, we were forced to turn to each other for nourishment)
-Mom taught me how to speak the P language in my native tongue!!
-Met tons of amazing, brave people who smile even when it hurts too much to.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
POST SURGERY
Take it eaaazzzzzzzyyyy!!! Just don't sleep for a year.
The sooner you get out of bed and walk , the faster you will heal. You can get out of bed in a day. Don't you wanna get home? :)
I spoke to most fellow brain surgery patients, atleast on my floor. I was forbidden to go beyond that. I had mentioned running away a few times already.
Anyway, most had different levels of pain ranging from excruciating to mind numbing. But don't worry. I'm guessing everyone knows what to do now.
Besides that you might be constipated, you might lose your appettite.You might want to kill someone. just go to sleep. All this pain will be gone soon. trust me!
The sooner you get out of bed and walk , the faster you will heal. You can get out of bed in a day. Don't you wanna get home? :)
I spoke to most fellow brain surgery patients, atleast on my floor. I was forbidden to go beyond that. I had mentioned running away a few times already.
Anyway, most had different levels of pain ranging from excruciating to mind numbing. But don't worry. I'm guessing everyone knows what to do now.
Besides that you might be constipated, you might lose your appettite.You might want to kill someone. just go to sleep. All this pain will be gone soon. trust me!
Radiotherapy Donts
The list is long! I've been going to RT for 3 weeks and you hear something new everyday.
Make sure you've been fasting for 4 hours before your chemo(Chemotherapy for the brain is in the form of capsules that you take orally half to one hour before each session of radiotherapy.) Not everyone tells you this. So if you are not told, you enquire!!!
Don't eat for an hour after ( you can have liquids)
DO NOT wet the area that is being treated for the entire duration of the treatment. Yes, even if it is for 6 weeks.
Once you start radiotherapy , there are some foods that you MUST not have;
refined sugar ( the mooshy mooshys have a sweet tooth).Next anything thats deep fried.(radiologists advice this as it could give you an infection.)
Avoid all meat except fish.
Stay away from diary products.
Among fruits, avoid any fruit that gas thin skin like appples, guava, grapes and papaya. Also no bananas. Not because of the skin, but because it might constipate you. Honestly, right now, you dont need that.
Now is the time to explore your palate, the side that no restaurant caters too! :)
Your body is already fighting against a lot, so dont give it anymore reasons because you felt like having fries!!
oooooh I think I forgot, NOOOOO alcohol.The merry making will have to wait!
Anyway your doctor will probably tell you that its OK to have any kind of food. Allopathic medicine does not consider your diet as part of your post op treatment. Unless ofcourse you're tipping the scales at 300 and your hearts slowly giving up on you.
Alternative healing sciences like Ayurveda will ,on the other hand, tell you exactly what yoy must not eat.
You need to detox your body as well after all the trauma its been through, so if you can't meet someone who practises Ayurveda atleast dont put more toxins into your body.
Fun actiity for the day-- How about that massage you've been meaning to treat youraelf to?
ts
Make sure you've been fasting for 4 hours before your chemo(Chemotherapy for the brain is in the form of capsules that you take orally half to one hour before each session of radiotherapy.) Not everyone tells you this. So if you are not told, you enquire!!!
Don't eat for an hour after ( you can have liquids)
DO NOT wet the area that is being treated for the entire duration of the treatment. Yes, even if it is for 6 weeks.
Once you start radiotherapy , there are some foods that you MUST not have;
refined sugar ( the mooshy mooshys have a sweet tooth).Next anything thats deep fried.(radiologists advice this as it could give you an infection.)
Avoid all meat except fish.
Stay away from diary products.
Among fruits, avoid any fruit that gas thin skin like appples, guava, grapes and papaya. Also no bananas. Not because of the skin, but because it might constipate you. Honestly, right now, you dont need that.
Now is the time to explore your palate, the side that no restaurant caters too! :)
Your body is already fighting against a lot, so dont give it anymore reasons because you felt like having fries!!
oooooh I think I forgot, NOOOOO alcohol.The merry making will have to wait!
Anyway your doctor will probably tell you that its OK to have any kind of food. Allopathic medicine does not consider your diet as part of your post op treatment. Unless ofcourse you're tipping the scales at 300 and your hearts slowly giving up on you.
Alternative healing sciences like Ayurveda will ,on the other hand, tell you exactly what yoy must not eat.
You need to detox your body as well after all the trauma its been through, so if you can't meet someone who practises Ayurveda atleast dont put more toxins into your body.
Fun actiity for the day-- How about that massage you've been meaning to treat youraelf to?
ts
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
I SPOKE TOO SOOON!
my hair is all over everywhere !. Still prettty !! Teehheeee
After surgery, it took 8 days for the stitches to be removed. By which time your biopsy results should be back.
Anyway the planning for radiotherapy and chemotherapy starts straight away.
I heard at the hospital that doctors are divided in opinion on when a person should start radio and chemo. A month later or asap. then again it depends also on your biopsy results.
Any medicos reading this, information would be good. So if there is an informative website someone diagnised with a glaeoma, could use to scare themselves :) it wwould be appreciated. Thanks!
After surgery, it took 8 days for the stitches to be removed. By which time your biopsy results should be back.
Anyway the planning for radiotherapy and chemotherapy starts straight away.
I heard at the hospital that doctors are divided in opinion on when a person should start radio and chemo. A month later or asap. then again it depends also on your biopsy results.
Any medicos reading this, information would be good. So if there is an informative website someone diagnised with a glaeoma, could use to scare themselves :) it wwould be appreciated. Thanks!
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