Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Kris, Dave and the Lumps: Surgery follow-up, stitches removed

2009-May-26
Got home from work and Kris had a nasty headache and generally wasn't
feeling well. When we discussed things it struck me that she'd had too
little to eat and that maybe some electronics device in the house had fried
(ever since the first round of cancer she's been susceptible to that kind
of thing), so, I convinced her to head out for lunch. After which she felt
better, though the headache was still lingering.

When she got back from seeing Dr. Kuisle and having the first set of
stiches removed (turns out there's two sets to remove). One thing she had
to say about removing the stitches was that it was VERY uncomfortable!
Apparently the Dr. had said that he'd given her cortisone before the
surgery to help with this sensitivity. Now that it's worn off... well,
things are less comfortable. He instructed her to keep an ice pack on the
nerve plexus just under her armpit, about where the bra strap goes around
back. That seemed to help a lot and she was doing better when she trundled
off to sleep.

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