Prayers would be appreciated! If it goes as the dr thinks then I’ll be out of the gym for another 6-12 months. I’ll be limited to a slow walk and 5# weights grr. ONE 5# weight at a time not even a 5 in each hand. And I’d just decided to try to diet down to 20% body fat and talked to a gym member about competitions. Literally just last week! She thinks I could do it starting at the local level. Nothing big just start out and see how I do and if I could even compete with the bigger girls they are posting about. Haven’t seen any 120#, almost 40 year olds on their gym page so I have no idea what the competition would be like or how much I’d need to lift with place well. I’m lifting 75% or so of what the boys are lifting. One boy around 12-14 benched 105 and I was at 95 regularly and could do a few reps at 100-105. Sad that I’m comparing lifts to a male teenager but he’s winning awards lol. Would have to work on my squats though. Don’t know how serious I’d have gotten but that’s gone now. Especially if I agree with the dr to do a flap. I don’t want to weaken my muscles by taking a chunk from my stomach or back! Who knew weight lifting would become so important to me when I started just to please hubby and have something to do with him lol. Well that and I wanted to look like Diablo and have Chris’s calorie intake lol.
14 Sep 20 by member: peeperjj
|
Sending healing prayers 🙏💫🙏
15 Sep 20 by member: CharlieLovesChaplin
|
Oh peeper... I am so so very sorry. What a dreadfully frustrating and yet also scary thing to be happening. How disappointing. I hope it is best case scenario and things really aren't so bad. I wish there was some way to just make it all go away for you. Hang in there. ❤️🙏😔
15 Sep 20 by member: melissatwa
|
I said a prayer for you. And for your family. You have the most lovely smile. My mother died of breast cancer, but she had inflammatory breast cancer and it was advanced before she acknowledged it.
Please feel better!!! <3 <3 <3
15 Sep 20 by member: LEGALIZEFREEDOM
|
Oh peeper. Was this on the implant incision? Sounds challenging but glad you’re handling it well. So more surgery to come or it’s been done? And a year off or six months??? Why?
15 Sep 20 by member: wifey9707
|
I’m praying for you as always. ❤️🙏💪🏻
15 Sep 20 by member: wifey9707
|
LF thanks and I’m sorry for your loss. I lost both parents and a stepdad to cancer.
15 Sep 20 by member: peeperjj
|
Thanks guys! Yes this is on my incision. All I can figure is I must have a natural bacteria in my skin as I’ve kept the area mostly covered, kept it clean and washed etc. Or maybe dead skin cells trapped in the incision when it was healing. They are trying to schedule me for tomorrow. I won’t be able to go to the gym for 6-8 weeks after this surgery. Then depending on if he puts an expander in I would start fills which means taking it easy. If he doesn’t place one then another surgery about that time to place it which is another 6-8 weeks off. Then another surgery after a few months to place an implant. If I go with the lat flap then it’s a 4 hour surgery and done but it’s still 6-8 weeks off, a chunk out of my back, smaller than implant, same risk of infection and losing the flap, physical therapy etc so I prefer the implant. Possibly less surgeries, same infection rate, no big hole in my back and no physical therapy.
15 Sep 20 by member: peeperjj
|
You have a cheerful outlook and have made awesome progress! I think that counts so much and is a forecast of the future.🙏🏽
15 Sep 20 by member: LISfifty
|
What started all this? Prayers!
15 Sep 20 by member: Onedllm
|
Oh my goodness! I'm sorry you are dealing with this. Ill say a 🙏 for your healing! 💜
15 Sep 20 by member: Diana 1234
|
Wow, peeps. Hang in there. sounds like you've made the more prudent choices. I think that's good. Will keep you in my thoughts.
15 Sep 20 by member: Katsolo
|
So sorry you are going through this. It's good a few things are working. I pray you feel better soon! Hang in there!
15 Sep 20 by member: bearnoggin
|
Thanks guys! Update: surgery in 11 hours. Have to be there in 8 hours and it’s a 2.5 hour drive lol. Dr thinks it’s MAC which is rare but it fits my symptoms. If that’s the case I’m looking at 2-6 months IV antibiotics, 3+ surgeries and a 75% 5 yr prognosis. Oddly enough I’m not freaking out yet. It’ll take 1-6 weeks for the MAC cultures to grow if that’s it. Fingers crossed that it’s a garden variety infection. If it was though we should’ve seen the high powered antibiotics he has me on do something and they’ve done nothing so far and the infected area has tripled in size over 3-4 days. Well a 3mm hole is now the size of a gum ball. The other is the size or two peas. I’m getting pain through my shoulder and neck so I hope it’s not spreading. I hope that’s just stress even though it’s only on one side. So the pluses... I didn’t get a nap so I should sleep well tonight. I was able to get home in time to see my friend before she heads out of town (lives in another state now).Surgeries make me lose a couple pounds so I took advantage of that and ate out twice today, had a snickers for breakfast and probably another one before bed. Surgery was moved from 2pm to 8am so we will be back before the bus and I should get out about lunch time ;).
15 Sep 20 by member: peeperjj
|
I will be praying... Am praying. I am so dreadfully sorry you are facing this. I know it has to be so scary, and I hope so much the infection is something far less complex and invasive than the Dr fears. You have been through so much already and it just isn't fair... All I know is that you are young and strong and your faith will hold you even during this diffitime. I wish so much you could wake up and this was all a nightmare and gone with the dawn... God be with you, girl. I hope you will feel peace and comfort that really passes all understanding. ♥️🙏😔♥️
15 Sep 20 by member: melissatwa
|
My gosh, I’m praying for you. Good that they’re getting to everything so quickly. Hope you have a swift recovery.
15 Sep 20 by member: Katsolo
|
Ty Melissa. Honestly I’m super calm. Nothing I can do about it at this point and no sense stressing over if it’s MAC or not. Kind of a been there done that feeling right now. In the coming weeks it’ll hit hard about the implant but if I’m lucky we can start the process again in 6-8 weeks. I try not to think about the infection much because I keep picturing work like things loose in my body having a good ole time lol. Kinda like cancer, just want it OUT lol. 🤢
16 Sep 20 by member: peeperjj
|
Thanks again everyone! I’m with nurses so can’t respond to everyone individually. Just know your comments and prayers mean a lot to me!
16 Sep 20 by member: peeperjj
|
💐💐💐 Thinking of you today and praying for you.
16 Sep 20 by member: bearnoggin
|
How are you doing? It has been a rough day for you I'm sure. Take care of yourself, girl. Do you have any news, or will the culture be needed to give any particular update? I hope you can rest alright tonight and have peace! ❤️
16 Sep 20 by member: melissatwa
|