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Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
Thu May 15, 2014, 05:10 PM May 2014

I'm awake. Sorta. (UPDATED by Me!! ) :)

Last edited Sat May 17, 2014, 06:42 PM - Edit history (1)

It just registered with me that I lost yesterday to sleep.


Got all cancer in cheek. Margins clear.

Waiting on neck biopsies.


Surgery was not as detailed as they first thought it would be.

No major grafting.

Only 1 day in ICU

I feel like warmed over poo.

Thank you for everything.

I am going in and out trying to type this. I will not tell you how long this took me to type.



..............................................
I'm a home.

Got everything in my cheek with clear margins.

Tumor was smaller than anticipated.

Will get the results for the neck biopsy next week.

No major skin grafting and no vein resection.

I was hitting the milestones early (swallowing, taking meds by mouth, tolerating food, using the bathroom) so they let me come home a day early.

My neck incision was already itching - a very good sign.

My neck looks like something from a horror movie though.

Like I went through barbed wired was how my brother-in-law described It.

Thank you for all your well wishes and good thoughts!!

Meant a lot to me!!!!

Go to doctor on Monday to get neck drain removed and mouth patch shaved.

My graft (pig graft - yucky) is protected by a patch that will be removed slowly.



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I'm awake. Sorta. (UPDATED by Me!! ) :) (Original Post) Solly Mack May 2014 OP
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening, Solly Mack! elleng May 2014 #1
Thank you elleng Solly Mack May 2014 #32
It's great to hear from you, my dear Solly Mack! CaliforniaPeggy May 2014 #2
Thanks, CP! Solly Mack May 2014 #33
Good to see you! NV Whino May 2014 #3
Thanks, NV Whino. Solly Mack May 2014 #34
Wishing you libodem May 2014 #4
Thank you, libodem Solly Mack May 2014 #35
. libodem May 2014 #58
--- wishing you the best ! Hoppy May 2014 #5
Thanks Hoppy Solly Mack May 2014 #36
Wow! Posting already - AMAZING! Callalily May 2014 #6
Thanks, Callalily. Solly Mack May 2014 #37
Yippie. Sounds like things went well. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #7
Thanks, Curmudgeoness. Solly Mack May 2014 #38
You sound good, Solly Blue_In_AK May 2014 #8
Hey Blue. Oh, I'm already getting on people's nerves...cranky, in pain and stubborn. Solly Mack May 2014 #39
Now that you're awake Blue_In_AK May 2014 #55
Please do! I'll look at them tomorrow after I return from the doctor. Solly Mack May 2014 #56
.... handmade34 May 2014 #9
Hey! Solly Mack May 2014 #40
One day mth44sc May 2014 #10
Sounds good to me. :) Solly Mack May 2014 #41
Best wishes for a speedy recovery. ohheckyeah May 2014 #11
Thanks, ohheckyeah. Solly Mack May 2014 #42
So thrilled to see this Mira May 2014 #12
(((Mira))) Solly Mack May 2014 #43
Sounds like good news so far CC May 2014 #13
Thanks, CC. Solly Mack May 2014 #44
Take good KC May 2014 #14
Thanks, KC. Solly Mack May 2014 #45
I sort of know how you feel - losing the day to sleep liberal N proud May 2014 #15
I'm glad you're feeling better! Solly Mack May 2014 #46
Best wishes, Solly! trusty elf May 2014 #16
Thank you, trusty elf. Solly Mack May 2014 #47
Sleep as much as your body wants, it needs it justiceischeap May 2014 #17
wonderful photo.lots of old buildings Solly Mack May 2014 #22
Get well, this group has careened out of control without your steady hand. alfredo May 2014 #18
Hey you! Thanks! Solly Mack May 2014 #48
Hey all. Thank you! Solly Mack May 2014 #19
Just keep us updated. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #59
... SammyWinstonJack May 2014 #20
and to you Solly Mack May 2014 #49
So very happy to hear what sounds like a VERY Promising update. NCarolinawoman May 2014 #21
I was pleased with doing this well at this point. Solly Mack May 2014 #23
I am glad you are doing well as can be expected. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #24
Hey! Solly Mack May 2014 #50
Very good news, Solly Mack! brer cat May 2014 #25
Thanks, brer cat Solly Mack May 2014 #51
Have been thinking about you Solly Mack mnhtnbb May 2014 #26
Can't wait for the photos! Solly Mack May 2014 #52
A get well rose for you mnhtnbb May 2014 #57
Solly Mack!! Celebration May 2014 #27
((((Celebration)))) Solly Mack May 2014 #28
Still thinking of you. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #29
Welcome back! Mz Pip May 2014 #30
Pretty! Solly Mack May 2014 #53
My prayers have been answered! Crewleader May 2014 #31
Hey Crewleader! Solly Mack May 2014 #54
Like a kid in a candy shop....with my eyes wide open my dear friend! Crewleader May 2014 #61
:-) trusty elf May 2014 #60
You do the best photo manipulations!! Solly Mack May 2014 #63
Sorry I missed this update, Solly Mack. madfloridian May 2014 #62
Likewise, madfloridian! Solly Mack May 2014 #64

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,179 posts)
2. It's great to hear from you, my dear Solly Mack!
Thu May 15, 2014, 05:39 PM
May 2014

You WILL feel better!

Take care, and know we are here for you, sweetie...

Callalily

(14,879 posts)
6. Wow! Posting already - AMAZING!
Thu May 15, 2014, 06:57 PM
May 2014

Please take good care of yourself, your recovery depends on it.

Will continue to send prayers, healing vibes, and am confident that you will experience a full and speedy recovery!

Solly

Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
37. Thanks, Callalily.
Sun May 18, 2014, 11:16 PM
May 2014

I'm tired and everything is hard to do but I am resting a lot. Just glad to be home for it.

I got a photo of a hummingbird today.

It's not a good shot but I wanted to try.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
7. Yippie. Sounds like things went well.
Thu May 15, 2014, 07:26 PM
May 2014

Hoping that all works out. You will be feeling better soon. And don't worry about losing a day....it wasn't that great anyways.

Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
38. Thanks, Curmudgeoness.
Sun May 18, 2014, 11:17 PM
May 2014

Losing that day was so weird. Nothing made sense to me until I finally grasped it was the next day.

Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
39. Hey Blue. Oh, I'm already getting on people's nerves...cranky, in pain and stubborn.
Sun May 18, 2014, 11:18 PM
May 2014

Bad combination.

Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
56. Please do! I'll look at them tomorrow after I return from the doctor.
Sun May 18, 2014, 11:35 PM
May 2014

Well, I might nap first. I am napping a lot.

mth44sc

(2,435 posts)
10. One day
Thu May 15, 2014, 10:52 PM
May 2014

we will all think of this as Solly Mack's most amazing post. And then she will make another one to top it!

Mira

(22,378 posts)
12. So thrilled to see this
Thu May 15, 2014, 11:46 PM
May 2014

Thank you for making this major effort.
We worry- and knowing is better than surmising.
Actually, as I type this I realize that your message made my day.

CC

(8,039 posts)
13. Sounds like good news so far
Fri May 16, 2014, 12:38 AM
May 2014

and hope the good news keeps coming. You did a wonderful post and good to see you typing no matter how long it took you.



Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
44. Thanks, CC.
Sun May 18, 2014, 11:21 PM
May 2014


I think it took more than an hour. I know my husband removed the tablet from my hands a few times. I kept nodding off or just plain spacing out.

I just needed to touch base and you guys mean a lot to me.

liberal N proud

(60,289 posts)
15. I sort of know how you feel - losing the day to sleep
Fri May 16, 2014, 07:29 AM
May 2014

I lost yesterday to sleep following oral surgery thankfully not as sever as your issues.

I am feeling a little better today and going to try and work at least half the day.

Hope you get to feeling better soon and they got all the cancer.

Get well!

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
17. Sleep as much as your body wants, it needs it
Fri May 16, 2014, 09:18 AM
May 2014

and so glad things went well so far.

For you from my recent NYC trip:

Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
19. Hey all. Thank you!
Fri May 16, 2014, 12:51 PM
May 2014

I get to go home tomorrow. My neck looks horrible. Looks like Zorro got hold of it. A Z
from chin to right ear. Still....I was lucky. So far much better than they feared.

I am sorry but I can't answer each message right now.

Doctors are happy with my recovery.


Still waiting for biopsies of neck tissue.

Still loopy.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
59. Just keep us updated.
Mon May 19, 2014, 06:59 PM
May 2014

I think I am speaking for everyone that we are worried about you and wishing you the best possible outcome.

NCarolinawoman

(2,825 posts)
21. So very happy to hear what sounds like a VERY Promising update.
Fri May 16, 2014, 05:45 PM
May 2014

You've been on so many people's minds. A whole lot of love coming from a whole lot of people.

Hey, we need some more of those beautiful bird photos, Can't get enough!

Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
23. I was pleased with doing this well at this point.
Fri May 16, 2014, 11:15 PM
May 2014

I figured my age would count against me. And it has in many ways. I did get a couple of bird shots on tuesday before I checked
in to hospital.

Got some of my neck as well. Yucky.

Still waiting on neck biopsies. Wednesday of next week at earliest.

Hopefully, those are all clear.

Sorta on pain pills so sound silly.

Behind the Aegis

(53,789 posts)
24. I am glad you are doing well as can be expected.
Fri May 16, 2014, 11:23 PM
May 2014

You have lots of people pulling for you and thinking good thoughts your way.

Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
50. Hey!
Sun May 18, 2014, 11:25 PM
May 2014

The love and concern has been wonderful for my well being.



I wish I could send everyone a little of what I felt to keep them going everyday.

mnhtnbb

(31,302 posts)
26. Have been thinking about you Solly Mack
Sat May 17, 2014, 09:01 AM
May 2014

as we travel in Europe. Just arrived in Paris.

Sounds like all went well and good news.

mnhtnbb

(31,302 posts)
57. A get well rose for you
Mon May 19, 2014, 01:41 AM
May 2014

taken in the garden of our French 'daughter's home (on the outskirts of Paris) where we had lunch with
her family yesterday. She lived with us for almost a year--25 years ago!--as
a foreign exchange student.

Celebration

(15,812 posts)
27. Solly Mack!!
Sat May 17, 2014, 01:59 PM
May 2014

So sorry for this ordeal that you have gone through but grateful that it went better than expected. Sending positive thoughts to you, along with everyone else. My computer has been on the fritz or I would have joined in this thread earlier.

Maybe you will have lots of time for awhile for taking some of those awesome lizard photos! But first, get some rest, and mend fast.

And, of course, we are all expecting further good news.

You are very loved here!! Know that.

Mz Pip

(27,396 posts)
30. Welcome back!
Sun May 18, 2014, 11:22 AM
May 2014

So glad to hear that everything went well. Scary stuff but it sounds like the worst is hopefully over.

Heal quickly!

Crewleader

(17,005 posts)
61. Like a kid in a candy shop....with my eyes wide open my dear friend!
Tue May 20, 2014, 11:49 AM
May 2014

It's a miracle to see again and I'm Thanking God everyday! There's so much on my to do list but I do have to pace myself, still with tons of eye drops, and I hope to have my energy back soon to match my enthusiasm. Surgeries indeed wear you out...so you take it easy too.


Looking forward to all the great photos Solly and All the others here in this great group!

madfloridian

(88,117 posts)
62. Sorry I missed this update, Solly Mack.
Sat May 24, 2014, 04:11 AM
May 2014

I just happened on it. You are one of favorite all-time DUers. Thanks for the update, sounds encouraging.

Lots of good thoughts headed your way. Has anyone posted updates in GD forum?

Solly Mack

(90,730 posts)
64. Likewise, madfloridian!
Sat May 24, 2014, 10:18 PM
May 2014

Thanks!

I have to do a course of radiation and though I'm not looking forward to it I know it's just another step in my recovery. One step at a time.

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