....Continued
That Wednesday night in the ER was a zoo! People were mad and yelling and cussing. I could not take it. So after an hour long wait I talked myself out of my tree and I went home.
The next morning my doctor scheduled a paracentesis. Thursday was a day of relief. Flagler Hospital Outpatient Surgery team drain 4 liters of fluid from my abdomen. I lost 9 pounds that day.
With the first occurrence of cancer I had my abdomen drained twice, but they only got 2 liters of fluid at the most. In those cases I felt some relief with no problems. With this most recent procedure, for about 24 hours after I felt like I had the flu. I could tell that removing that much fluid at one time was a shock to my system.
Now, we wait and see. But the fluid is returning, already.
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