After consulting my uncles, my sister (on the phone) and Mom I decided to go ahead with the surgery in Rangadore memorial hospital. I also dropped thoughts of another specialist opinion as I was convinced we were already dealing with the best.
The surgery date was fixed as Monday, 31st Oct 11.
Rangadore hospital is not your typical 5-star hospital of these days but it is well equipped, extremely clean and has a very friendly staff. We got Mom admitted on Sunday afternoon 30th Oct. We had taken a deluxe room which is for single patient, has AC and an additinal attendent bed. It was spacious too.
The duty doctor, nurses and support staff got into action. Mom's BP was continuously monitored and kept under check.
On Monday morning Mom was taken in the operation theatre at 9:00 A:M. At around 11 o' clock I was allowed to go in the post operation room and have a peep in. I waved at her and surprisingly she nodded. Either it was local anaesthesia or the impact of general didn't last much.
The operation was a success. All of us were hugely relieved. She was shifted back to the ward room at 12:30 P:M. It seemed the actual operation took only 1 hr. or so.
I had a full support team of my uncles, granny(Mom's mom), cousins and of course my wife. The importance of relatives is realized in such tough times. The next 3 days Mom recovered from the surgery in the hospital. Since my uncle's(Mama) house was very nearby, everything from tea/coffee to lunch/dinner came from his place. Although the cafeteria in the hospital also dished out decent stuff but no beating the home stuff.
One thing that bothered me was that all her axillary lymph nodes were removed. I was eagerly awaiting to talk to the doc about it. When I got to talk to him he explained that some of the nodes were swollen and he didn't want to take any chance although they seemed non-malignant. The subsequent biopsy would confirm whether they are malignant or not. Besides only level I and II were removed and level III were still intact.
On 3rd November Mom was discharged and brought home. Post operation one thing that she had to live with for a few days was a lymphatic fluid discharge tube and bag. It seems the liquid was coming because of lymph node removal. The discharge bag had to be emptied daily and amount of liquid measured. Once the discharge amount reached below 30ml the the tube could be removed. Mom got adjusted to this in a day or two.
As all this was happening we were also anxiously waiting for the biopsy reports. Two of them were there, one for the lymph nodes malignancy and other the nature of cancer whether hormone receptive or not. The later was expected from Bangalore institute of Oncology while the former was to come from the in-house lab in Rangadore.
The surgery date was fixed as Monday, 31st Oct 11.
Rangadore hospital is not your typical 5-star hospital of these days but it is well equipped, extremely clean and has a very friendly staff. We got Mom admitted on Sunday afternoon 30th Oct. We had taken a deluxe room which is for single patient, has AC and an additinal attendent bed. It was spacious too.
The duty doctor, nurses and support staff got into action. Mom's BP was continuously monitored and kept under check.
On Monday morning Mom was taken in the operation theatre at 9:00 A:M. At around 11 o' clock I was allowed to go in the post operation room and have a peep in. I waved at her and surprisingly she nodded. Either it was local anaesthesia or the impact of general didn't last much.
The operation was a success. All of us were hugely relieved. She was shifted back to the ward room at 12:30 P:M. It seemed the actual operation took only 1 hr. or so.
I had a full support team of my uncles, granny(Mom's mom), cousins and of course my wife. The importance of relatives is realized in such tough times. The next 3 days Mom recovered from the surgery in the hospital. Since my uncle's(Mama) house was very nearby, everything from tea/coffee to lunch/dinner came from his place. Although the cafeteria in the hospital also dished out decent stuff but no beating the home stuff.
One thing that bothered me was that all her axillary lymph nodes were removed. I was eagerly awaiting to talk to the doc about it. When I got to talk to him he explained that some of the nodes were swollen and he didn't want to take any chance although they seemed non-malignant. The subsequent biopsy would confirm whether they are malignant or not. Besides only level I and II were removed and level III were still intact.
On 3rd November Mom was discharged and brought home. Post operation one thing that she had to live with for a few days was a lymphatic fluid discharge tube and bag. It seems the liquid was coming because of lymph node removal. The discharge bag had to be emptied daily and amount of liquid measured. Once the discharge amount reached below 30ml the the tube could be removed. Mom got adjusted to this in a day or two.
As all this was happening we were also anxiously waiting for the biopsy reports. Two of them were there, one for the lymph nodes malignancy and other the nature of cancer whether hormone receptive or not. The later was expected from Bangalore institute of Oncology while the former was to come from the in-house lab in Rangadore.
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