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Well, I am happy to say I will not be going to the insane asylum. Dr Brian took out all four drains today. Those were the worst thing ever. They hurt, were disgusting and I could only sleep on my back and not move. To sum it up when I was heavily medicated they were fine now that I am not they had to go. It was not fun at all getting them out but they are gone. Anyway, she said everything looked good. I won't see her again for a year. I will however become best friends with my plastic surgeon. I see him again next week. One of the best things about having surgery the way I did is I still have cleavage. I actually have a little more than I did before surgery. I know my muscles in my back around to the front are still really tight. I will be curious to see how much is still swelling. The boob part under my arms is puffy but they said that some of that is from the Lat flap. I will know more next week.

I guess that is it for now. My appt with Dr Heistein is next Thursday. I almost forgot, I have to go see Dr Crim again on Oct 12, he needs to get me started on tamoxifan. Yeah, pills for the next two to three years. (I hope you heard the sarcasm) Talk to you soon!

Great News

I got great news today. Dr Brian called and said she got the pathology report back and there were no residual tumors in the tissue and she took out nine lymph nodes and they were all clear. I am so happy if I could move more I would do a dance!

I also needed to clarify something I said before. I was confused. When they take muscles out of the back and put them in the front it's not that easy. They cut only part of the muscle in the back and stretch it around to the front. They have to leave it attached for blood flow. It has made me feel really tight under my arms.

Everything seems to be getting better. I hope when I see Dr Brian on Thursday she takes out all the drains.

I Am Home

Well, I made it home today and that was a trip. Everything went fine until I started to get motion sickness. That made for a long trip. I am home now and all is well. I have pain but nothing like I did yesterday.

I know Brian told you how long the surgery ended up being. I was a little surprised but I wanted them to have plenty of time to do it right. Everything they were supposed to do they did. The expander's pretty well fill out what I had before. The muscles are what is the most sore. I came home with four drains and I hope to get them all out this Thursday when I go back to see Dr Brian. I won't see the plastic surgeon until the next Thursday Oct 1.

I don't know anything else for now.

Day after Surgery

Teisha asked me to post something last night, but I didn't get it done. When she did the pre-op interview over the phone with the hospital, they thought it would be a three hour surgery. That person was wrong. It was a six hour surgery. It made for a long day.
Everything went well, no surprises. She is sore, but she is walking up and down the hall about every hour. The doctor still anticipates releasing her tomorrow. It will be a long ride home, with two three-year olds.

Brian

Tomorrow is the day

I had both pre-ops today and everything went fine. Dr Heistein got me all marked up and ready to go. Surgery should take approx 3 hours. I don't know if I will be able to blog tomorrow so hopefully Brian will. I am sure it will be short and sweet but at least you will know that all is well. Everyone say an extra prayer for me tomorrow and I will talk to you soon.

CAT Scan & Dr Appt

We had a great vacation. Here are a few pictures. We stayed one night in San Antonio on the river and then went to Port Aransas for three nights. The kids just loved the beach and the pool at our hotel. It was so nice to get away for a few days with no appointments or worries.

I had a CAT scan last Thursday, the medical oncologist just wanted to see everything before I had surgery. I met with him today to get the results. Everything looks good. The tumors in the breast are not showing anymore and the lymph node that was slightly swollen before appears to be normal size now. Even though deep down I knew that it hadn't gone anywhere else you still worry a little. I am sure every time I have a scan or test I will have that little bit of worry and sick feeling. I will see Dr Crim again in a month to start my medicine. He wanted to wait until after surgery because it could cause blood clots. I will be taking Tamoxifan and he said I will be on it for two or three years.

Well, time sure does fly by. I will be having surgery in 10 days. I can't believe it is already here and I'm just ready to get it over with. I have pre-op on the 17th and then surgery will be at 10 am on the 18th.

I guess that is it for now.