Day 3 post surgery

I am feeling pretty well. I had a follow up with David today. I also had my unavailing. I have to say I am quite pleased. They are a work in progress. (still). I could get one drain removed however the one on the left side is there until Thursday. After that it is light lifting and a sports bra for... Here is where the story changes. David says 3 months and the nurse said 4-6 weeks. I think the longer I can live in a sports bra the better the shape will look. Who cares, I'm already happy. As for pain. I am sore. Since the right side was just skin and tissue it is not baas at all especially now that the drain is out. There was deeper tissues and muscle on the left so that side has more pain. But again it is not so bad. I do have some bruising but that was to be expected. I have manage all pain with just some extra strength Tylenol, which grandpa was please about when he checked in tonight. My Gram and Jeff's grandpa are of that generation that you grin and bear it, so they are both get very excited when I "push threw pain"
Now onto my fat lip, the plastic surgeon feels it is from the anesthesiologist, I have to say that is more annoying than my new boobs. It might be more annoying since I was not prepared for a fat lip. Oh well.

Update

I am sore. And still a bit groggy from the meds. My lip that I bit at some point hurts the most. I have drains again they aren't so bad this time and they will come out on Monday. It's funny I thought the reduction side would hurt more than the mastectomy side. It's the opposite. My left side is much more uncomfortable.

One year.....

What a year. I am full of emotions today. It has been a year since I heard... "reactive cells", "what part of breast cancer are you not getting" and "are you sitting?, it is cancer"...
I am excited to have my pet scan in two days. It is crazy how your brain works. My blood is fine. However every ache and cough makes me wonder if a small cell was camped out somewhere and the nasty chemo and even worse radiation did not find it and kill it! I know it is in my head but it's just how my thought process goes. I will have better peace of mind on Thursday.
Friday is my surgery!! I can not wait. I have done tons of reading and the pain should not be too bad. Nothing like I have already put myself through last year. I love looking at the catalogs that come in the mail of possible shirts I can wear in the future and not worry about a button staying closed. Or the idea of buying a bathing suit that does not cost a fortune because I need super support on top. I just need to get rid of my spare tire around my belly and I will be set. I am working on it I am down about 8lbs from my heaviest..

Next Week

My Insurance okayed my PET scan quickly and Union Sq could get me in next week.  So Wed I will be heading to the city for my Scan.  I will get the wet read results pretty quickly, I just need to call Dr M and tell him to call :o) and then Surgery on Friday.  Busy week.....  Very reminiscent of last year.

Remember me???

I bet everyone thought I had given up on my blog. I haven't I just run out of time when my eyes are open.

I had gotten an upper resp infection at thanksgiving and it is still sticking around. I also had a stomach bug along with everyone in my house including Guppie. What a surprise
60th that was for her. Happy New Year!! Happy Birthday!!! Do you need saltines? It's been fun.

On the home front Maddie has escaped her crib so we are transitioning to a toddler bed it is getting better however we have not had a full nights sleep in about a month. It is really taking a toll on us. I got a new dishwasher for the holidays since the one that came with the house caught on fire. Not a large one and it was contained but it was still a fire. We are fighting with our town to zone an adult use area and halt the expansion of the massive strip club and supporting retail space they have planned. It is funny to me to see people reactions to this. I have gotten more "good luck with that's" than I did for my cancer. Why are people so negative. I would rather go down on a swing than watch the strike. At least I tried.
Now to my cancer front. All systems are a go for my surgery on 1/27!! I don't know what time. I am looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to the nap! I need to squeeze in a pet scan between now and then and I found out today that Dr M would like me to go back to the city for that. No big deal I just hope they can fit me in. I had a mammo on my "good" boob everything looked good there but I do have a lot of scar tissue around my port. They actually asked if I had trauma to the area, I haven't I have a two year old that knows my weak area.
I will try to get back to my regular posts.