REPAIR SURGERY Tuesday went well. I was home by afternoon and slept the rest of the day. My sister and niece brought dinner and can't say I remember much else about that day. It felt much better to have the "hole" repaired and secured. Today we spent much of the day in Tampa at both surgeon's follow-up appts. My ps liked the look of the new incision when he took off the bandage. He also removed last Monday's bandages from the right breast and it looked much better too. Ironically, subsequent incision closures heal much faster and nicer than the original ones since the body is already in "healing mode" with all the proper chemical and physiological elements in place from the first time around.
BEST NEWS OF DAY from our gs...axilliary lymph nodes taken out at last Monday's surgery came back clear. He only had to take out another 5 nodes on that day. The arm mapping procedure helped limit the number needed to be removed.
NOW, I have to get back on track with arm exercises and the regaining of my mobility. No more alligator arms. Everything is so tight once again, so the stretching process is no fun, but necessary. This third surgery has delayed my first chemo until 11/28 which gives me about 5 weeks to work on it. That date happens to fall on Kenny's and my 25th wedding anniversary. We are so glad to have celebrated early as a family this summer with a trip to New York which was a great time!
Looking forward this Saturday to "Making Strides for Breast Cancer" Walk. I think we have about 45 enrolled on our team, which is fantastic! Encouraging everyone to be there around 8:30 am on Sat. to get your t-shirts and get some pix taken. Its going to be a special day for me and my family, and a great support for other women fighting this fight.
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