-TODAY WAS QUITE A BUSY DAY GETTING ALL MY PRE-OP APPOINTMENTS OUT OF THE WAY IN PREPARATION FOR SURGERY THIS COMING MONDAY OCTOBER 10th. THE GOOD NEWS, AS STATED BEFORE, IS THAT THE LARGE TUMOR I STARTED WITH HAS DISAPPEARED, SO SURGERY WAS DOWNGRADED FROM MASTECTOMY TO LUMPECTOMY. I WILL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR THIS, BUT KNOW HE WOULD WALK WITH ME, THROUGH IT ALL, EVEN IF THE OUTCOME WAS NOT AS GOOD.
-TODAY I HAD TO HAVE AN EKG, LABS, U/A, BASELINE TEST FOR POSSIBLE LYMPHEDEMA OR ARM SWELLING AFTER SURGERY, LOTS OF PAPERWORK TO READ & FILL OUT, QUESTIONS TO GO OVER, POST OP BRA FITTING, MASSAGE THERAPY TO MY LEFT ARM THAT WAS INJURED BY CHEMO, TO NAME A FEW. IT WAS A LONG DAY & BOY IS MY BODY & MY BRAIN TIRED!
WE WILL NEED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE EARLY, AROUND 7 AM, ON MONDAY WHICH IS SURGERY DAY, TO GO FOR A MAMMOGRAM & GUIDE WIRE INSERTIONS WHICH THE SURGEON WILL USE TO PINPOINT THE EXACT AREA TO REMOVE DURING SURGERY. THE OPERATION ITSELF IS SCHEDULED FOR 10:45 AM & SHOULD LAST ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF. ADD IN SOME RECOVERY TIME AND BARRING ANY COMPLICATIONS, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO HOME THAT SAME DAY. NOT BAD FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS FACING A RADICAL MASTECTOMY & MULTIPLE RECONSTRUCTION SURGERIES JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. WHAT A CONTRAST TO WHAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN FACING! WHAT A MERCIFUL GOD!
-I HAVE MET A LOT OF REALLY NICE PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY, ON MY CANCER ADVENTURE. WITH RECOVERY & SIX WEEKS OF DAILY RADIATION, I STILL HAVE A LITTLE WAY TO GO. I PRAY GOD WILL USE MY EXPERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS AS THEY FACE THEIR OWN UNIQUE ADVENTURES TOO. BLESS YOU ALL & THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS!
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