Holding good thoughts for your speedy recovery. I just had a visual of you turning the garden hose on those unwanted intruders in your body just like you did the unwanted visitors on your doorstep. Your pluck will hold you in good stead, Cheryl.
Usually anytime someone wishes to put holes in you, it does not turn out good. However, hopefully this time a great deal of good will come from it.. Hopes for a speedy recovery and no after effects --
The good news the surgeon gave us is that the sentinel nodes removed show the cancer has probably not spread out of the immediate area taken care of by the surgery today.
She will probably need radiation then be back in the Mormon hosing business. The doctors in the Medical Center told her not to be yanking on a garden hose to spray Mormons for a week.
Just kidding! I lied like a Mormon on that part.
She's asleep right now but will be back posting soon.
A board-favorite lady with a board-favorite story. I'm always afraid I will emulate her the next time the Mobots come by - but they generally give me a wide berth. Maybe they know about her too?
Here's to a speedy & complete recovery for Cheryl.
Yeah! She will want to wear button front shirts for the near future as it will be difficult to lift her arm over her head. The armpit surgery could very well be more painful that the lumpectomy! Keep moving your shoulder even just a bit. You really don't want to get a frozen shoulder.
Take your pain meds! Pain messes with your mental state. You don't want to be in pain AND depressed.
I turned to food to deal with everything, so don't do that! I am grateful I'm alive, but I'd like to be thin again!!!
Unless things have changed, you get to have tattoos for the radiation!
They're cute little dots. I have 3 People are shocked when I tell them I have tattoos, and NO, they can't see them.
I know this might sound strange, but husband and I took up putting puzzles together when I got out of surgery. We had a lot of empty time, where I wasn't up to doing much. We put together a LOT of puzzles. When we were done with them I gave them to the waiting room where I had radiation. Everyone seemed to like doing them.
We haven't done one since. Somehow,I can't explain, they were a comfort.
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I'm doing well and do appreciate the good wishes and wise words.
My heart goes out to those who have what I do and are likely to receive worse news.
I feel lucky to feel as well as I do and to have such a thoughtful competent surgeon who tells the truth and lets me know whatever she can at the first instant she finds out. She's a beautiful redhead in her early fifties who specializes only in breast cancer surgery and always knows what to say and how to say it.
Thanks to my sweet sensible husband, skilled surgeon, good friends on the board and off, I'm feeling only a little ragged and very supported physically and emotionally.
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