Today is the day He has made....

I will rejoice and be glad in it! Here I am! Surgery went well. I ended up having to stay the night because I was requiring too much pain medication. I was actually very surpised at the amount of pain I was in. But those awesome nurses did their best to keep it under control.. The surgeon said she felt very confident that she got all the cancer out, she even removed some lymph nodes from each side. There was a little drama just before surgery - I guess you could say I freaked out! All of the sudden it just became so real and there was no turning back. I cried and I cried and I cried some more. I really didn't want to go thru with it (even though I knew I had to) - you could have called me the Runaway Patient. Then my best friend, Dr. Anesthesiologist, came by and he gave me my pre-surgery margarita and all was well with the world. Everything after that - I have no recollection of. Nothing! I suppose that's a good thing, right? I've got two drainage tubes coming out of each surgical site, plus a lovely undergarment to wear so I can velcro the tubes to my undergarment and they don't just hang down. I also have a pain ball that administers medication on it's own every 2 hours. thru another tube going into each surgical site as well. So, I have to carry that around with me, but it should only last a few more days and then it will be empty. I have to wear Bobby's button up shirts for now because I can't get my arms thru a regular shirt sleeve. I was pleasantly surprised that I'm not as flat as a board. There was enough skin left that my doctor could fill up the tissue expanders with quite a bit of saline, so I look like I have square boobs and it feels like they are right underneath my chin. That's better than nothing though. She expects that I'll only have to go in for 1 or 2 saline fills to make them bigger. I realize that this blog post is a little all over the place, but that's the best I can do for now because the pain pills make me a little loopy. So for now my friends - CIAO! Oh and if you haven't done so already, get up and go do your self exam.