Hi there, it has been three weeks since I last chatted so let's update you.
I am still working with an "open wound" although it has closed/healed significantly and is now just a tiny 1/2 inch sliver of tissue that will probably close by Tuesday morning when I see the surgeon for a follow up. I have been seeing her weekly since she opened it up on the 19th of April so I guess that makes tomorrow 6 weeks. Wow, time does move life along, eh? I am doing well and glad that it is almost closed although the down side is that there is an indentation now and I am not "equal" now, which was the whole reason for the reduction in the first place but hey I guess all things will work out for the better in the long run. I am not complaining just stating the facts, mam. I am complaining, who am I kidding, this is my platform to complain right? Right. I am disappointed that there is a need for yet another "fix it" surgery IF I choose for one sometime in the distant or near future. I think I will move on down the road for awhile and then see how I feel about things. The most upsetting thing is that my implant side feels much heavier than the other side, and I sometimes think I should just take that implant out but I need to let everything settle for about a year and then take another look at it.
I did get a job, well two actually doing some accounting work for some start up companies so we will see how that goes. It gives me some time to be out of the house and helps me find things to do so that is good. It also brings in some money so that is good as well. I am trying to find things to do these days and am looking for suggestions, I don't really like to shop, and I don't really like gardening although that back yard needs something done to it, I like to read although that isn't outdoors, and yes it's humid today in the Nation's capital! I don't care for swimming and even if I did I couldn't with the wound still open. I guess we could go for a drive but there is so much traffic around here, oh do I sound down? I am a little, although if we were back in CA I don't know what we would be doing either so another place to start a new life and snap out it, Deb! You got a lot of opportunities, yes so off I go to another adventure. I will let you know how it goes!
Hugs, Deb
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
That circle has closed.
Can you believe that it has been a year since I started this blog? I can't. It amazes me that time has passed as it has and not a lot has changed.
Well okay a lot has changed Craig is still here in Virginia (since 1/12/09), I had back surgery for a severely herniated disc (well actually two), recovered went through physical therapy, was diagnosed with Breast Cancer AGAIN (so now I am an 11 year and 7 months out survivor),I went through chemotherapy for 14 weeks and then had a major surgery with reconstruction, then I packed up my house (of 8 years in the same neighborhood) and moved across the country to Virginia, unpacked the house, settled it, then flew back to San Diego for another (the final major)surgery, recovered at my mom's, closed up the house in Temecula, said "we'll see you later" to my neighbors, flew home for Easter, then had another little minor surgery to remove a tangerine size clot, still healing from that (yes it is still an open wound! dang it)and it's Mother's Day once again.
One could say that I have come full circle. My hair has grown back and sometimes it's funny (like ironic) that I am 9 months out from my last chemo treatment and just this past week I look like myself again in head and face. I don't look anything like my old self from the neck down. You should laugh at that. I am pleased with the fact that I don't wear underwire bras anymore (they always gouged somewhere), but I am still working on reducing the bulge that sits below my chest now. I am telling you someone should have warned me that area would be a problem and heavy exercise is not on the menu yet. So patience is still my best friend!
I will continue to check in and let you know how life goes here in Virginia. So far all is okay and I have work so that's good it gives me a focus for the week instead of wondering which chair I am going to sit on and for how long. This is a nostalgic week for me as last year is very vivid in my memory and all that I went through, I would not be where I am today without this blog to vent my thoughts onto, nor you all that read it and sent me your comments and prayers. Prayer is not last in my house, it is first, putting it at the end of the prior list makes it more noticeable.
Hugs to you all and Happy Mother's Day to my "Mother friends", Deb
Well okay a lot has changed Craig is still here in Virginia (since 1/12/09), I had back surgery for a severely herniated disc (well actually two), recovered went through physical therapy, was diagnosed with Breast Cancer AGAIN (so now I am an 11 year and 7 months out survivor),I went through chemotherapy for 14 weeks and then had a major surgery with reconstruction, then I packed up my house (of 8 years in the same neighborhood) and moved across the country to Virginia, unpacked the house, settled it, then flew back to San Diego for another (the final major)surgery, recovered at my mom's, closed up the house in Temecula, said "we'll see you later" to my neighbors, flew home for Easter, then had another little minor surgery to remove a tangerine size clot, still healing from that (yes it is still an open wound! dang it)and it's Mother's Day once again.
One could say that I have come full circle. My hair has grown back and sometimes it's funny (like ironic) that I am 9 months out from my last chemo treatment and just this past week I look like myself again in head and face. I don't look anything like my old self from the neck down. You should laugh at that. I am pleased with the fact that I don't wear underwire bras anymore (they always gouged somewhere), but I am still working on reducing the bulge that sits below my chest now. I am telling you someone should have warned me that area would be a problem and heavy exercise is not on the menu yet. So patience is still my best friend!
I will continue to check in and let you know how life goes here in Virginia. So far all is okay and I have work so that's good it gives me a focus for the week instead of wondering which chair I am going to sit on and for how long. This is a nostalgic week for me as last year is very vivid in my memory and all that I went through, I would not be where I am today without this blog to vent my thoughts onto, nor you all that read it and sent me your comments and prayers. Prayer is not last in my house, it is first, putting it at the end of the prior list makes it more noticeable.
Hugs to you all and Happy Mother's Day to my "Mother friends", Deb
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