Five Days Out

It has now been 5 days out from surgery number two and I am up and moving about. I have intermitent pain associated with the different healing processes at the incision site. This is different from the last surgery as it is stabbing at times and quickly bothered by the heat of the day. An ice pack is my best friend, not to mention medicine!
My sister Barb left today to go back to Atlanta so we are back to managing life on our own. She has been a wonderful source of help and comfort for us in this time of recovery. We would have her move in, but her family back there needs her just as much so she had to hit the road this morning. She starts back to work as a clinic aid tomorrow for Fulton County schools. They are very lucky to have such a good aid! They need to have her cook for them too!

We are waiting patiently (sort of) for the pathology report that should be in sometime later this week. These results will tell us whether or not I will have to undergo another surgery if the margins are NOT clear from the surgery last Thursday. Dr. Whitworth was very "clear" the day of surgery that this past one was our "last" opportunity for NOT having to take the entire breast and if the margins are NOT clear, we will be going back for the whole thing - yikes! He did not have to take anymore nodes this time because they had already taken the sentinel node along with 4 others my first round of surgery. This explains why my armpit continually feels like it has an innertube feeling under it. Hopefully physical therapy next week will help me to deal with that side effect!

Once we have the green light on this time around, we will move forward on scheduling radiation for a 6 week period.

Continue to pray for the Lord's will in all of this and our patience as we take each day as it comes. Meantime, I can float in the pool without a problem, just a little more on the right, than the left :-). Brenda