Well, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. So far spring has been amazing here...I am loving every minute I get to be outside. We had changing of the guards in our house over the weekend. Tim's loving, amazing, super-human mom left to go back to Alabama, and my amazing mother came in to help us out for another week. Since I start my first chemo this Thursday, we are having backup help since we don't know how I will respond. I now also know why I was given medical leave. Besides healing from my surgery, I also have so many doctors visits every week. This is CRAZY. Last week, I went to 5 doctors appointments in 3 days. Dentist, oncologist, plastic surgeon(twice), and my breast cancer surgeon. This week isn't much different. Wednesday is the only day I am not going to a doctor's office. Of course, it is early in the week....things may change and that may fill up also.
Friday, I had my last two drain tubes removed. That was so freeing to have them gone. Pearce thinks mommy is all better now because those tubes were removed. The nurse at my plastic surgeon felt pretty confident I would have to come in Monday and have fluid removed that would accumulate over the weekend. So, of course I went in today. Dr Adams(my plastic surgeon) did not think the fluid accumulation was that much so instead of draining me he decided to FILL my tissue expanders instead. Pretty exciting....I wasn't planning on having any fills for about 3 more weeks. Since I was filled some when I had my surgery, and I now have gotten a second fill, I will not go back to see Dr Adams until my chemo is complete. He doesn't want to risk me getting an infection with me getting needle sticks in his office. So now I am walking around with about 650 cc of saline in my expanders. I look like about a good "B" cup. Tomorrow, I have an ECHO done just to make sure my heart is healthy and should tolerate my chemo. Then no more doctor visits until chemo.....
I had a wonderful dinner with Tim last night at Ruth Chris steak house. I read somewhere not to eat my favorite foods too many days close to my chemo just in case I get real sick. Those foods would then probably not be my favorites any more. So nothing beats a good steak cooked in butter and creamed spinich. I also consumed my last martini for a while....it was so good. Now I am getting ready for spring athletics. Parker starts his first T-ball practice tomorrow at 5:30 followed by soccer (with Pearce) at 6:30. Full night tomorrow. I can't wait. Hopefully I will not get sick from chemo and can even make T-ball practice Saturday.....we will see. My mom has gotten the boys and is taking them to a movie, so I have a couple of quiet hours at home. Either a nap or a good book should help pass the quiet time. Talk to everyone soon.
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