After surgery [View all]
I had a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction a week ago and am doing fine. Pathology reports came back negative (despite what our *president believes, negative is good when you're checking for cancer) and margins of the tumor removed were clean, so all looks good. The drains are a nuisance, but pain is minimal, which surprises me. Honestly, I have taken a total of 7 pain pills, including during my overnight in the hospital. The pains I do get seem to be positional, and when I change position, the pain goes away, so I don't see the point of constipating myself for a pain that's going to go away anyhow.
I do have a chemo port, but I'm assuming that will be removed. I don't know why I'd be getting chemo if everything is clear and contained. But who knows? I did chemo the first time around, and it wasn't as horrible as I'd thought it would be. I can take it a second time. I've avoided getting a haircut because I assumed I'd have chemo and my hair would fall out again, but if I don't have chemo, I'll have the worst hairdo in town until I can get somebody to cut this.
Thanks again for all the good wishes from you here. Positive vibrations cannot but help.
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