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Well, I am back from a much needed and overdue vacation with
my family! I feel refreshed, relaxed and
blessed.
We booked a trip to an all inclusive in Cuba for 7
days. We had a fabulous time…enjoying
the sun, heat and surf…the food was a little to be desired but overall, it was
so worth the money. Our goal was to get
away from all this snow and cold and basically relax…which, is exactly what we
did! We didn’t go on any excursions and
only saw one show at the resort. We were
in bed every night by 10 and up by 7…with no one to tell us we had to be here
or there by a certain time. It was amazing!! We arrived home from our vacation on Saturday
and geared ourselves up for my next surgery on Tuesday.
My surgery was scheduled for 9:50AM on Tuesday, April
8. I was told to be there for 8:15AM for
registration. We figured that if we left
the house by 6:30AM that would be more than enough time to get us there for my
appointment. Little did we know, when we
woke up, there would be a snow storm…what the heck? April 8 and a snow storm!! The traffic was brutal but we managed to make
it there for 8:00AM…holding our breath all the way because Jason forgot to put
gas in the car and our light was on, half way there! Geeze, this guy...he likes to make me panic!
LOL
Anywho, we arrived on time and the nurses took me in right
away, which I wasn’t expecting. Dr.
Semple came to see me around 9:00AM and said we would be starting shortly. So after he placed his reference points on me
with a marker, I was sent out to the waiting area to wait for the
anesthesiologist. Once I was asked a
million and one questions, I was taken in to the surgery room and quickly put
under…no pussy footin' around with them! :)
I woke up approximately two hours after I went in and was in
the most excruciating pain! I was really
nervous going into this surgery, for some reason. I guess I was anticipating the pain. The nurses were so good with me and gave me
lots of good meds to keep me comfortable.
I slept for about another hour before they let Jason and the boys come
in to see me. They didn’t stay long
because I was so drugged up, it didn’t make sense for them to just stand there
watching me sleep. The doctor came in to
see how I was and tell me that they took more fat this time…which meant they
had more to inject into my mastectomy sight.
This would explain the extra pain that I felt this time around. I guess they figured it was my last fat
transfer so they wanted to make the best of it! I was finally discharged at 2:45PM.
Over the past couple of days, I have been in a lot of pain…oxycodone
has been my best friend! ;) Today, I am
feeling weak and uncomfortable. I have
a lot of bruising and swelling in my abdomen and my chest wall is feeling really tight and
bruised. I am not sure if you can see from
the photos or not, but I now have a small “mound” in my breast sight. (my tan is camouflaging a lot of the bruising) Looks like this is working for me!! YAY!!! The doctors are quite pleased with my
progress and how far my skin has come since the last procedure in January.
I have a follow up appointment with Dr. Semple on April 16
and hopefully will be given my surgery date for the removal of my other breast
and insertion of expanders. At this
point, I am not looking forward to this surgery as I am tired of being in pain
and discomfort. But, I can’t give up now…it
will all be over before I know it! J
Be positive, be strong and continue to pray! Also, be kind to one another…it’s anti-bullying
week and it’s so important to spread kindness throughout the world! There are a lot of kind people in the world…if
you can’t find one, be one!
