Happy Tuesday! :)

Well hello there sunshine! Think I may go outside and enjoy the weather. My dad just called and is coming over to rake the yard and lay grass seed and fertilizer so I'm gonna pitch in and pull a weed...or 2. LOL
Doctors appt tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it. Remember when doctors were so scarey when we were little? Still should be for me, but I can't wait to go. They are 2 awesome people! Took a few days to convince the infection to go away, but it's feeling and looking ALOT better.
Hope you all have a WONDERFUL day and smile at least once, twice, three times a lady. Gotta love Lionel Richie!!!!! :)

April 10th...

Well hello there! :)
Been a few days due to the fact that getting down to my computer was next to impossible. Wednesday night I went to bed with alittle discomfort, but thought nothing of it because hey...I had surgery. During the night and on into Thursday the pain became worse to the point of unbearable. I can take ALOT of pain, but this knocked me down and brought tears to my eyes. Doctor had me come in that afternoon and said I had an infection underneath the incision and a lot of inflammation. They put me on antibiotics, uped my Vicodin to 2 pills per dose every 4 hours and also 4 Ibuprofren each time with the Vicodin. Needless to say I've been in la la land and resting the past couple days. Today I feel "alil" better which is GREAT. Alittle better is better than alittle worse. :)
Hope you all have a WONDERFUL weekend and enjoy the nice weather!!! :)

Appointment....

Went great! They took every other staple out and I got to lose 1 of the drainage tubes/bottles! Yay!! They said to keep doing whatever I'm doing because it's looking good. I go back in another week. :)

April 6th....

Well it's been 1 week today that I went in for surgery. I'm well and getting along great, but wanted to share what I've been thinking about today. As I'm getting ready for my 1 week appointment, I think back to when it all began. Now I know it was only a month ago, but to me...it feels like forever ago. I specifically ran over and over in my mind the day of my ultrasound. Tracy and I got together in the morning laughing and hanging out having a good time until my appointment. We picked mom up, listened to the "cabbage/lettuce" whatever it was cure and laughed the whole way there. Laughed (cuz thats what we do) in the exam room until the doc came in and started the procedure. At 1 point I said, "geez doc...your taking a lot of pictures"...no smirk on his face although he is a WONDERFUL man and smiled when he came in. Somehow at that point....I finally became scared. They say that rough roads in life make you stronger and lord knows...I've had my share and have always came out stronger and more determined. I pray that this is also 1 of those times. Nothing negative...only my thoughts for the day...
I will post again when I get back from my appointment. :)

Song...

All time favorite song......
http://www.cmt.com/videos/jo-dee-messina/26376/bring-on-the-rain.jhtml

Hello all! My computer took a dive a few days ago and I just got it back up and running and dang is it zooming! Thank-you D2 (Dad 2-Kevin) for your smarts and time in fixing it! Trying to catch back up on the emails, but hey...got plenty of time for that. My wonderful, beautiful, loving mom posted for me yesterday and I appreciate her update. Couldn't have said it better myself. Ha! Things are going good and my spirits have been up since I came home from surgery. I look at it this way....I can't change what happened nor can I go back, so all I can do is take this journey and take it like a trooper. :) I have gotten SO many flowers and cards and thank each and every one of you for being so caring and thoughtful. Also..the meals have been amazing and the visits have been much appreciated.
Today....well, I have no scheduled plans or visits lined up until tonight so WOW....I may just actually veg for once like I'm supposed to. RIGHT I know, but you never know!
Have a GREAT weekend and I'll pop in again real soon. :)

April 1, 2010

Another good day. Danny decided to take me for a ride to Iowa City for dinner. I decided to stop and buy my wonderful mother some flowers and take to her office in Cedar Rapids. She was totally blown away when I walked in her office. Met her co-workers and they could not believe I just had surgery and looked so damn good. Had a wonderful day but was a little tired by the time I got home. Dr. Duven's office called when I got home and informed me they received lab tests back from the nodes they removed during surgery. There was 13 nodes removed from under my left arm and only 4 were cancerous. They first told me probably 9 would be cancerous so I was so excited.They peeled the cancer off my chest wall but don't feel it penetrated the wall. The cancer lump in my breast was about an inch in length, 3.5 phase. They remind me that the surgery is the easy part of this journey, chemo will be the hard part. I will always keep my eyes on the light at the end of the tunnel. Have a great Good Friday.