I hate thinking of titles for these things. It's not fair to need a title for a paragraph!
So, hospital yesterday morning, (don't read the next sentence if you are grossed out easily) and they injected nuclear dye into my nipples. It did not hurt nearly as much as I thought it would, but it really hurts now. Then they made me walk up and down the hall to get my body to push it out into my lymph nodes, and then I went and lied in pre op for 4 hours, eventually getting a little impatient. I finally went in around 2 for surgery, and they took out the sentinel lymph nodes under my arms to see if the cancer has spread. They also removed half of my thyroid, which had a tumor the size of Utah (6 centimeters long!!) and I am really happy about that being gone. The doctor doesn't think that will be cancerous, but they did find irregular cells in one lymph node and we will find out more about that next week.
Shared my room with a woman who is 41 and had a bilateral mastectomy, and between the two of us, the nurses were coming in the room all night and wondering why we weren't sleeping. I finally figured out in my stupor how to turn off the light and turn down the TV volume around 2am. I got out of jail and slept much of today at home, and am in pain but it's nothing compared to the next operation's recovery. That one's going to suck big time.
So, I am home, my voice is weak, and I can't lift anything over 5 pounds for a week, over 15 pounds for a month, and I can't vacuum or do any motion like that for about 6 weeks. YAY! There's always a silver lining.
Time for bed!
So, hospital yesterday morning, (don't read the next sentence if you are grossed out easily) and they injected nuclear dye into my nipples. It did not hurt nearly as much as I thought it would, but it really hurts now. Then they made me walk up and down the hall to get my body to push it out into my lymph nodes, and then I went and lied in pre op for 4 hours, eventually getting a little impatient. I finally went in around 2 for surgery, and they took out the sentinel lymph nodes under my arms to see if the cancer has spread. They also removed half of my thyroid, which had a tumor the size of Utah (6 centimeters long!!) and I am really happy about that being gone. The doctor doesn't think that will be cancerous, but they did find irregular cells in one lymph node and we will find out more about that next week.
Shared my room with a woman who is 41 and had a bilateral mastectomy, and between the two of us, the nurses were coming in the room all night and wondering why we weren't sleeping. I finally figured out in my stupor how to turn off the light and turn down the TV volume around 2am. I got out of jail and slept much of today at home, and am in pain but it's nothing compared to the next operation's recovery. That one's going to suck big time.
So, I am home, my voice is weak, and I can't lift anything over 5 pounds for a week, over 15 pounds for a month, and I can't vacuum or do any motion like that for about 6 weeks. YAY! There's always a silver lining.
Time for bed!
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