Something In Pink..Medical Update

Some may say pretty in pink..I say feeling pathetic in pink...lol.

Do I look drugged in this picture? Cause I am..

I Love how the DR office has these nice soft pink breast cover up gowns.. They just lift up and over..so much nicer then the blue paper robes.

I have had a lot of pain since my surgery. In fact I have felt so bad and run down I have spent way too much laying down. Actually I was a little concern with the level of pain I have a week later.

Today I saw the Dr for my follow up. I just adore the DR who did my surgery. He is so gentle and so kind.

He explained to me that the operation he did was complex because of where it was. He had to do some extensive work on the nipple area..He explained that because he had to do two places he did some damage to the nerve area. He ended up having to "bridge" the nerves back together for good blood supply. I have no idea what this means. But I said ..oh wow..okay.

He then said the healing would be in stages. Throbbing..Burning..shooting pain and all of the above. Sop the level of pain I am having is normal and is to be expected.

He then told me that both masses he removed were tumors and we did the best thing not just biopsy them but removing the whole mass. He did tell me that the type of tumor these were..do grow and sometimes fast. So one again we did the best thing with removing them.

We will be working on a follow up plan. But until then I am working on healing and my fatigue do to the treatments and operation. I will need to have follow up breast MRI, Ultrasounds, Mammograms every three months. And any new masses will need to be removed immediately. Plus whatever treatment is needed.

I do not know what the treatment will be for any of this but of course it will be done .

The Dr said something today that I thought said it all. He said this office has been filled with a lot of heartache..and there are days I hate having to speak to young ladies like yourself.

I left feeling overwhelmed..and anxious...but blessed he was kind and gentle. And so very thankful that he had taken both out and the second one was found on surgery day.

So for now I am just laying in bed feeling pretty sick. I hate feeling this way. I hate pain meds. I hate not just feeling like myself. Of course it has been a while..I am nto sure what that feels like...Okay I know that was whinny. I am just a little over things today.

Tomorrow will be a new day and God willing I will wake up and I will be thankful.