Well life as "normal" has resumed.
Although my hours are short, I have really enjoyed the last two weeks of
working again. I have found my way back to the gym and am feeling the burn of
some good workouts. Work and exercise have also helped me get back to sleeping
without the help of medication. I look forward to maintaining this
routine for two more weeks until I have my next surgery on February 29th. This
will be the procedure in which the plastic surgeon replaces the expanders with
silicone gel implants (we decided to go with silicone). He says my
recovery will be much easier than my last surgery. I will only be under
anaesthesia for one hour, he will cut through the same incisions that were used
during the last procedure, and I shouldn't need drains. No lifting anything for
2 weeks and no running for 6 weeks were the post-op instructions given to me so
far. One thing is for sure, I will not be sad to see these expanders go.
Blake and I
met with my Oncologist, Dr. Garg this week. I got my congratulatory high
five for finishing chemo. It was great to be talking with him with chemo
now in the rearview mirror. He re-iterated that I would not need
radiation since I had the mastectomy and my tumors were not greater than 4 cm
and no lymph nodes were involved. In that moment of hearing him say that again,
I was so grateful to the Lord for His protection against those things being
true. We also discussed Tamoxifen and all of its wonderful side effects. He
agreed that I could wait until after my surgery to start taking it. Again
he mentioned the main side effects as being hot flashes (which I already have
from chemo) and mood swings. I can deal with these if I could just be
spared any nausea/vomiting.
Since getting
back into the swing of things, I have also noticed the worries of life creeping
up on me. I am determined not to let myself get back to the place I was
before all of this started. Blake and I are working on some practical
steps we can take to keep this experience fresh in our hearts, and we
appreciate your prayers in this area.
I read this
quote in When Your World Fall Apart :
"We know
not what the future holds
But take each
day as it unfolds
The bitter
with the sweet God blends
We wisely
take what 'ere He sends
His dealings
are in wisdom made,
The warming
sun or chilling shade.
On mountain
top in the dell
Our Father
doeth all things well."
-David B. Stewart
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