Saturday, August 30, 2008

Saturday, August 30, 2008
The day after surgery. 8/30/08 Current mood: sore
Well, surgery went well yesterday. The doctor believes she got it alland there was no spread to the lymph nodes. Pathology reports should beback on Tuesday and we will know for sure that she got a good margin. Iwas released at about 8:00 last night. There are 4 incisions soneedless to say I am a bit sore but the doc gave me percoset to dealwith that. Although I will try to keep that use to a minimum. My biggestchallenge thus far is remembering to breathe into the spirometer. :)Having just had pneumonia in May will make me much more diligent in thatmatter than I probably would have been in the past.I came home to a refrigerator stocked with what are going to prove to besome wonderful meals provided by my co workers. I am certainly not going to starve. And fortunately (or unfortunately) I am one of those people that can eat no matter how sick I feel. :DAnd I received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from The Northland Chorale and another beautiful arrangement from Becky! Thank you both. They are very cheery.Thanks to all of you for your wonderful support. Having a supportnetwork like I have makes this so much easier.I will probably be back to work on the 15th assuming there are nocomplications between now and then. I'm still not sure when theradiation will start but she was able to recommend a good radiationoncologist for me up here on the north end. Hopefully I can schedulethose appointments either early or late in the day in an effort to keepa semi normal schedule.Again, thanks to all of you for your love and support. Feel free to call me any time.