Friday, Aug 24, 2007

Today, my three drains came out. This wasn't a painful process, as imagined it
would be. I feel so much better. I still have some chest pressure,
but nothing like before; I also got a new prescription for valium
today- which helps with pressure. I FEEL GREAT! I even took a shower
and got dressed all by myself for the first time!

Today, my pathology report came out. Not the greatest news: I have cancer....
DUH! I have cancer in my lymph nodes, in addition to having it in my
former breast tissue. 5 nodes out of 13 nodes are positive for
tumor. My Nottingham Histologic Grade is 9/9..... the scale goes
from 1-9, so it's bad.

With all that being said, and now that it's had time to sink in.... I'm a bit
bummed. I can't help but think "How much worse can this get".
However, I stil don't feel like I'm "sick". Sure, I just had major
surgery, and I'm not on my 'A' game from that, but all this would be
easier to believe if I was "sick" in some way. I'm just eager to
feel better so that I can resume life as it was.

I'm not worried about cancer. This is just something I have to do and then
go on......back to normal.