Boobs and such

I could jump out of my skin I’m so excited

and cold, but I’ll not dwell on the fact that our house has no heat,

and has been sporadically working, at best, for a couple of weeks now.   There have been crews under our house for days upon days. (I’m getting good at redirecting my attention.)

Yes, our “good” luck continues into 2012, but I’m still holding out that this year is going to be fabulous.

At least last week the weather was a gorgeous 70ish degrees.

This week, not so much.  BUT Uggs were on sale this week too.  Guess who wears Uggs both inside and outside now?  We all do!

So, I’ll ignore the cold and announce that we have a surgery date!

I can’t tell you how exciting it was to see Dr. Sweatman and hear that my surgery could be scheduled at any time!  Too bad the hospital couldn’t fit me in until January 18th, but I’ll take it!  I was literally jumping for joy about the surgery.  Who knew?

Also, Dr. S is very pro-lumpectomy and encouraged that route, but gave me the ultimate call of a lumpectomy or mastectomy.  (Only after spitting out lots of facts and statistics of more than I ever wanted to know about boobs, cancer and surgery.)  Of course, I wanted to do whatever he thought was best, so lumpectomy it is, which is outpatient surgery.  The tumor is still there and is “notably smaller.”  I wish it would have dissolved all together, but sometimes that’s not the case after chemotherapy.  Its what you hope for, but doesn’t always do the trick.  It may even be in several pieces, he said.  He will remove all tumor and surrounding tissue and do a sentinel node removal.  After that I will begin radiation therapy 5 days a week for 6 weeks.

By St. Patrick’s Day, I’ll be a new woman, with two new bathrooms and heat just in time for Spring.

No sweat.

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