Step 1, the Surgery

Well, February 10 arrived. Yes, I was scared spitless, but thank goodness I was booked to be there early in the morning (7 am) so there was not a lot of day to spend stewing about it.

I don't remember a lot about that day, just that I got through it. A full mastectomy is not a ton of fun, but was certainly better than knee surgery LOL I was pretty sore, and really not happy about the drains, but hey, I can do this! And an appointment was set for the following Wednesday to remove the drains, so the next day I went home.

Recovering in Calmar was good, I had Mr Milo to assist me with his gurgles and beginning smiles. He is such a contented baby, and it was also good to spend time with Janna.

Wednesday, February 18 finally arrived. I was so looking forward to seeing those drains unattached to me that I really didn't care what was involved in removing them. Turns out there isn't much involved to their removal so its a good thing I didn't waste an energy worrying about that :-) The surgeon said that everything was looking good, although the path report wasn't back yet, but the lymph nodes (2) that had been removed had looked clear in the OR.

So I was 'cured' ....well thought so. Late that afternoon I received the call that the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes and I was booked for more surgery on Monday, February 23. This was not good news, nor was the news that the MRI had been bang on about the size of the tumor. 10cm???? Good grief, where on earth was I hiding that!!!!

Step 1 was officially over, step 1b was about to begin....