Surgery #2 down

So, I had my boobs put in on Wednesday along with my ovaries removed.

Surprisingly, my chest doesn't hurt that much. It hurts when I wake up and whenever I try to get up, but other than that I don't notice it. Now, my right side where the ovaries were taken out is another story. It's very sore. My belly button is black and blue from the scope too. Nathan is just the right height and keeps running into me there.

I'm not taking too much of the pain meds. I'm more sore than in pain. Thankfully, my doctor was able to remove the ovaries through a small incision instead of a full C-section incision. This will make my revocery only 2 weeks instead of 10.

Ok, now everyone wants to know about the boobs. Well, I can't tell yet. They're smashed down under an ACE bandage and a sports bra. They look ok. I hope they'll pop out once the swelling goes down and bandages are off. I'll update later on how the "girls" are coming along.

My hair is growing in pretty fast. It's dark now, it was white at first. It's about 1/4-1/2 an inch long. It just needs to fill in. I look like a 30 something guy who's losing his hair. The bad thing is my remaining eyebrows & lashes are falling out. I thought I got away with keeping them since it's been 5 weeks since my last chemo. No such luck.

Oh well, life is good. I'll stop complaining now.

Love, E

Moving Accomplished

Ok, now I remember why it sucks to move. We started moving on Wednesday afternoon. It's Monday and we're still not unpacked all the way. I told Jason we're not moving again for at least 10 years.

Thankfully Jason's parents came and helped us Friday-Sunday and Angela and Amanat came on Saturday all day. You should see that girl move...she doesn't mess around! They were great, I don't know what this place would look like if they didn't all help us out.

Surgery day is Wednesday @ 11 a.m. I'll have Angela post for me that night and update everyone on what happened and how I am.

Talk to you soon.

Love, Erica

Countdown to Moving Day

Sorry, I've been lax in writing...I've been packing and doing PT for my arm. It's doing ok as long as I go a couple of times a week. Packing sucks. I feel like I'm spinning in circles not knowing what to pack next. Oh well, it'll get done.

My chemo friend,Susan,and I went to surprise another friend, Allison,on her last day of chemo this week. That was fun, she was very excited to see us. I brought her a cake which was funny because it was her birthday and we didn't know it. I'm glad we were there for her, she was too.

I probably won't post next week. I'm having my "boob switch", as I call it, on June 25th. I'll be in the hospital for a day and home on the 26th. I'll update as soon as I'm off the pain meds and can type. Lookout Hugh, here I come!

3 weeks post chemo

Well, I just thought I was done with all this shit. Nope, last chemo and NOW my eyes decide to do funky things. The day after I saw the doctor last week, my right eye became blurry and spotty. The only way I can describe it is, it's as if you're looking through a glass that has water spots dried on it. So, she sends me to an opthamologist and then off for a CT scan of my noggin. Looking for tumors, blood clots, good stuff. It all came back clear, of course. The blurriness is getting better and the spots are lighter so it's easier to see. She thinks it will just go away over time, that it's one last side effects for me. My arm swelling comes and goes. As long as I see the therapist twice a week it's ok. It hurts when I don't and it gets full of fluid.
I've actually got a 5:00 shadow going on my head. You probably can't tell from the painted head picture (my kids have no future in art!)it was too colorful. That was fun, letting them do that. It will be something to show them later in life if they ask about my cancer.
Well, we're in the middle of packing. We move June 19th, Holy Hell that's only 14 days away! It's getting there but it's a pain in the *** with the monkeys running around and wanting to go swimming every 5 minutes. Our pool water is 89 degrees. It's nice. Ok, my Ambien is kicking in so I better go to bed. Talk to you later! Love, Erica