Will you please keep my sister Christie in your prayers? She decided to go through with the elective double mastectomy on June 18th. She just got home yesterday and is still in quite a bit of pain. She seems to really appreciate my daily calls to check in on her. I just wish I was there in person, but I will be soon enough. I fly out there (by myself) on July 9th and will be there to help out for a few days. I am really excited to see Christie, Mike, Andrew, and Abby! It's times like these that I really hate living so far away from my family. Hopefully one day we will be closer :)
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Back to Boring
Since things with me have basically gotten back to normal,
I don't have much updating to blog about.
No news is good news!!
I did get my stitches out last Monday.
Luke went with me and was a very good boy, as usual :)
Dr. Schuster said he'll just do a complete exam (including an ultrasound)
in December...on my 2 year mark since my diagnosis.
I will post updates as they come along,
but I don't expect it to be very often (at least I hope!).
It feels great to be able to focus on my kids and husband again,
and to not have all of these dr's appts take priority.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Warning!!! (Post contains photos that may be considered gross to some)
It's a boy!!
(that's what Dr. Schuster said when he pulled out my port!)
The appt. with Dr. Schuster went really well yesterday.
I didn't bleed to death (obviously)...like I had worried about :)
He numbed me up good and then started digging around inside there for a good 15-20 minutes before the port was pulled out. He said my body had formed a good "capsule" around the port...just demonstrating that my immune system is working well. That's the body's way of trying to fight the foreign body that was put inside it.
All in all, it was actually an enjoyable visit. Curt and I both really like Dr. Schuster a lot, so it was fun chit-chatting with him again. He wants me to go back in to see him in a week to get the stitches removed. He also said something about wanting to have everything checked out now that I'm all done w/treatments. I'm not sure what that all entails, but it's comforting to know that he is on top of things.
I also saw my cardiologist, Dr. Hernandez, on Thursday the 4th. He said the echocardiogram was normal. The heart valves appear normal...the heart is pumping w/in normal limits...etc. He wants me to come back in 2 months just to re-check to make sure all is well, and then I won't need to see him again :)
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