Fill er Up.

Today I had two, back to back appointments with my plastic surgeon and general surgeon.

The plastic surgeon took my tubes out (thank goodness) and told me to limit my range of motion by keeping my arms by my side and to continue taking it easy. To be quite honest there is not much you can do with your arms by your side and I am a bit tired of taking it easy—but I will. 

The wounds from the drains needs to be monitored and bandages changed every two hours for the next day or so to prevent infection. A cancer buddy of mine got infected from doing too much after her tubes were removed. Say no more doc. I will continue my life of reading, working on the computer and watching TV for another week.

Once the drains were removed the expanders that were put in when the breast tissue was removed were filled with 50 ml of water. I was anxious about this—tired of pricks and the wonderful sensation of pain. A few pricks a little tightness, but all in all it wasn't bad in the great scheme of things.

The expanders will slowly be filled on a weekly basis until I get to the size I want. Then another surgery, ugh, to replace the expanders with the implants. This surgery will just be an over night procedure. My surgeon assured me I would not have to go back to the same hospital and Randy said he would stay the night with me.

I then met with my general surgeon who declared after seeing several cancerous and precancerous areas in both breasts, it was all removed, the margins are clean and I am cancer free. Yippee!