Surgery Moved.. Too Soon?

SandraB- Your thoughts mean so much to me.  Thank you, thank you for your good wishes.  You're such a sweetheart.  I'm wishing YOU all the best!!!

Donna- I've crammed a month's worth of work in a very short time.  For the last few weeks I haven't even had time to think about upcoming surgery.  It's actually been good, though I'm worn slick. I notice if I get up too fast I feel like I'll black out.  It hasn't stopped me since I'm self employed and have no one to delegate any of the work. (not to mention I'm a control freak and it's my reputation & name on the line).   What's funny is this heavy work load with immediate deadlines happens almost always before I'm leaving town for more than a long weekend.  Unfortunately the reward of my work isn't followed by a luxury cruise or relaxation on the white sands of the Caribbean  ..   ha!

I cleaned house as best I could Saturday.  The thought of coming home after surgery to something other than very clean and de-cluttered was enough to motivate even though I had little energy.

Thanks for thinking of me   Will keep everyone posted.  Lots of hugs & love being sent your way, Donna.

Lillie- so glad you finally kicked the crud.  I have a slight cold, but nothing horrible.   Hope you had an enjoyable get-away.  Your blessings and thoughts are so appreciated, dear lady.  Sending you lots of love, too.

Blair-  You've been such a good friend.  My kindred pal who also sheds tears when she prays.  Let me tell you, the faucet has been turned on more times than not these last several months.  I'm praying your Mom has an uneventful surgery with a speedy recovery. Is your Mom's surgery on the 7th or is she there on that date for pre-op? 

Thanks to all of you for your caring support.  Beyond a world of helpful tips and information, there's no place as comforting as the loving family who make up this forum-- the place I call my cyber home.

Very best wishes and love to all,

Mindy


Edited by mindy555 - Feb 27 2012 at 1:07am

Sending you off with love, hugs and all good wishes for a successful surgery and quick and uneventful recovery.  

Blair:

Hi all my lovely sisters and co-survivors,

I wanted to let you know this surgery WAS too soon after chemo.  I had an ECG, blood work and ultrasound before seeing my surgeon.  My white blood count was way too low to even think about surgery.

At the time of rescheduling initially this was a real concern of mine, as you know.  Anyway, we drove the 7 hours back on Thursday.  I was beat and not interested in anything but resting. I've been a little blue, but would never want to proceed with surgery under the circumstances..  I told the surgeon's nurse I'd be getting blood drawn at home and faxed to them before driving back for pretesting.  The new surgery date is March 19th.

Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes for tomorrow, but I'm home now and once again in holding pattern.

Mindy
That's a real bummer and I'm sure a huge let down -- but know that you'll be much stronger in a couple weeks to go through surgery. A thought: did you get a MRI post chemo to assess status? You said you had an ultrasound, was that a breast US?
Lee

I'm so sorry to hear about the delay, Mindy.  Take good care of yourself between now and the 19th.  We will be praying for you!!

Mindy:

Mindy,

No, Lee, the problem I had was that my 1.2 cm nodule was squarely in the middle of my breast 5 cms below the nipple.  I am full breasted so my surgeon decided that this would be the best way to go to insure getting it all and any DCIS.  I did not have a lot of DCIS - less than 25% as my path reads, but there was a scant amount in two margins so the re-excision was needed, and got clear margins after that surgery.  If not, the breast would have been removed.  I had a breast MRI prior to surgery as well. My BS is in a group of very esteemed breast surgeons (all women) that are very busy women here in the Atlanta area.  Women come from all over to have their surgery with them.  I still see her every 6 months for mammos - and a MRI every year.  It's absolutely amazing, but even with that large an incision - I have almost no trace whatsoever of the incision scar.  It was a rough time right after that 1st chemo, and I sure wouldn't want to see anyone else go through it .  I felt that tiny bit of incision scab left should have put the chemo off another week or so, but the pro's felt it was fine.  Ummmmm.........