Kira's Stupid Breast Cancer

I've been going to VCU weekly to visit the plastic surgery office to have the tissue expanders filled. There's nothing fantastic about these appointments, but the needle still hurts. These appointments are pretty quick. They have said the incisions are still healing well. This post-surgical bra is getting really annoying. It's riding up, rubbing one of my drain tube spots and irritating my underarms because it won't stay down. I am going to see if I can find a front closing sports bra at Walmart at some point. I'm afraid to order one online because of the sizing and support needed. I will say the day after I get my fills, my chest is quite tender. I don't remember growing boobs the first time around feeling like this. 😛 They also prescribed me a muscle relaxer to try and help with my back pain. Since having rods and pins put in my back when I was a teen, I can't sleep comfortably on my back. Since I had the mastectomy, the only position I can "lay...

Pathology test results came in today.... I got the test results via MyChart. The problem... aside from the Lymph Node test results, I couldn't understand what the results were telling me. The lymph nodes that checked showed no cancer cells. I could not tell what the biopsy results were telling me for the actual breasts. A medical report that I couldn't understand... That drove me nuts.... Then waiting for the Doctor to call to go over the results..... I sent a message to the team via MyChart, just simply stating that I had gotten the results and was awaiting the Doctor's call. Sorta nudging them if you will. About 3:30ish, I called the office to see if I could speak to someone regarding the results. Normally I would have at least waited until the next day for the Doctor to call because I know they are busy with other patients throughout the day, but this was Friday... It would have killed me to wait until Monday to find out the results. Dr. Louie called around 6:15pm. I had...

2 weeks post-op... I've had 2 post-op appointments with my VCU surgeons.  The first was on the 28th, with the plastic surgeon's team. They said things were healing well and removed the water proof dressings, changed some other dressings and took updated pictures. Playboy is most definitely out of the question for me! Seriously, they are documenting the surgical area and it's progress. No face shots or anything. Now that the waterproof dressings are gone, I've got to be extra cautious when showering, and have to use the wipes they gave me for my front. Not because I can't get them wet, but they don't want well water running over the incisions. They are afraid of bacteria. We have mountain well water... much less of an issue that on the east coast, but I'm following orders. The second was yesterday the 4th. First I saw the plastic surgeon's team. Again, updated pictures of the surgical area, removed more dressings and said that the healing is going well. T...