Kira's Stupid Breast Cancer

Things have been moving right along with recovery and trying to get things back to "normal" ahead of my reconstruction surgery. I should know more about that step in February when I meet with my plastic surgeon.  My oncologist ordered a specific blood test to be done that would test for my specific string of cancer cells. That's a send-away type of test, not something that is done in-house at the lab. Those results came back yesterday - test was negative and it was stated I'm officially in REMISSION! Praise God!! While that is fantastic news, there are just times when you want to call your mom and tell her good news. She'd have told dad and they both would have been over the moon ecstatic.  Unfortunately, for me, that's not an option. But literally, when I got the message from the doctor, I switched to the phone app and almost called her.  Today, for some reason, she's on my heart. I miss her and dad everyday, but for some reason, today seems to be one of ...

 Happy New Year! Hopefully this year will be filled with more good news than last year....  Today I had my trek to VCU. This was an EARLY day as my first appt was at 7am. Physical Therapy. No big deal. PT appt. This therapist is hard to read. She's super nice, but her facial expressions are non-existent and her voice is soft and often has no emotions in it. I do like her, she's just kinda hard to "read". She noted my huge improvement in my range of motion. I told her that's because I've resumed normal activity. I just needed the "release" to be able to move, and what I could and could not do with these expanders. I have been taking it as easy as I can because I didn't want to mess them up or anything. She told me to continue what I'm doing and even cancelled the appt I had scheduled for the following week. Just to use "tolerance" as a guide. She said a month follow-up should be sufficient. That's good news in my book! I still ha...