This is the end, my faithful friends, the end....
well...not really but, that line has been replaying over and over in my head the past 24 hours! I had my six week post-op check-up with the plastic surgeon yesterday and last week I had a very good check-up with my Oncologist so I kind of feel as if I am done with stage one and now on to stage two!!!!
Now at this point you may be saying what the heck is K talking about?!?!?! She finished chemo like last year, which is totally true...but I don't consider that a battle in my war against Breast Cancer...that was just a specific skirmish which I have named...chemo:)
I consider there to be three battles with regard Breast Cancer FOR ME(note the very key words FOR ME-this means these are my battles in my war plan and that is all, just for me)
Battle one-The Yuck- it includes chemo and surgeries and recovery from all of that
Battle two-The In Between- it includes the time after that until 5 or 8 years(depending on which vein of research you want to believe)
Battle three-The Survivor- when I am beyond and have beaten the stats
So there ya have it....my war plan has been laid out..to fight any and all skirmishes through this next battle~The In Between~ and then to move onto the final battle. Since you have been entrusted with this ....please don't share this with the enemy, k? Thanks:) LOL
Anyway...as I alluded to above, both appointments went well. My oncologist didn't even recognize me at first!!!! I have shed all of my chemo weight-yay-which btw ...they warn you about at chemo, but having grown up with the movie images we had of chemo patients, gaunt and nauseous, it was hard to imagine the opposite..until I looked in a mirror! Regardless...I know that at the time it was also what my body needed. To be able to eat and rest and fight and then just regenerate...that was how it won those chemo skirmishes! So flash to now...I feel great and...can fit into my jeans from before-yay-the only downfall to the appointment was the excessive bloodletting that was required of me!!!!!!!!!!!
It taught me several things;
1-Be insistent about where blood will come out successfully
2-ONLY offer that BODY PART!!!!
3-REPEAT
I love all the nurses that are in every field because they do it and I couldn't. But...when a patient tells you blood only really comes out of one particular vein after they have had chemo....please accept that they are truly just trying to make it easy on everyone..I swear. So after multiple bruises, sticks and draws, it was determined that I was doing good, all markers were good and all other counts were great! I go back at the beginning of March..and that is all...good:)
And onto the plastics:) Which, once there, that wonderful doctor also said I/they look great:P and I now really don't have to wear a bra except to exercise. I have been wearing the sports bras they gave me 24/7 since surgery. I have been very...well...scared about not wearing a bra because I am NOT doing that again until absolutely necessary! So I really wanted them to ...."set" well:D So now I begin the big quest for a bra that will fit....maybe my years of being a swimsuit fitter will help me design a bra line.......or maybe just a few for me! However...that quest will have to wait a few weeks as I will not be shopping anytime before 2010 except for groceries and paper products(which I have to get later today:) )
So at this point I am thinking of organizing all of these posts into a book.....I also have poems that I wrote as well as rants that never made it on here and the girls wrote some things too, but....well...I think it is the logical next step. This does not mean My Mishmash will stop or go away.....it would just go back to being what I originally intended it to be...a place for K to rant, brag, wax poetically and bring you updates about her life and family. Soooooo, I will keep you all posted-LOL.
For now though, I will wish you a Merry Christmas, God Jul, Buone Feste Natalizie, Feliz Navidad, Feliz Natal and Chuc Mung Giang Sinh!
Love and Blessings-
K
Blog ya later:)
