Today was my final appointment before surgery with my breast surgeon - 2 weeks today to go. She wrote down all of the side effects/risks that I may have. I will have to wrap my arm in cotton wool for the rest of my days to prevent lymphodema. She did tell me that the best scenario would be no cancer in the tissue but that doesn't happen very often. It might be 10% residue left in the tissue they remove and 90% clear for example. The good news is no more mammograms. As there will be no more mammary tissue it won't be necessary. It will just be by feel as only the skin will remain, and if there is recurrence in the saved skin they will feel it. But having said that Michael Chao, the radio oncologist said they are doing ct scans to monitor the tissue.
After that I went and felt some more boobs at the Reclaim your Curves at Think Pink. It's a reconstruction group and I met someone who is also a patient of my plastic surgeon, Damien Grinsell. She showed me his handy work too.
I managed to squeeze in some work today as well. The guys are very flexible with me at the moment.
I decorated a cake for Jana and was thinking about my upcoming surgery a little too much - nipples...
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