Happy Birthday to me!!

The mastectomy, on my birthday, went well.  Surgery was quick and I didn't get sick from anesthesia.  Dr Scarborough removed my left breast and all related lymph nodes.  I spent the night in the hospital and went home the next morning.  This past week at home has been interesting. The drains that were left in my incisions have been my worst problem, they are constantly in my way and pull at the incisions.  I have also been having muscle spasms in my pectoral muscle.  Dr Scarborough left the top of my pectoral muscle intact to help with a more natural look after reconstruction and said that I needed to do arm exercises to help with the spasms.  My arm is numb and sore but I have been trying to do the exercises.  I can not wait to go to the doctor tomorrow and hopefully get these drains removed.  Also, we should get the pathology report tomorrow and decide what the next step will be for treatment.

I can not thank my friends and family enough for all the support they have shown during this time.  My church family has provided dinner for us every night and let me assure you, we have been well fed!!  The calls, visits and messages have also meant so much to me.  Thanks to my family, especially my sweet husband, for taking such wonderful care of me.  I have tried to not be too much of a whiney baby!  And most thanks to my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who is teaching me every day to lean more on Him and to remember 'all thing work together for good'.

Keep Praying!

Dawn

Getaway Weekend

Ronnie and I both got off work a little early on Friday and he said we should go out of town for the weekend.  He is much more spontaneous than I am, I am a planner and was worried about all the things I thought had to be done before surgery, but decided it might do me good. We love to take the Mustang GT out and just ride, and we always have good conversations when we travel.  Ronnie called our friend with a condo in PCB but he was using it for the weekend. How dare he! LOL. Since it has been so hot we decided to head north and ended up in Helen Ga.  Since we got there so late almost everything was booked.  We found a room at Americn Inn & Suites - not a great experience.  We ate breakfast in Helen then decided what to do next.  Neither of us have ever been to Charleston SC, so we went in that direction.  Several hours and lots of traffic later we made it to Charleston.  I loved it!  Everything downtown smelled so good and the houses were beautiful, however we couldn't find a place to park.  We finally found a Days Inn but they had no vacancies and said everything else was booked also.  We found a place to eat dinner outside of Charleston and headed to Savannah.  I definitely want to go back there when we have more time.  About halfway to Savannah it started raining and we were tired so we got a room at a Hampton Inn (Only $15 more dollars than American Inn & Suites but a lot nicer place to stay) in Yemessee SC.  On Sunday morning we drove to Savannah.  I wanted to eat at The Lady & Sons but when we got there around 11:00 the earliest seating time was 4:00.  We drove around Savanah for a bit and then drove home.  We went to church when we got home on Sunday night and then out to eat afterwards.  I didn't get in bed until midnight and had to be at the hospital at 6 the next morning.  I was tired but really enjoyed the weekend and all the things I thought I had to be done before surgery didn't have to be done after all.