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My two spots of DCIS were removed with clear margins! They were 68 mm and 45 mm.  Everything is going as expected. I'm healing well. This is the easiest surgery I have had to date. I can drive, cook, and clean.  I do NOT want to downplay how hard surgery CAN be. I did not have lymph nodes removed. I did not have drains. I had the best case scenario, even with two spots. I will say though the diagnosis, three needle biopsies, and MRIs were very difficult so when I say surgery was easy, the 4 weeks prior to that were not. It should be downhill from here. You can still pray that I have no obstacles or complications during radiation and that my energy level stays up during treatment.  Now onto radiation (which is just an aggressive approach to ensure there are no cancer cells left behind). I updated my dates  here . 

So yesterday school started without me. And it felt weird because I feel really good, however today I realized that I feel good because I'm not doing much. I am walking everyday and until today I was even feeling guilty about that, but today I realized that if I'm going to go back into the classroom in a pandemic with twice the workload I'm gonna HAVE TO WALK MORE! I'm currently walking 1 mile in the morning and sometimes a mile in the evening. I'm gonna have to increase that if I think I'm gonna have any kind of stamina for going back into the classroom. So if you see me walking, know that I'm training for my comeback. :)  As far as recovery. I have to keep my bandage intact til Tuesday. It is starting to get annoying but I think I'll live. 

Well Friends has always been the way that I recover from surgery. Now that it is not on Netflix I was wondering what they heck I was gonna do. I signed up for HBO Max but could not find a way to watch it on my TV which frustrating me to no end. Then yesterday, on TBS West I watched the finale, followed by the pilot and realized that if I stick with TBS I'll probably be able to knock out a lot of seasons. And boy am I right! They show them 9-3 on weekdays and we will be starting season 3 by the end of the week. This is a new speed to which I will watch them all!! The only thing I can't figure out is why it is 4:30 and I'm still watching FRIENDS. The schedule is off today and I'm not sure why. Does it matter?  Update to say I figured it out!! TBS West plays them 1:00-6:00 and TBS East plays them 10:00-3:00. There are 10 episodes per day and I can watch 10:00-6:00 every day if need be. PHEW. That's a lot, even for me. It'll be fun to try though! If I miss one I can...

Time to call in for back up called Marley Spoon and Blue Apron. So we have dabbled in these two subscriptions and this is our pro con list.  Pro:  Healthy and fresh Tasty Breaks up monotony Delivered to your door Con:  Time consuming to make Not every day type meals Uses a lot of dishes  Pricey but it isn't something we'd wouldn't do every day anyway so this evens out Will we continue? Nope. They are simply too time consuming. I also have a subscription to emeals that we currently don't use. Back to square one. Need to get healthy. Need to eat more veggies and less carbs. Don't want to. That being said, this was a fun experiment that J and my hubby enjoyed doing together.  Marley Spoon Blue Apron Add caption

Today I feel better than I have felt since I was diagnosed with DCIS. Translation: I feel amazing! All my anxiety is gone. I went for a walk this morning. The biopsies and MRIs were the worst part so far. This may not last as I continue onto meds and radiation but for now, this two weeks, I'LL TAKE IT! Do not worry about me. For now I am so good. :) 

My calendar knows me too well! 😆 So in the morning I found out that the third biopsy was in fact DCIS so I found out that I was actually having 2 lumpectomies, both on the right breast. All my biopsies were on the right. So the first biopsy on July 8 was DCIS, the second one on July 21 was benign, and the 3rd one was a result of the MRI finding and it was also DCIS. That dang MRI that I tried to talk them out of us was actually a lifesaver. The mammogram didn't catch this, the contrast on my MRI lit it up. So the upside to this is I really do not have a benign cyst problem so I guess I can drink caffeine after all?? Tamoxifen should take care of developing anymore DCIS and radiation will kill anything they missed. My reoccurence percentage is still only 3%.  So at 10:00 I had two seeds placed and went to presurgery. They had my IV and monitors, hooked up by 11:00. Surgery was scheduled for 1:00 so I napped. 1:00 came and went. 2:00 came and went.  Being impatient Finally at 3...

I'm doing good. I fully trust my surgeon oncologist. I've always felt very comfortable with my hospital. It is too bad the hospital and I are so acquainted. I have had 4 surgeries and spent a total of 11 nights in this hospital. I will not be spending the night tomorrow.  I have been on the other side in the waiting room and as a visitor when my mom had lung cancer surgery. You will find me guiding people in the right direction when they seem lost. I've been asked, "Do you work here?" "No, no I'm just a frequent flyer."  Here is my surgeon talking about why we are doing a lumpectomy. A mastectomy was never an option for me as it is simply not necessary.  And my Covid test is negative. :)