I finally went home today! The doctors were held up in surgery and Jeremy couldn't pick me up until after work, so I hung around the hospital room for the day. I got up and ate at my table, crocheted a little bit and walked around the floor. After lunch, Dr A. came back and changed my bandages on my incisions and checked all my other wounds. The skin has very little tint back into it - that's not much progress but it is some form of improvement. Slow - but improvement.
Shortly later Dr L. came by and talked with me. She said the final pathology from my lymph node biopsy came back and found that every bit of cancer is gone from my breast - both sides! Nothing spread and nothing has metastasized! Celebrate!! No more chemo, no more surgeries and no radiation! I just have to finish the Herceptin therapy through next March and then I am a free woman!
Dr L. explained the skin problem to me but said she doesn't see why it would hinder me getting my permanent implants down the road. Things may be delayed, but they are not impossible.
After both doctors discharged me and Jeremy came later that afternoon to pick me up. It turned into one of the hardest rides home. I couldn't wear a seatbelt across my incisions, so the car kept beeping at me. And I had to surround myself with giant pillows to elevate my arms and secure my drains. I was so happy to finally be home and in my own recliner!
Being home after surgery is a whole different experience than being in the hospital after a surgery. First of all, I don't have any damn diabetic restrictions so I can eat whatever the hell I want. Plus I don't have someone checking on me every few hours, so I'm actually able to get some rest. But on the flip side that means I have to watch myself closer and remember to take my own meds and empty my own wound drains. And sleeping in my own bed is great, but I do miss the flexibility of the hospital beds. Maybe I should of had the doctor write me an RX to have one at home!
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