So it's been a little over two weeks since the surgery, and I finally feel like I can update this a bit.
Surgery went well. I haven't had a lot of pain. Honestly the worst pain I had was in the back of my head and for two weeks no one could tell me why that was. It was a spot about an inch high and two to three inches wide and I couldn't stand for anyone to touch it. Yesterday I was rubbing that spot and realized I had ALL new hair growth there! At some point during surgery it seems they pulled a whole ponytail out of the back of my hair. I can't figure what that was about. Oh well, it'll all be falling out in a few weeks anyway.
The first news when I woke up after surgery was NOT what I hoped to hear - they had found cancer in the two lymph nodes they tested during surgery. I had hoped and prayed that the lymph nodes would be clear. Because those two had cancer in them, they took the others out for additional testing. What that means is ANOTHER week of waiting for test results....and a lot of scary thoughts in the days in between. When you know they only tested two and both were positive you begin to think well, they'll probably all be positive.
I spent the next three days after surgery worrying about the possible results and what it would mean next. I also had some wonderful friends who visited and did their best to keep my mind occupied and off the dreaded Big C and what it might mean down the road.
Dr. Telepun released me from the hospital on Friday evening and after waiting a couple of hours to get discharged - they asked me if I wanted to just walk out of the hospital rather than wait for a wheelchair. I said SURE! So we walked out of the hospital, got in the van and drove toward a new normal for our family.
