Jul 20, 2010

I'm in a good, optimistic mood today. Although, I cried hard, like a baby, twice this past week, I'm feeling good. Today, the surgeon removed the last of my 5 drains. No more external body parts to sling around! Also, the surgeon confirmed for us that the pathology results were all negative. That means that all the tissue samples and lymph nodes that got sent to the lab during my surgery had no breast cancer cells! Wow! Feels so great!

On a darker note, I have yet to look at myself in the mirror. I also do not look down when I am naked. So, I don't know what my chest looks like after the bilateral mastectomy. Of course, I have a pretty good idea! I know there are no breasts and that there must be two wounds where they used to be. But, I just can't look yet. Weird, huh?