I am scheduled for surgery tomorrow (Monday Nov 12). My white blood cell counts were at 3.7 (normal is 4.0-11.0). My plastic surgeon would not have performed the surgery at 3.5, but I made the cut and that's all that "counts". 😉 My Oncologist said it could take a year for counts to normalize from chemo. Speaking of chemo, my eyelashes are falling out AGAIN 😫 almost 6 months post chemo. That's getting a little old especially since I've lost count on how many times I've lost them. BUT, I'm still so incredibly thankful for that poison.
Surgery tomorrow is to swap out the rock hard tissue expanders for silicone implants and fat grafting. Fat grafting is liposuction that transplants fat to the breast area since the double mastectomy took every ounce of fat in that area. My surgeon had warned me that I did not have enough fat and would need me to gain some weight. Soooooooooo, being the good patient that I am... I gained 5 kilos (MD Anderson weighs in kilos instead of pounds). Loved every bit of it too! 😋 Apparently, it's not enough and he's pretty confident I'll have to have another surgery down the road. I am just so excited that I'll be done with the bulk of my treatment after this surgery. A year ago, I could only think about 1 single chemo treatment at a time. The mastectomy, year long Hercetpin and phase II of reconstruction was just too far away (and daunting) for me to even think about.
Is it strange that I'm looking forward to the surgery sleep that tomorrow will bring? 😂 I welcome prayers and positive vibes for a quick and easy recovery. I'll update next week sometime. 💗
PS/. Almost forgot an update. After the CT scan I had in October, I was referred to a gastrointestinal doctor at MD Anderson. Since the cyst in my pancreas has remained stable for a year and is only 5mm, he wants to continue to monitor once a year via CT scan. He said it's likely pre-cancerous but did not feel a biopsy was necessary (would only do one if larger than 1cm). Just thankful that he didn’t feel it was anything that needed to be addressed right away because I would have thrown a temper tantrum. 😜
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| Stylish CT scan outfit |
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| Funny how this little machine can cause so much anxiety. |
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| Hard to believe this all happened in the last 365 days. |
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