Wednesday, June 18, 2014

The Happiest Gwensday

As I mentioned, yesterday I saw the plastic surgeon. I did indeed get those blasted drains removed and I was so happy I could have danced. Except that would have hurt, so I didn't. My new boobs (or "toobs" - boobs made from tummy tissue) are doing great. My stomach incision, not so much. Part of it has separated, which is not uncommon, but it freaked me out. Fortunately it's not infected, but we need to keep it packed with gauze and change said gauze daily. And by "we" I mean "Aaron" and he is oh, so excited about it. This is true love, friends. I go back to see the surgeon in three weeks.

Today I got the best news of all! I saw the breast surgeon. We talked about the fact that there was indeed more DCIS (stage zero cancer) in the right breast and how thankful we are that the mammogram led to the finding of 3 mm calcifications which then led to the realization that there was really 7 centimeters of cancer in that bitch. Since it was all non-invasive and because we took off both breasts, there is no need for chemo and no need even for any hormone therapy or additional treatment of any kind. This is amazing, wonderful news! He doesn't want to see me for another six months.

Last night our niece Jackie posted another of her fabulous drawings of me. For those of you not on Facebook who haven't seen it:

Nice rack, right? She's just awesome.

Again, I can't thank you all enough for all the support and kind words over the last few months.


9 comments:

  1. That is great news! So happy you're getting better and I love that you call the toobs. Ha!

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  2. I have been loving your nieces drawings :) they make me smile haha... And WOOHOO I'm so happy you won't have to see that doc for another 6 month's. What an awesome piece of news!!!! :)

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  3. Fantastic news!!! So happy to read this!

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  4. Awesome news! Thanks for the update.

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  5. That is wonderful news , we love you and miss you and Aaron a bunch glad to hear you feel little better keep improving . Sending you lots of hugs and kisses

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  6. Wonderful news !! I'm so happy for you and it looks like you definitely made the right decision. I would love to stop by this weekend sometime......

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  7. Best news in a long time. Love love love Jackie's latest.

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  8. Love the drawing, but even more I love that news!! You are kicking some serious ass. Keep resting up and you'll be back to happy dances in no time :)

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  9. I know we were texting about this yesterday, but I wanted to give some love up in here. So SO SO happy with this news!!! My rockstar!

    You Go, Gwen Coco!!!

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