Tomorrows the Day! Do Not Panic! (talking to myself...)

Hi Sisters,

So I am not as ready as I was the last time I was supposed to have this surgery. I didn't do any laundry yet, but I did clean my house, grocery shop for my favorite foods, and chicken soup from Alexander's Deli. 

I have someone coming on Monday and Tuesday to visit. I was told by my surgeon that the lumpectomy won't hurt nearly as much as the core biopsy I had last week. She says she will use lots of local anesthesia, and send me home with pain meds. I am now just wishing, hoping and praying that my lymph nodes are clean and clear. I am worried about this because since the biopsy, I have been having some pain in my underarm, and on my chest plate (sternum) it is kind of itchy and achy at the same time.

But I don't want to let myself get carried away. I am mentally ready but still nervous whenever they put you out, it seems dangerous to me. But I know I have great docs around me, and it is going to be fine. JUst the last time this happened....I had a pretty bad experience when they cancelled everything because of a new tumor.

The tumor was actually a bunch of calcifications in one area and they were forming a little ring, which my radio.onc. thought looked very suspicious and probably pre-cancerous. They got the whole thing out.

Now I am ready and waiting for tomorrow. I am hoping that all turns out well, and I will start my cancer therapy.

After a month of healing, I will start the radiation treatment on my left breast, and they will position me just right so as to not hit my heart. The are really good about that. I am going to the Huntington-Hill Breast Center in Pasadena, California.

I won't really be able to let you know right away how I am...but as soon as I am lucid, and can use my fingers to type, I will et you know how bad...or how easy it was!

Tootles for now! Love, Peggie.