So as previously mentioned I was scheduled to have a followup appointment with Dr. McMillan today. Went in for that, only later than expected, since her office called us literally as we were heading out the door and asked if we could come in for a 2:30 appointment instead. That was fine, I said, sin...

So here's the general scoop on how surgery went. What happened today was basically swapping out the saline balloon my surgeon has been using to stretch my tissues, and putting in a (semi-)permanent silicone implant. (I say semi- because these things apparently have a lifespan of 10-15 years and I'll...

I had to stay home from work today on the grounds that my sleeping is once more not so much. Woke up around 3am and was still awake by 6, which was just generally made of Meh. So I stumbled downstairs and emailed in. The problem seems to be at the moment that my back and side are giving me massive s...

So, yeah. Went in for a couple of followup appointments on Thursday morning, back-to-back: a check-in with Dr. Towbin since he wanted to see how I was doing, and a check-in with Dr. McMillan, to ask about next steps for proceeding with reconstruction surgery. Dr. Towbin seemed generally satisfied wi...

(Hrmm. I need me a good 'doing exercise' icon. Maybe something involving bending from Avatar: The Last Airbender, just to go with the Katara healing icon I'm using now.) Haven't had an exercise/food update in a bit, so here's this. I failed to do weights on Wednesday. This was not entirely due to la...

solarbird , spazzkat , and I went and saw Avenue Q playing here in Seattle yesterday--and it was hilarious. Very happy to have gotten to see that. Three words: Bad Idea Bears! <3 And today, Dara and I went down to the Lake Forest Park Farmer's Market to busk! We made another $28 to go into the Bu...

Today's followup visit with Dr. Towbin turned out to not be with Dr. Towbin, but with one of his assistants--I think. I completely spaced on getting her name. I was too distracted by the removal of the dressing and drain from around my chest, not to mention my first look at the chest itself. solarbi...

As y'all probably saw over on solarbird 's journal, I did make it home successfully yesterday and the serious rest and recuperation has now commenced. My LJ posts over the next couple weeks are therefore likely to be kind of random! However, I wanted to express my gratitude to these heroes of the re...

Just to pay appropriate note to the various and sundry other things that have been going on in my life: Jam Reports. There have not been Jam Reports for the last couple of Jams, and I apologize in advance, but there will probably not be. I just haven't been focused enough to get proper Jam Reports w...

Some of y'all will have noted that on Tuesday, I had me Take 2 of the biopsy that was originally scheduled for the first. This afternoon, ever so conveniently timed to happen right during the first morale event we've had on my floor in months, I got the call with the results. Long story short: DCIS,...