Early days of recovery

Tuesday, September 13th

Sleeping well - not much pain - Maureen taking good care of me.

My house is filled with flowers - I feel very spoiled and a little bit of a fraud because I am feeling pretty good.

I had a bit of a scare on Saturday night after watching television - I got some flashing in my right eye - sort of like triangular mirrors of black and white, which lasted for about 10 minutes.  After calling tele health and googling - the family determined I might be either having a stroke or detached retina!  So they made my go to the hospital.  So home from Mount Sinai on Saturday afternoon and sitting in the waiting room at Oshawa General on Saturday night.  The dr. didn't think there was anything serious going on but suggested I see an opthamologist to be on the safe side.  It was 2:30 in the morning when Nicole and I got home - a very busy day.  Needless to say I slept very well.

So today was my follow up appointment with the opthamologist - and thank goodness he confirmed all is well with my eyes.  One less thing to worry about.

I was able to do a little grocery shopping and stop for a cup of coffee - but tired by the time I got home.  Ready for a nap.  Yesterday I slept for 3 hours in the afternoon.

Community care is coming every Monday/Wednesday and Friday and we got the same care program as George has - so the nurses are familiar with us having visited George over the last year or so.

I still have a drainage tube in my breast and have to check the amount of fluid twice a day.  It has to get down to 15 cc in a 24 hour period before they will remove the drain.  So not ready to remove yet.

I will not know what 'stage' the cancer was, or how extensive it was until the pathology report comes back and that takes about 1 month.  I will have followup with surgeon on 26th and so get to ask a few questions then.  Not sure what the next stage is at this point - prior to surgery she told me it would be chemo for 6 sessions (3 weeks apart) and then radiation for 5 weeks, 5 days a week.  I don't know if the plan will be the same.  I will have to meet with an oncologist to determine the next course of action.

The days are passing very quickly - George seems to be feeling a little better about things - he is relieved the surgery is over - trying not to think about what is next.

I am not sure how I will cope with the 'look' of my clothing etc. particularly when coming back to work, but this is time to think about options and you never know, the start of a new business venture!  The sewing machine is coming out that's for sure.

Well my maidservant is working in the kitchen, peeling vegetables etc. and getting dinner ready - ahhh - the life of the rich and famous (or breastless)!!!

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