new to forum, diagnostic mammo & ultrasound found large lumps, Part 2

Good to hear from you, Susie. Your Texas weather is just bizarre, lol. We also have had either drought or horrendous rains (without the temperature swings), and no matter how much rain we get, 2 days of dry and sunny and the plants start dying. Of course as soon as you water, you get a downpour and then they’re overwatered. Without professional help it’s nearly impossible to keep nice flower beds, or even grass.
I had my pre-op visit yesterday. The visit went fine, but it wrecked my nerves for the rest of the day and most of today. Just all the horrific memories start flooding in and it takes me a day or so to get a grip and concentrate on the present and future, and not relive what has gone wrong in the past. I am exercising as much as I can. Mostly walking, but I’ve added light weights also. I was just heading for bed and I can feel myself drifting off, so goodnight and I will TTYL.
Best of health and positive thoughts to all.

Linda, so good to read that you are moving forward, surgery on the 14th if I remember correctly. I will continue to pray this all goes as plan. Most of all, keep your positive thought process in the forefront. Don't get sucked down the dark hole, you will persevere as you have done all along. You have an incredible amount of strength without any doubt. We often have no idea how strong we are until we are out to the test.Try to remember this, fear can cause reality to become cloudy.

I am happy that you are back to exercising. I know this is something you did before, I am in agreement with the dr that said start doing as many things you did before. Making the effort is what counts most of all.

Oh yes, the good old flu season is back again! Keeping yourself safe is a must. I always get the flu shot every year. I know there is so much controversy over it not helping the strains that often show up. Regardless, I have COPD, the flu could be extremely serious for me according to my drs. Knowing this, I will not risk it. I am having terrible sinus issues, this rain has our mold count off the charts & mountain cedar is really high. I have been dealing with a slight sinus infection for 2 months. Until I have it in check, I will hold off on the flu shot.

Oh gal, the rain the past 2 months has been insane. September & October we set new records, I heard on the news last week, we had over 40 inches of rain in 2 months. Currently, we are on day 3 or 4 of sunny skies. Our temps are lower, so things are not drying out fast. My yard is still extremely wet, most of my flowers are done from too much water. I have mold on the zinnias in a flower bed. I hope next week it is dry so my lawn guy can clean up a couple of flower beds & go over the yard. I have some things for him to cut back & to make it look a little tidy, lol. This morning it's sunny, a little cool & very windy! Hopefully the wind will help dry things out a little. We have a chance of rain tonight sadly.

My laptop took a nose dive which I knew was coming. It slowed to a crawl & trying to get into HW was a huge problem. I took it in last week & they replaced my hard drive. I do not use my phone for HW, even though, it is now phone friendly. I can read on it because the print is larger, but I am not comfortable trying to post with it. I have an IPad & it's ok in a pinch. I am just a creature of habit, lol. I like having a bigger screen.

I plan to run a couple of quick errands this afternoon while there is sunshine! I am thinking about making chicken & dumplings today, so I will need to get some chicken tenders. A friend gave me a recipe for chicken & dumplings & it calls for chicken tenders. Much easier to cook them rather than breasts or a whole chicken.

Sending many positive vibes to you!!

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Susie
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Well I had my surgery done yesterday. They are generous with the dilaudid, thank goodness, as the back pain is severe. (But I’ve had worse pain through Voldemort, so I feel like I can handle most anything.). It’s weird... I am not wearing any Gauze sponges, ABD pads or bandages or anything. I can just look down and see my new breast (from my back skin) sewn onto the front. And in the standing bathroom mirrors I can see a HUGE, maybe 10-12 inches long incision going horizontal from about under the armpit and just over then central spine. A friend told me this scar evens out and goes flat, and the fat from the other side gets redispersed, so I won’t be flat-backed on one side, and rollly, lumpy on the other side. The doctor was able to gather up quite a lot of fat from this one side, and with the expander underneath (which she already expanded once) I may only need one more expansion in order for it to be equal to the other side. Thee is a lot more visible scar line on this left chest, so I hope my scar Rx cream works as well as before.
All for now. I can barely keep my eyes open.
Best of health and positive thoughts to all.

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