crossposted from ThrowsLikeAGirl
Or will have by 8 am tomorrow. Same problem as last time. Infected skin, no bacterial growth in cultures. They took about 200 ml of fluid out of frankenlefty this morning. Brought it down in size from a freakish stripper boob to a normal stripper boob. Can’t tell you how much better that feels. It had actually started to migrate to the right so I truly would have been uniboobed. PS says I still have options. I have to wait another 3 to 6 months to stabilize and we can work up a new plan. Maybe one that doesn’t involve implants, depending on how frankenlefty looks without the expander. That’s fine by me.
I have to admit there is just a tiny part of me that is glad to see it gone. It’s been ridiculous, as I’ve mentioned before. I have to actually haul the thing up and out the window to reach things in a drive thru. Definitely not going to miss that. I will also be able to sleep on my left (once the drains are out. Again.) without feeling uncomfortable.
Oh and I’ll have drains for Halloween. I figure I can go as a Breast Cancer Awareness Borg.
I am 1 of 8.
Get your mammograms.
Resistance is futile.
October 26, 2009 at 9:06 pm |
ughhh! I am so sad you’re having to go through this!
October 27, 2009 at 9:20 am |
love the ST reference.
I wonder how many of us feel like we’re pseudo borgs….
October 27, 2009 at 11:36 am |
Sister borg here! I’ve had a wound VAC on Righty since my post recon skin necrosis….scarey costume unnecessary, for sure! Positively ghoulish.
I’m sorry this has been such a saga for you….hopefully one day we’ll be able to look back on this and know the worst is behind us…at least that’s what I keep clinging to when it gets to me.
Hang in there!
October 27, 2009 at 11:52 am |
Good luck today honey! Get some rest and heal. Everything will work out
I like the borg idea
October 30, 2009 at 8:46 pm |
Happy Halloween?
Hope it’s been an easy rest of the week for you!