I'm barely able to keep my eyes open after my surgery to insert the port-a-cath but we got good news today so I want to share it! The results for the BRCA test came back negative! That means I'm less likely to get ovarian cancer and less likely to have a recurrance of breast cancer. At least I think that's what it means :) Seems strange to not carry the gene yet still get breast cancer but whatever. I suppose if I researched I'd discover something like the BRCA only tests for certain genes, not all of them. Regardless, that is great news!
Now, for the port-a-cath... I had no idea this was such a big thing. The doctor told us the actual surgery was only about 45 minutes so I was thinking it'd be no big deal but I think I was wrong. I was knocked out for a few hours, when I woke up I was in pain so they started adding pain killers to my IV drip and I was in and out for another 3 hours. Now that I'm home I only keep my eyes open for a few minutes before falling asleep. Really, it's not that big of a deal, it's just not what I expected. And I have another Rx for Vicodin. The pharmacy might stop filling my prescriptions!
I start chemo tomorrow morning at 9:30. I was hoping to try some Xanax tonight to mellow me out but I think my surgery drugs are doing the trick.
Here's a before pic of my chest
And an after pic (bandaged up)
Just the beginning of my 'changes.'
That is great about the test! Some positive news! :)
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