Hi everyone. Today is Tuesday, November 16th. Today is the two week anniversary of my surgery. Every day gets better and easier for me. My mobility is coming back. I'm still quite numb but I'm told that most of the feeling will come back. It's due to nerve endings being cut and stretched. I'm thawing out slowly. Today was the best day I've had. I had been feeling better day by day, but today I felt about 50 percent better than the day before. It seemed like quite a jump.

I got the OK to drive last Friday, so come Monday when I had my first day alone, I took full advantage of it. I went to Walmart and to the grocery store. Small steps but it felt great. Today I brought myself back to Dr. Abbis' office. She had told me that if the fluid in my breast hadn't reduced on its own, that she would drain in with a needle. Can't say I was looking forward to that appointment but I knew it had to be done. My sister got out of work and met me at the office just in case it was hairier than anticipated and I was unable to drive. But all went fine, thanks Deb. I guess still being numb isn’t a bad thing.

After that appointment, I went to work to meet with the girls in the office and we went to lunch. It was so nice to see everyone. I was presented with a huge card signed by so many people and a Johnny Damon Red Sox shirt. My coworkers had also made a collection. Thank you so much everyone. And thank you for telling me that I couldn’t open it until I left the property. I was completely overcome by everyone’s generosity and I don’t know how I would have handled myself in front of everyone. Thank you again for that, and thank you to those who donated sick time on my behalf. What a great group of people! Everyone has been so very supportive. There’s just that one thorn! (inside joke)

My next appointments will bring me to Dr. Rao (oncologist) and Dr. Chatson’s (plastic surgeon) offices on Thursday. I’ll learn about my chemotherapy with Dr. Rao and Dr. Chatson is going to do his thing. I’m thinking that might be a bit painful, but then again, thank God I’m still numb. That might help a bit. I’ll keep in touch.