I havent posted in awhile so I guess I better give a quick update of everything that's been going on.
First off I had surgery on May 16th to remove the port out of my chest. The surgery itself was quick but they left me waiting for over 4 hours before they finally wheeled me in for surgery. So I'm even more sure that I'll no longer come back to this hospital once treatment is completey finished. I have come to despise this place and its people very much.
The incision has almost completely healed now. There will be a permanent scar there to remind me of this journey.
I have finally gone back to working out consistently on a daily basis. This was good to help relax the very tight muscle in my right arm. Now that its loosened I can raise my arm above my head and the swelling has gone down in my right breast so that it now appears almost perfectly normal.
I have 11 more radiation treatments left. Radiation is a daily Mon-Fri routine that you get used to as an interuption in your life. I have it first thing in the morning before work which took me some time to adjust to but I'm used to it now. The only down side is I've burned real bad now on the underside of my breast. They warn you that it can happen and now that it has I can tell you it is very painful. The rest of my breast for now is ok but the underside looks almost like a 3rd degree burn. I am trying hard to push myself through these last treatments but it gets harder and harder by the day. I dont want to take a break because that just adds to my time but how can you keep going when your boob is crispy? Sigh..
3 more days it will be exactly 6 mos since I was diagnosed with cancer. God willing I will finish treatment on June 15th which will be just past 6 mos since I started treatment. It has been a very long hard sometimes sad and extremely painful journey. There are days when you dont know how much more you can endure. When you want to give up but you keep going because you know you have to. I have seen the best and worst in others and found a strength inside of myself I didnt know I had.
I have been accepted to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville TN. My younger brother's in laws are permitting me to live in the home they own there while I attend school. I will be moving to Knoxville in August. The thought of leaving the only home I've ever known makes me very nervous, but I know that if I can survive a terminal illness I can get through 2 years of being a broke starving full time college student. I'm ready for the new adventure.
