Boob Update

I went to the plastic surgeon yesterday, and I'm all good! My incisions are all healed. The tenderness I feel on my sides, under my arms, is normal, and will go away in time. I also have some fat necrosis (I have no idea if that's spelled right...spell check says yes, but who knows) in my left boob. The nurse said my body will absorb it over time. From what I understand it is just dead tissue from the reduction, that was left behind. Again, perfectly normal. I will go back in one year, for them to do a mammogram. So yay! It's all good.

Feel Your Boobies

October is breast cancer awareness month.

Make a promise this month that you will do your self breast exams, and go get those mammograms. I had my first one last year, and it truly wasn't as bad as I had feared. Most of you know about my scare. My great-grandmother on my moms side died of breast cancer, and my mom's mom and sister are both breast cancer survivors. This makes me nervous about my future. (although the reduction helped reduce those fears a little) I know I make it a point to feel my boobies. You should too! (not mine...feel your own!)

For more info, check out these sites:

american cancer society

susan g komen breast cancer foundation

breast cancer

A New Week Begins

I am so glad it's Monday. It's been a long and hazy weekend, and I needed sleep. So when the kids got on the bus this morning, I laid back down. Some of you may know that I do not do well with pain medicine. On Saturday night, the doctor gave me 10mg of lortab. I felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest. When we went back yesterday morning, she asked if I needed more to get me through Carson's party. I didn't, but ended up in pain most of the day. My mom offered me one of her pain pills, which is something stronger than a lortab. I took half. Wow, was I gone! By the time we got home it felt like my arms and legs were numb. Not a good feeling. This morning I just took my antibiotics, but I'm still feeling a little weak. I tried to clean the house, and only made it halfway through the kitchen before I gave up. It will all be there tomorrow. Today I'm just gonna rest. Be lazy. I deserve it.The season premiere of Dexter was last night. I love this show. I couldn't believe how they have changed his character. It's going to be interesting to see how the show progresses, especially since they've found his "dumping grounds". If you don't watch this show, you really should. It's on Sunday, at 9pm on Showtime.

I'm Gonna Live!

Okay. I just got back from the hospital, and I'm improving. They gave me another buttload of pills, and then sent me on my way with 3 prescriptions. 2 antibiotics and lortabs. The doctor said I should see improvement every day, and it SHOULD be gone in a week. However, sometimes they can be hard to get rid of. So I just have to keep an eye on it.As we were leaving, she was giving me some instructions, and while looking at her notes says, "Be sure to keep the area covered". Then she looked at me and laughed. Like I'm going to go ANYWHERE with it uncovered!What do I have, you ask? Cellulitis. And it sucks. And it hurts. Pity me, people, I'm miserable!

I Went

We got to the ER about 7:45, and just got home about 30 minutes ago. The doctor thinks it's just a skin infection, and gave me a buttload of pills. 5 antibiotics and 2 lortab. She drew on my boob. She made an outline of the swelling, and I need to be back up there by 11am tomorrow for her to check and see if the swelling has gone down any. If not, she said I will need further testing. She said maybe an ultrasound to see if there is anything in there that needs to be drained. EWWWWWWWW! That sounds so gross. Anyway, I am feeling the painkillers kicking in, so I'm off to bed. I'll update tomorrow when I can. Carson's partry is in the afternoon, so if I don't post til late, please don't worry. Think happy thoughts!

To Go Or Not To Go

I am still feeling pretty crappy. I also have another problem that I will probably have to deal with tonight. Which means a trip to the ER. I've mentioned in passing that I'm having a boob issue, and it seems to have worsened. My mom thinks I have an infection, and if I need an antibiotic, I need to see a doctor. I'm not looking forward to showing my breasts to a doctor. If you've never battled a weight problem, you won't understand. But as an overweight person, you get looked down upon. I don't need the loose weight lecture, I need my boob fixed. So I'm dreading the trip. Then there is the slight chance that it could be something else, and I don't even want to think about that.Junior is fishing right now with his dad and Ryan, but when they get back I will probably go.If I can talk myself into it.

ID, Please

Yesterday, Junior finally went down to St. Luke's to sign up and see if he is eligible for their free healthcare. Turns out they are not accepting anymore cronic back pain patients. Totally sucks! But he told them that at the ER last week, the doctor said the nerve was causing pain DOWN HIS LEG, so they put down leg pain on his application to see if it will go through with that. Junior also asked about services for me, and my boob. (I haven't posted about my boob problem, but I'm having one and it sucks.) Anyway, they offer mamograms, so tomorrow I need to go down there and drop off the application I filled out. And of course you have to have ID, so we had to go this morning and get me a SC ID. The thing only cost $5, and it's good until 2012. Not bad. But, they ask the awful weight question, which I skipped right over. I did fill it in at the last moment, and totally lied. They didn't even question it. I should have put 115, and seen what they would say. Either way, I now have ID and can do thinks like pick up Ryan's ritalin. I couldn't before because it's a controlled substance, and you must show ID to pick it up.On another note, Wallgreen's was running a promotion today where they are filling ink cartridges for free. The only drawback is they will only fill one per household. When we went in, Junior asked about it, and the girl said they enter name and phone number into the computer, and if it show 2, they will only fill one. So, we go to another store with the intention of using someone elses phone number to fill the other one. Turns out the other store doesn't offer that service because they do not have the refill machine. We ended up going to Lori's work and asking her to drop it off for us using her name and number. She agreed. Yeah! Both of them filled for free!So that's about it. Until next time....