Recuperation at home and the wait begins

Yes, I left the hospital 23 hours after I had a double mastectomy to remove the DCIS /IDC breast cancer. How crazy is it that I was released so soon? I was in pain, yes, but agreed that recuperation at home would be better. So home I went. 

Today's pain level is about a 5. I am having pains where the two drains are and where they put the port on my upper left chest area. I hope it will pass soon. 

The breast surgeon was very pleased with surgery. She was about 90% sure my cancer did not pass into the lymph nodes, but pathology will have to confirm that. Hopefully the results will come back early next week. Those results will help oncology determine what route in chemo therapy I will take. I have a blood clotting disorder so the oncologist will get my chemo selected after results are in. If no lymph node invasion then chemo would last 12 weeks, if it did pass the lymph nodes, we might be looking at 20 weeks. 

I go back next Wednesday for the plastic surgeon follow up and to hopefully get the drains taken out. 

The oncology appointment is the 4th of August.