I'm back...sort of

First let me thank everyone for the continued prayers and support. For all my friends and family that came to visit (especially the ones I don't remember seeing, but was told came by :-) ) and for all those wonderful people who brought food to help my family with dinner when I was in the hospital and when I got out....Barb Edwards, Tina Guerrero, Tia Dolores, Tia Lucy, Melissa Smith, Mona Sarate and Janet Calhoun. To our nieces Melissa Ragsdale and Cathy Garcia..thank you for coming down for the weekend and helping out. It was great seeing you. For my mom, Teresa, what would I do without you. Thank God you are here to help Abel and the kids.

You are all a blessing to me and my family. Words cannot express my gratitude.

It has been a rough week and 1/2. The surgery itself went well, double mastectomy with the right lymph nodes all removed. 2 of the 19 had cancer. I had 4 JP drain tubes inserted, two on each side. One of them started coming out on Saturday, so had to go get that taken care of. I still have the other 3. I did okay for a few days, but then my blood pressure went up and I had a horrible headache..they couldn't get it to come down, so I had to stay a few extra days. I won't go into the gross detail, but let me just say...if you are ever going to have surgery...take a stool softener. It is the worst thing if you don't. I think that and everything that comes with it has been worse than the surgery itself.

I am starting to feel better though. I am having trouble sleeping at night because of the tubes but hopefully those will come out tomorrow. I have an appointment with the Oncologist today at 4:00. I will find out what my treatment plan is. My surgeon suspects I will have to have Chemo for sure since the cancer was in the lymph nodes, not sure about Radiation. I won't think about it to much till I get to the appointment.

I know I have a long road ahead of me and I know that I am very lucky to have the support of my family and friends and most importantly..I know that I am on this road that God chose for me. There is a reason this is happening to us again and I know that He is with me.

Hugs,
Yolanda

P.S. Happy Birthday baby brother, Vic...you are the best! Love you bunches!