May 12, 2020 after appt

Incisions look good and I have a normal amount of swelling. Low activity for 2 weeks from surgery, short walks and normal daily activity use of my arm without raising too high or lifting too much. If it hurts, stop…is the rule I should live by. After 2 weeks, I’ll start stretching to loosen up the muscles on my left side and the goal is back to pre-surgery motion in 6 weeks.

Sadly, the pathology report isn’t in from tests…the world as it stands now means their regular testing office is closed and they had to send everything back to Tennessee…so still waiting on results. Earliest would be tomorrow, latest probably Friday but she thinks it’ll likely be Thursday. So, I’ll hear when they come in.

She is setting up the referrals to the medical oncologist and the radiologist this week and the team will meet to review my results early next week.

The medical oncologist will be the one to walk us through whether chemo will help enough to go through it. Radiation is a definite due to my type of cancer but it will be a question of whether there is chemo before or not. The test results from the surgery will help dictate this as well. So, waiting…waiting…waiting…

I hate waiting

For now, everything is as it should be. No stitches to remove, they’ll dissolve on their own and the tape holding them will fall off on it’s own too. All good on this end and recuperation is going smoothly.

I’ll post an update once we get the results later this week. I’m not sure timing of talking to the doctors after they meet to review next week. Seems likely mid to late next week at the earliest to talk through next steps.

Its rainy here and we’re talking about clam chowder for lunch…yum. Maybe I’ll get a breadbowl…