Ok, as I edit this post, I have no idea what day it is. I know it's noon. I know I have missed most of Victoria's winter. ;)
Friday, I entered Victoria General Hospital at 7:30 and was greeted and admitted by the cutest little thing. She was adorable. She offered me a private or semi-private room. Yes. I'll take it if it's available.
Kent and I went over to the Breast Health Clinic and got set up for the wire insertion, radioactive dye and then another mammogram.
I had the best and brightest in the department, I'm not kidding. I'm also not kidding when I tell you that it didn't hurt.
Here's the too much information on the procedures: the local anesthetic was inserted under ultrasound guidance. The wire was then inserted directly into the middle of Earl. When the wire sheath was retracted the wire had a little spring at the end that unfurled to hold itself in place.
The radiologist then prepped the needle for the radioactive dye. He said, this will definitely hurt, I have to put this needle in your nipple. My NiPpLe?? He said, well in the areola....I said get your anatomy right!! I heaved a great sigh of relief....and broke out into a sweat....
That needle didn't hurt either, the mammogram that followed, it didn't hurt.
Then, there was the wait. Up to 3 hours of waiting while the dye worked its way up the channels of the lymph and into the lymph nodes in my armpit.
Before I knew it, it was time to go in. I was prepped by the nicest nurse. We teased her that I was drinking Kent's coffee....
My arm was wrapped in a warm cloth in prep of the IV
I went upstairs and got into the surgical holding pattern. I talked to the nurse, anesthetist and my surgeon, Dr. Alison Ross.
They wheeled me in the room and Alison asked me what I'd like for music, so I asked for Christian, she didn't have any. So we settled on U2 - Joshua Tree -- Kent and I dated to that album....it's special.
Next thing I knew, I was waking in the recovery room. A nurse said, what's your pain? And I didn't even think about it before I answered 8! 5 times we went through this, I remember 5 injections....
I was taken to my room upstairs on 7AS and dopily wait for Kent. I was uncomfortable, but not in pain.
Now the recovery.
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