So, the biopsy found lobular carcinoma in situ, or LCIS, in my right breast. Sounds bad, but it's actually good news. It's considered basically high-risk for developing into "real" cancer - but it's not something that requires treatment. (Plus, theoretically, they cut all of it out of me.) So I will move on to radiation therapy for just my left side.
The surgery went really well - I felt a little sore, but really can't even claim it was bad enough to be "pain." And people were really surprised to see me back at work on Monday. (I was surprised to see me back at work on Monday, after seeing 3 really good bands - and Tom! - Sunday night in Madison.)
I'm going to have to get the disability/working thing in order, but I'm stalling until after I talk to the radiation oncologist here in Freeport. I have an appointment Oct. 14. I'm still tired out and my brain feels kind of "fried" after everything - it's hard to concentrate on anything for too long.
But before that next appointment, Jeff and I are going to Panama City Beach. It's a birthday present for the both of us. He REALLY needs to get away from work - he has been working ridiculous hours all summer long, and they seem to be only getting longer. So I was glad for an excuse to get him away from there.
Today, in fact, he's down in Sterling, cramming in a bunch of work before we leave tomorrow. I can't complain, though - he's coming home early enough for us to get up to Madison to see the Wombats tonight. We've had a hectic week - the Mowglis on Sunday, Car Seat Headrest on Tuesday, Frank Turner at the Codfish Hollow Barnstormers in Maquoketa, Iowa on Thursday, and then tonight. The show is sold out, and it's a small place - it will feel good to start our vacation jumping up and down with a bunch of college students to a good band.
Before I left for vacation, I got a bunch of stuff posted on FHN's Facebook page about breast cancer awareness - it's pink month. Each year, we do a bunch of stories for The Journal-Standard's pink breast cancer awareness section, and I had a feeling that this year, my boss would ask me to do something first-person. I was against the idea at first - because really, talking about my boobs to the general public?!? But I went ahead and did it, and it's OK. I'm not sure when it will be published, but I think I will include it here on the blog at some point.
My hair is growing back, slowly. I'm still pretty bald. I ordered some fall-ish hats, because the tan one I've been wearing all summer isn't going to look good with sweaters.
All summer long, I've been wearing Skechers with no socks, and I've finally gotten used to how my numb/not numb toes feel in those shoes. We had some pretty chilly weather this week, and I've had to get out socks and real shoes, which has been really irritating. I'm going to have to look for some soft socks and looser shoes, I think.
I've lost about 20 pounds over the summer - a combination of feeling crappy through the chemotherapy and not being able to really taste anything. So I'm feeling good about dressing for fall. I've been buying band t-shirts at some concerts, and I'm thinking I want to wear concert t-shirts and jeans with an interesting cardigan for cooler weather. I'm a "creative" at work, after all, and I like wearing a reminder of the fun we have. It's like the "when I am old I shall wear purple" poem, only with concert t-shirts. =)
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