Follow up to CT - all clear

Jill had a sustained cough for more than a month so the docs wanted to get a look at her lungs to rule out spread of cancer.  The CT scan was yesterday and today we got the results that all is well.

BTW, her cough has basically gone away . . . she is much better now.

A week later

Most of you follow Jill on facebook, so this is not really news.  But Jill is doing better every day.  She is more active and feeling better all the time.  Tomorrow she goes to see the plastic surgeon to see how she is doing.  Well, the doctor wants to see how Jill is doing, not the other way around, if that was ambiguous.
I suspect one drain will be out for sure.  Maybe two drains?  We can hope.

And as the meals end tomorrow - we want to thank everyone who has helped us.  Really makes a difference.  

Mixed bag on day two

Jill is still not in all that much pain, which is good.  But she is limited in movement (had to wake me up to help her out of bed) and as of midday she has become nauseous and has puked a few times.  When I was picking up Lauren from Kindergarten I got the call - I puked and I cannot get up (from chair).  Luckily she had a puke thingy from the hospital.
She is now on a med to help with that and we are going to adjust the pain meds some.

She is in decent spirits and is thankful for all the well-wishing.

Jill is home

Jill is home, has eaten and is feeling really decent.  It is amazing to see the results - as far as how good the incisions look when you realize that they did.  For those who are curious:
She had her left breast removed (mastectomy) and a tissue expander inserted.
On the right side, which is where the she had a mastectomy last spring, she had a flap procedure.     A football shaped part of her back was cut out including skin, muscle, and veins and it is moved around to where a breast would be.  It is put on top of the pec muscle.  A tissue expander was put below that.  The reason for this procedure is that after radiation, which she had on that side, skin is never really able to be stretched out again.  The flap is healthy tissue and can take expanders and then later an implant.
She has three drains, which are necessary but suck.  The front two should last a week or two and the back one probably three or so weeks.

What is next? (all this planned and as such 'best case' and subject to delays and changes)
Short term:  Recover.
Mid term: (weeks and a few months) fill the expanders with fluid until desired breast size (DDDDD) is achieved.  Kidding on the size ;)  We both have had enough of big killer boobies.
Longer term:  3-4 months from now she will have the exanders removed and implants put in.  During that surgery she will have ovaries removed too, the last part of the prophylactic measures suggested as she is BRCA1 positive.

then hopefully a long ass life putting up with me.

All is well

We are with Jill.   She feels good.   Everything is great.

Surgery done

All is said to have gone great.   Jill is in recovery now.   We will see her in 60-90 minutes

Update 1

Breast surgeon done.  Said it went great.   Should be a while before next update.

In surgery

Jill has gone back into surgery.   Estimated 5 hours.   Should get first update in an hour or so when breast surgeon finishes

Pre op

Jill is back getting prepped for surgery.   We should be called back in 15 minutes or so.

She got marked up this morning at plastic surgeon's office.   Kind of scary seeing all that gets cut.  

This is a test of the Jill broadcast system

Jill is a go for surgery on Tuesday.  She had been sick for a while so there was a little doubt, but the doctors have cleared her.
This post is mainly a test - I am trying to make sure Blogger updates facebook with updates.  Shockingly, blogger/blogspot does not have this feature built in.
Also, this site can be subscribed too, just like its former home.  But I cannot automatically move previous users over.

Look for updates starting Tuesday.
Greg

Want to help us? We could use meals again

 Jill has surgery this Tuesday and we are now looking for some help with meals for a week or two
We are looking for a meal a night, Sunday - Thursday only from Wed 08-Feb through Thursday 16-Feb.  We will update the blog and the site if we need it longer than that.
We will eat leftovers on Fridays and Saturday and or Greg will make something.  


Just like last time, this is such a help and really makes thing easier on Jill and Greg, which then also helps the kids.

Please keep 'treats' to just enough for the evening of the meal if possible.  Last time we had enough cookies and treats for a month after about 3 meals.  

Here is the care calendar information:
To access Jill Golightly's personal CareCalendar site, 
visit http://www.carecalendar.org/logon/101858 and enter 
the following information in the appropriate spaces:

    CALENDAR ID      :  101858
    SECURITY CODE :  7292