Follow up with the gynecologic oncologist

Yesterday I went to see Dr. I.  Even with an appointment at 7:30 am, I still waited an hour for him to swoop in, do a ten second exam, and swoop back out.  I did see him in his office afterwards and we discussed my mastectomy, and my future with him.  He's going to continue to monitor me for ovarian cancer every six months as we've been doing.  I have a prescription for my annual CA-125 blood test, and my internal ultrasound of my ovaries.  I did ask him about the possibility of going on birth control pills as a means to reduce my risk, but he feels that it doesn't provide enough of a reduction to make it worth having to remember a pill every day for who knows how long.  He said if I want it, he will give me a prescription though.  I decided to pass.  So, for now, I'm just being monitored same as always!

Surgery #2!

Exciting news!  Today I got my paperwork for my reconstruction surgery.  It's scheduled for October 2, which is a Wednesday.  It's in the same surgery center where I had my mastectomy (within the same hospital).  This one is an outpatient surgery, and the recovery is much easier from what I'm told.  I should be back to driving within a week.  I'm so excited to get these damn expanders out.  They have seemed to soften over time, and I can no longer feel the edges of them poking into my rib cage, so that's nice.  But I can feel the ports on the fronts of them, and I have this really gross fat flap thing on the sides of my boobs, like almost under my armpit.  So even though I don't need a bra for support, I still need one for shaping.  (Whole other story, but OMG it was so hard to find a bra to fit!  Underwire won't work so I needed a soft one, like a training bra!)  Anyway, Dr. C feels that I am going to be super happy with my results.  I don't think he gets me at all, because I really couldn't care less what they look like!  I just want them to have a somewhat normal shape so I can wear my clothes sans bra, and sleep on my stomach again.  Scars don't matter to me in the slightest, especially since I just plan to tattoo over them!  I have my pre-op appointment on September 26th, and that will just be bloodwork and a check up.  My other pre-op consisted of bloodwork, a check up, and EKG and a chest x-ray, but apparently the latter two are valid for 6 months.  Yay!  It's funny, I'm not nearly as nervous about surgery this time, maybe because the first one went so well.  I really feel as though I had a good surgery experience, even though I had one hell of a recovery.  The procedure itself went well, the hospital staff was wonderful, and I woke up feeling pretty good, considering.  Fingers crossed that this one goes the same!