Well, it's 2:12 CST, and I'M HOME! The surgery went well, I bucked up and acted like a big girl, and right at the moment, anyway, I'm not in too much pain. Overall, I'd rate the experience a 6 out of 10 on the "scary" scale, but really the good folks over at St. Thomas took great care of me. And those meds. Can I say how thankful I am for drugs? The part I was most worried about other than the results was the injection they have to put into your, er, nipple, with the dye that shows the surgeon where the sentinel lymph nodes are. For some reason, this freaked me out more than anything, and I gotta tell you that my rocking nurse anesthetist (sp?) Derek gave me some truly wonderful drug that literally knocked me out for about 3 minutes while they did that. Now that's good medicine!
Dr. Ballinger feels good about the surgery, and the preliminary report on the nodes was that they are cancer-free. I should have the final pathology report tomorrow.
Thanks for the prayers, the meals, the cards, the well-wishes, the e-mails, the text messages and all of your support. I am blessed.
Erin
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