Breast cancer is not fun!

[PennyK]

3. Yes, Time went a little wonky these past few months

I went back to the plastic surgeon who did my breast reduction almost two years ago, about the lump of "scar tissue" that was hurting me. He put me into surgery that night to remove it. Then the next week he told me it was malignant....I had a lot of trouble believing it. He referred me to a big cancer group, and the tests began. Tests here and there and back here again.
Then another surgery to install the port for my chemo and sentinel node.
Chemo began right after that. The sentinel node was clean, and I finally got my stage number, 1...the first good news since the whole thing began.
The chemo itself has been a trip. My digestion has been so messed up. I'm now taking a proton-pump inhibitor and Imodium, and I can finally breathe easier. Another glitch was that they discovered I have a freaking blood clot near the port (seems to happen in about 15% of cases), so now I'm also on blood thinner.
Hoping that my second chemo, and the ones to come, will be a little easier, now that I know what to expect, and have meds to help with the rough stuff.
Thanks for the encouragement and good thoughts!