thank you.  you guys are the best.  i'm overwhelmed with all the good wishes and positive thoughts.  i'm home recuperating with the girls…better living through chemicals.  yes, there are white elephants – with little red speckles in them!!  all went well with the surgery, they are sending lymph nodes to pathology to make sure none of this nasty cancer has spread.  hopefully, they got all of it, and after a little 'glow in the dark' radiation…i'll be as good as new. 

now, please, PLEASE make sure all of you girls (and you guys too) make sure you do monthly breast exams.  also, don't forget the annual mammograms!!  30% of the tumors show up on the mammograms and can't be felt (i never could find the b*st*rd)…and that many more can be felt but not seen on film.  i am very lucky (the lucky one??) we found this in time to take action before it got out of hand.  tell your sisters, your mothers, your friends, your enemies…be pro-active!!!  guys..this is a perfect opportunity to 'feel up' that special gal…please, take care of yourselves and those you love!!!

thanks again for all your prayers and positive thoughts.  it really did make the difference!!

charon

YOU ARE BACK ??  Wow!   I was expecting as least a grunt or groan in your post!  But you sounded perfectly normal!  I may need some pain pills to enhance my posts!  

That's excellent advice!  I'm overdue on a mammogram also.  

So, so, so glad you are starting to feel better.  Now, let's can get some more good news from the pathology report!

Ahhhh, chemicals…..

Glad to hear that things went well.  Sending positive thoughts for the lymph gland results.

Karen

Just goes to prove – ya can't keep a good dog (oh, I meant pawrent) down!   So happy to see you posting so soon!  Excellent advice for the rest of us.