Surgery Done

As previously mentioned that I would be having my FINAL surgery in this  Breast Cancer journey of mine.  The day came to finally have my ovaries and fallopian tubes removed and become what they call a Previvor for Ovarian Cancer.  My surgery was preventative due to the type of Breast Cancer that I had.

It is amazing how not too long ago a woman would have to be cut open diagonally to undergo any type of complete or partial hysterectomy.  Now a days maybe a little to advanced and too quick to get you out of the hospital, but nonetheless a great way to heal quickly. I had my best support team by my side as always, my husband and my mom.

My day on April 20, 2017 went by so quickly I feel it was almost like a dream.  I was asked to be at the hospital for 730am and surgery was scheduled for 11am.  Once again I must give a great shout out to the staff at Cite de la Sante Hospital, they are amazing.  So basically its always the same routine, I am so used to it now that I can predict exactly what they will do and how often they will come to do it.  All of the blood pressure, temperature, blood tests, the same 50 million questions asked by 3 different people and then off to surgery.  I saw my doctor who is a wonderful gynecologist with a heart of gold and understands my situation as it were her own.  She came to speak to me quickly, gave me the run down of the procedure, basically no horizontal cut, just 3 little incisions and that is it.  In all honesty that was a deal breaker for me to have the surgery, I could not have put myself through the old fashion method and be out of commission for weeks, not with my daughter and her needs.  I went in, it was lights out and next thing I knew I was in the recovery room in a shit load of pain, nothing some morphine didn't help very quickly.  I am not very big on taking pain killers but when its needed I will not refuse them, that was the last dose of morphine I took.  Basically after that they make you walk and then bye bye you can go home, I see my doctor in 6 weeks for the pathology results, but she assured me that all looked good.

I am now 5 days post op and I can say that I feel much better, the intensity of the pain has diminished significantly and no meds are needed or taken.  I had a great nurse taking care of me all weekend, how could I have asked for better and my daughter was very well taken care of by my mom. I am very blessed, I know I have said this numerous times throughout my blogs but I don't know what I would've done this without the support of my husband, the help of my mom with my daughter and to all my friends and family who have been by my side and my family's side throughout this entire journey.

I cannot express my gratitude enough towards all of you who have read, commented, sent a little note, planned get together's and always made me smile or silently liked my blogs and shared my journey with me.  This is not the end of my journey, I am closing the book on my Breast Cancer and shout out proudly that I Fought and I Won.  I now begin the next phase of my life. I can assure you there will be more blogs, awareness is key.

Being a breast cancer survivor at 41 years old is not something I ever imagined would happen, this journey has taught me so much about myself and many others, life is short so LIVE LOVE & LAUGH everyday with the ones who make you happy and are true to you.

Thank you and love you all so much