February Update

Hello Everyone,

I have had my reconstructive surgery and I hope my last surgery. It was on Jan 28th. The surgery was performed at the Amway Grand Hotel where West Michigan Plastic Surgery Associates office is. They have a surgery floor and a physicians floor. Amazing . Anyway it was 2 hours long I probably only spent an hour in recovery too. Not that it was that quick of a recovery either. More like they pushed me out with my pants half on. I recovered quickly at home with drain tubes for a week. Sleeping was few an far between but we got throught it.

I'm continuing with physical therapy. Before this surgery I was able to lift my arm above my head. Now I'm only able to lift it to my shoulder with my arm extended in front of me. Hopefully that will come back fast. I think it will.

My hair is growing and still very curly. I think I need a trim actually. Some areas are longer than others and some hair has fallen out. I'm hoping its like a baby. They have hair when they are born and it sometimes falls out and grows back.

I am still going every three weeks for my Herceptin treatment and my body has become use to that drug as I have no side effects with it. However surgery was on the date I was suppose to have my last treatment so I'm not sure if being off it for 4 weeks will play any affects on me when I start up again. Monday I'll find out when I start again.

It's nice that I only have updates to tell you about monthly.

Thanks for all your prayers and support. And Yes I still need both.

Kelly