Blood work-done.  Not fun, they had a hard time finding a vein.  I think they all shrunk up as soon as they saw the needle.  Meeting with the nurse-done.  As an added bonus I also got a chest x-ray.  Because I smoke.

It’s official, on the paperwork I’m having a simple (total) mastectomy.  They’re taking all the breast tissue and nipple but leaving the muscle and axillary nodes.  According to the book the surgeon gave me “..if a woman who has a strong family  history of breast cancer decides to have both breasts removed… a total mastectomy is the best operation..”  I will be staying in the hospital overnight, which sucks and they’ll send in a physical therapist to show me exercises to do to get mobility back into my arm.  Also, if they have to put a drain in (ewww!) they’ll send a home-care nurse to my house to take care of it.   Thank gawd.  Nothing worse than having someone close to me taking care of something so icky.

The waiting is still causing me anxiety.  I just want to get it over with.  The rest of the anxiety, funny enough, is coming from not having a definitive date that I get to return to work.  Again with the not knowing, and waiting.  For someone like me who is into instant gratification,  it sucks to not know.