I spoke with my breast surgeon and she kinda explained the process I'll be going through this summer. While everybody else is on vacation, I'm having both breasts and parts of my inner arm chopped off. Then I have stints/expanders that get put in (at first with drains), and they are filled slowly over the course of a few months. And the best part is, once they are stretched and filled, I get to go in and get another surgery to remove the expanders and get implants. So basically I get to go through a "boob job" surgery twice. Great. It's hard enough to find people who are available to help me out with the kids after recovering from a treatment. Now I have to worry about when I can't lift anything for months. That should be interesting with two young kids around.
Meanwhile, I am looking forward to going back to work. If all goes to plan, I should be going back for the last two weeks of the school year (May 16-27). I am praying I will be feeling up to it. It may seem like a waste of time to only go back for two weeks, but it isn't to me. I want to be back to some kind of normal, even if it's just temporarily before surgery. I'm anxious to get back to feeling like a productive human being!
This is my reality and I really can't apologize for it. Some bad days do happen. But I am still thankful to God that I am here, and living my life. In more inspiring news, Brett and Robin Graham (Chris went to HS with them) were featured at Crossroads Church on Easter Sunday. If you missed it, you can view it here:
Easter at Crossroads
We watched online (rather than fight the crowds on Easter Sunday). Brett was in a snowboarding accident at 18 and it's amazing to see how God has worked in their lives. It's definitely more motivational to watch than this blog post was to read, I'm sure! It is humbling and it reminds me that everybody has something going on in their lives- I'm certainly not the only one.