Home after The Big Chop.

So relieved to be back home after my surgery...bilateral mastectomy with axilliary clearance on the left and sentinal nodes on the right. Had the surgery on the 26th April, then rushed first to ICU, then back to theatre due to really bad bleed on the right side. Opened up the whole wound and tied off three 'squirters'. Nine units of packed cells, along with five units of plasma during and after that little drama. Ten days in ICU followed whilst trying to stabilise my blood pressure, (52 / 40 was my best effort), and get me back onto blood thinners due to previous pulmony embolisms and DVT's. The balance between causing another massive bleed and me shooting off another clot. I did have another bleed, this time on the left, but they were able to contain it. Then onto a general ward for three days. The light on the hill, however, is that my pathology report was very good, with no sign of active malignancy, and clear margins all around. So...12 weeks of AC (Nightmare), 12 weeks of Taxol and Herceptin, (Herceptin to continue for another six months),  better than the AC, but bad neuropathy and manky nails, followed by The Great DeBoobing seems to have been worth it. Now to rebuild my strength and start the next phase of treatment...hormone blockers. Sigh.... how do you eat an elephant? ....One bite at a time...