step one

here's what we know...
surgery is scheduled for
thursday april 25th...
open hysterectomy
which means i'm getting the
full cut...
blerg...
full hysterectomy...
lymph node dissection...
take out part of the omentum...
yeah - i don't know what that is either...
getting ready to do
research on that...
take a look around for
wicker furniture...
i'll be in the hospital
until probably saturday...
and then
6-8 week recovery time...
we'll know more about possible
follow up treatments,
chemo and radiation,
after surgery...
he did say that the
numbers were in
my favor...
i knew math and numbers
were my friend :)
and we'll talk about
hormone replacement therapy
after all that...

if you want a little more
detail about my first
meeting with dr elvis -
keep scrolling...
you may or may not
really want to...


so we met with the
nurse practitioner first...
all the regular
medical questions
and junk like that...
she leaves to get
dr elvis...
i take my pants off...
they both come back in...
regular gyno exam...
blah blah blah...
but then...
then he says...
"ok gonna do a quick rectal exam"
and he barely even hit on that
"M"
and
boom goes the dynamite...
no flowers...
no dinner...
no nothing...
i guess the element of surprise
is his closest ally on that one...

so that's step one...