Late last year I began to feel led to check into getting the reconstruction surgery that I had not gotten after my treatment for breast cancer in 2013-2014. I met with the plastic surgeon a couple of times and as we began this process I began to feel a restlessness in my spirit. After much research and prayer I made the decision to have a double mastectomy instead of just evening things out. Making this decision just felt right in my spirit. I had the surgery in April this year and I remember that first moment as I began to wake up after surgery. It felt like a giant load just came off of me. (Not literally, although thats also the case) I just felt such an amazing peace flowing over me and I just praised God, before my eyes had even opened, knowing that this had been the right decision.
Little did I know that day how important of a decision that would be.
Little did I know that day how important of a decision that would be. The doctors had told me that they would be sending all of my breast tissue out to be checked over for cancer. In my mind, someone going through all of that tissue was going to take FOREVER. Ok, maybe more like just a few weeks, but still, a long time. So, I really wasn’t prepared to get a phone call only three days later telling me that the pathology results were back. Nor had I really prepared myself to hear that I had breast cancer, again.
Thankfully, because I acted in obedience and had the mastectomy done when I did, the cancer had remained contained. Since the cancer had remained contained and was removed before it had a chance to spread, I would not have to have chemotherapy or radiation this time. This early mastectomy saved me from having to have additional chemo and radiation. It saved me from having to extend this treatment experience by several months at least. Because I did not have to had radiation on the right side, I was able to avoid having to have extra surgery to move the back muscles on my back. And who knows what else I was spared from. Praise God for His leading! So thankful to not have to go through all that.
After the mastectomy, we had to work in a direction of getting expanders filled and then eventually I would have a surgery to switch out from expanders to implants. This process originally was only supposed to take about 4 months before I would have been ready for this hopefully final surgery. Unfortunately, I have had some complications that delayed the reconstruction process out so it has now been closer to 7 months in between.
The time is coming
However, the time is coming up quick. Next week I go in for reconstruction surgery and hopefully then I will be able to get healed up and God willing, we will be finished with this season in our lives.
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