Its been a bit since my last post.  I've been walking through a few complications.  My seroma has improved a great deal.  I have a nonhealing wound (due to a very thin skin area) and it  is making good progress.  My latest episode was popping a suture that bled causing some severe rib pain.   It feels like my ribs are broken ..but the X-ray looks fine.  I will continue to work with physicial therapy. 

 I'm trying to walk 1-2 miles per day and doing PT daily.  I am driving primarily one-handed with my good right side.    My right side is doing amazing - about 90% back!   My left side is still painful and weaker (the cancer, lymph node removal side) . 

I have so much gratitude for my excellent prognosis! Stage 1a Breast Cancer, no lymph node involvement and do not need chemo or radtation.   I am now on  a pill, Tamoxifen, for 5-10 years.  This will cut the risk of recurrence in half.   It is possible that I will have 1-2 more surgeries for reconstruction called fat grafting.  To be determined. The recovery should be much less.  Possibly 1-2 weeks.

I was able to spend a wonderful Thanksgiving with family.  My sister, Sally, managed it all and was such a blessing.    I'm getting ton of time at home with my husband and kids which brings me peace and joy.  God bless Mark for managing my ups and downs as I walk through each new complications.  I continue to process and mourn the passing of my mom one  week before my diagnosis.  My father also had a life-changing stroke the day after my diagnosis and I am thankful he is home with his wife and doing well.