Happy Lumpectomy (sp?) Day!

So tomorrow is the day. If I had my way, my surgery would have been on January 1 (the day after I found out about the "situation") but alas, it was scheduled for the 17th.

Here is the schedule for my day:

-At 10am I must apply numbing cream to my breast and wrap it in Saran Wrap. Yes, that is literally part of my surgical plan. Note to self: Make sure you have Saran Wrap at home...
-At 10:45 I have to report to the Breast and Bone Center. Here a couple of things will happen. The first is that they will place guide wires around my tumor. This will give the surgeon (have I mentioned how much I love my surgeon?) an exact idea of where to remove stuff. I also will have some kind of injection that will put blue liquid into my body so that they can see how it travels to my lymph nodes. At least I think that's what they are doing. Perhaps I should pay better attention... I might not know what that blue liquid does, but I do remember her telling me not to freak out when my urine is blue and i have blue streaks on my skin. Clearly I remember the important stuff!
-After I am done at the appointment I have to check in to the hospital. They say my surgery will be somewhere around 1:30pm and could be around 2 hours long. I will be having a lumpectomy and having lymph nodes removed. I probably spelled both of those wrong and didn't use the correct medical terms but oh well. They said to bring something do keep me busy. Thank goodness I have two iPads! Perhaps I'll take some action shots for you guys following along at home. (You know you'd love it!)
-Then it is back home to recover. My mom is staying with me Thursday night so that is nice.

I have purposely been storing things up in my DVR for this weekend so don't tell me who the Bachelor chooses or who gets eliminated from Top Chef!

I have worked hard to get everything set at school for the finals I will miss and everything copied for the new classes I start next semester. (I killed a few trees with all of the copies I made). I've tried not to stress out too much about being gone from school. I have to keep reminding myself that my students will be fine and that I am the priority.

Some people have been asking me what I need or how they can help. I have a really hard time answering that because I honestly don't know. I'm a perpetually single girl and I get very used to doing things on my own so it's hard to ask people for help. So if I tell you I don't need anything it's not that I don't appreciate the offer, it's that I honestly am not sure what I need!

But, if you enjoy reality tv and sitting around on the sofa then come on over! That's exactly what I'll be doing for the next couple of days.