I’m still here!  No need to panic!  Sorry for the delay with this post.

I had my second stage surgery a week ago today, along with a revision to one of my breasts.  Both surgeries went very well, with no complications.  That pesky catheter was out the next day, so no going home with it this time — yay!

I spent the rest of the week recovering, resting on my couch watching movies with my youngest sister who came out for my surgery.  It was great to have her here — we’ve really bonded a lot over this past year.

With her here, and felling pretty worn out after surgery I wasn’t up for doing much in the way of updates — I have a lot of emails to reply to, and I’d like to put a more detailed account of this second surgery up on this site as well.

I’m feeling ok now.  I’ve been off my pain meds for a while now, but I’m far from pain-free.  I started work today, and found that I think I’m pushing myself a bit too much.  I’ve had to take several breaks through the day, and after a lot of walking back and forth between my desk and the lab I had to sit down for a while.  It may have been too soon to come back, but at least I have a training class starting Wednesday and I’ll be sitting for most of the time.