bruises

bruises

there is some pain underneath both of the incisions. just a little bit, coming with the occasional throb, sometimes enough to say “ouch”. the bruises are now mostly a light amber color and cover a large area, but they themselves don’t seem to hurt. there’s a really large, meatty red area of bruising under the lateral area of incision, where my breast flops over. i haven’t taken darvocet since monday. i think i’ll take a tylenol and be on my merry way to the dentist and then to work today…

fortune

fortune

today i soaked up some negative ions from the ocean at tennessee valley. under my favorite puffy white clouds against a blue sky, i walked just far enough to smell the waves crashing against the cove. on my way back i saw three deer cross my path to a field of yellow daffodils, and just afterwards i passed what looked like a great egret — a snowy white S balancing on spindly legs ending in wide claws which barely made an impression in the long grasses — standing right by the trail, perhaps overwintering in the valley. when i got home after seeing dr kaymen and dr mulder, i had several emails from friends who were happy about my breast. i am so lucky…