Finally getting back to updating you. First small corrections: my left sde is the side that had the cancer and was the side that healed nicely. My right side was the side that had bleed and they had to go in the second night and stop the bleed. The drains were removed first from the left side. On the right side, one drain was removed and I went back to the hospital for some cleanup work on Saturday, Sept. 24th . It was done under a local and I went home that afternoon. The Thursday before, the Dr. told me she and Dr.F. had decided radiation would be needed due to the small amount of cancer found in one of the left lymph nodes. That with the news about the surgery on Saturday came on top of news earlier that day that my friend Merene was now in Hospice. My loving daughter plied me wih Dove candy that night which helped my attitude.
All went well and I even went to church the day after surgery(sadly to discoverMerlene had died that morning.)

Since then, I've been to the funeral Thursday and had the fiinal drain removed last Friday. The best news is I finally ws able to take a real shower Saturday. All in all, I tink I'm doing well and am ready to have final stitches removed on the 8th of October wen Dr. C. returns.

Agan,thank you all for yor prayers and good thoughts.