A little souvenir of a terrible year...

...except this one's a good thing (tm?). Following my lumpectomy/axillary dissection surgery on 12/16/'15, my pathology report came back as pCR. In a nutshell, the heavy-duty neoadjuvant chemo did the trick, and there's no evidence of residual cancer in the areas where it'd reared its ugly head. Best.Xmas.Present.EVER. I'm still healing from the surgery, I'm dealing with some horribly-painful "cording," and I've got 6 weeks of daily rads to "look forward" to (HA!), but I'll take 'em. I'll never take the cocky stance that I've "beaten" cancer—but right now, I'm cancer-free. Here's to a happier, healthier year! Cancer-free in 2016, w0000000000000t!!!!

Surgery tomorrow...

Wish me luck!  :)