relief!

I had the tapping done this morning, it was very interesting, not too painful and I might have to do it again and I would, I feel so much better.  They drained 2.3 liters of fluid.  For those that need a better visual, I weighed 5 pounds less after!  And for an even better visual here is a before and after picture.  The marker on my belly is where they marked to remove the fluid, and yes you can simply just cover with a bandaid after!

I still have some extra belly, I think the skin just needs to go back to normal.  I do have some tightening in my chest that I am hoping goes away, I had a lot of shifting of everything inside after, clearly everything was displaced!

My mom arrives this evening, so there will be another relief!  I have a wedding this weekend that I was a little sad about attending because I looked pregnant in every dress I tried on, now I don't have that to worry about so that is nice.  I don't know how long it will take for the fluid to reappear but at least now I know the symptoms and can get it drained before it is too uncomfortable.

I am very resistent to doing more chemo.  The chemo they already gave me clearly didn't even put me in remish at all.  This other chemo is only a little different and it seems like a big leap to be taking and suffering for on the off chance it will work.  I learned a lot of natural ways to heal from cancer at the conference and I am praying about whether to take that route, please pray for me to be guided in my decisions!  Hopefully Monday will provide some answers.