No more freedom for Nippers

Nippers is my grandson's pony, and the oldest horse on the property. Usually, you can leave him loose once the other horses are tied up to eat, give him his bucket, and he stays right there, eating and minding his own... Not today! Today, Diego kicked at Indy, and Indy broke his lead rope, so he was loose. I was going to use Nipper's halter and lead rope for Indy, but Nippers decided he wanted to stir the pot, and went in search of a bucket he liked better than his own. I tied Indy up with Nippers lead, and chased Nippers back to his own bucket. Did he stay? Nope. Back he went to Indy's bucket, and Indy backed off, and would have let Nippers have his dinner. Now, Indy is a pretty easy keeper, and he gets less feed than almost any other horse out there, but he does need his feed. So off I go chasing Nippers back to his bucket, and then I go to find another lead for Indy, so I can tie up Nippers with his own halter and lead. Meanwhile, it is drizzling rain, and I'm getting wet, which just makes me very happy. I finally get them all tied to their own posts, and I decided, No More Freedom for Nippers. After this, he can stand tied like everyone else.

I saw my surgeon today. I'll have my breast cancer surgery on Wed. April 16th. I opted for breast conserving surgery, if, when they get inside, that is still an option. This will mean I'll have to have radiation, following the surgery, but for me, I'd rather, at this point, keep as much of my breast intact as possible. Early on, I was ready to have a double mastectomy, and reconstruction, but, when I heard from a friend of my uncle's that she did that, and still had a recurrence, I decided the conservative approach was the better option for me. My tumor seems to be continuing to shrink from the chemo. I'll be having another breast ultrasound on Tuesday, 3/18, as well as an MRI on my lower spine, to see what is going on with my back pain. My final chemo will be on Wed 3/19, ans a follow up shot, to boost my bone marrow on Thursday, then NO MORE POISON FOR ME!!! YEAH!!!
If my oncologist says it is OK, they will remove my port at the same time they do the other surgery, and they will biopsy my lymph nodes on the table to see if there is any sign of cancer in them. If they look clear, that will be that!

I'm so ready for this to be over, but the radiation will be another new experience. Every day for 6 weeks I believe they said.

Pray for me, to what ever God you pray to, that the lymph nodes are clear. I don't want more lymphedema on the right side, now that the left side seems to have resolved itself.