Hurry Up and Wait…Again

Hurry Up and Wait…Again

🌼 Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2026

⚡ Energy: Medium

❤️‍🩹 Status: Waiting Game

😒 Outlook: 🤷‍♀️

Today’s adventure took me back to the plastics department for another round of measurements and photos. Think glamorous “before and after” mugshots… except the only thing we’re really documenting is my ongoing medical science project.

The goal of the appointment was to see what kind of damage might have happened during the cruise incident when my left expander decided it might want to leak a little. The plastics team took new measurements and photos and then sent everything over to my oncologist so they could put their heads together and decide whether we can move forward with radiation… or if the plan needs to change.

So once again, we are playing my least favorite game:

Hurry up and wait.

I was actually supposed to start radiation this morning at 7:45 AM, but that appointment obviously didn’t happen. Now we’re just waiting to hear what the next step will be.

If the expander leak is bad enough, they might have to drain the left side and redo all of the imaging and measurements before radiation can even start. And of course, every time something gets postponed in this process, it pushes everything else further down the timeline.

Which means the question now bouncing around in the back of my mind is:

How long is my reconstruction surgery going to be delayed?

But here’s the thing…
I have exactly zero control over any of that.

So instead of driving myself crazy thinking about it, I spent the rest of the day doing what any responsible adult would do after a vacation:

Laundry.
Blog writing.
And quality snuggle time with my two newest employees.

Meet my official blog assistants, Gidget and Maizy.

Their job responsibilities include:
• Keeping my lap warm
• Providing emotional support
• Sleeping through most of the workday
• Occasionally supervising keyboard activity

Honestly, they’re not the most productive staff I’ve ever hired… but they are extremely cute, so they get to keep their jobs.

For now, we wait and see what tomorrow brings.

💗 Tina –
One Badass Day at a Time