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A New Chapter
Tomorrow begins a new chapter, as I will be meeting with my oncologist. We met at my first care team meeting, but I haven’t seen her since. I’m feeling a bit odd as…
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Second Breast Cancer Surgery
The surgery was successful! My surgeon was able to remove the dead skin and stitch me back up again. He found a bit of ‘older’ blood causing some visible bruising on my skin,…
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A Bump in the Road
I left off last time by saying that there was an area of my skin that my doctor wanted to watch. And so we did. It did not improve in appearance. I went…
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Surgical Follow-Up
Two weeks post surgery and it’s time for my surgical follow-up. I met with my plastic surgeon and he looked at all my incisions and the drains. We were required to keep a record…
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Post-Surgery, Part Two
In my last post, I talked about one of the results of having a mastectomy: the drains. They’re (not-so) fun. But wait, there’s more! I was going to make a part three, but…
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Post-Surgery, Part One
Surgery is over. My breast has been removed. And there were no major complications. But because we started late and apparently my body wasn’t ready to wake up; we didn’t actually make it…
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Surgery Day
This has been both the longest and shortest week of my life! With just one week from meeting my Care Team until my surgery date, it has been a whirlwind of thoughts, calls,…
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My Care Team
I got to meet my Care Team, and I feel very fortunate. Each of them seemed genuinely interested in me beating this cancer. Each of them seemed competent and knowledgeable; which made me…
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The Hardest Thing
I told my kids. Even with everything I’ve been through in my life, including an abusive husband, telling my kids I have cancer is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Now I’m sure…
