About ten days after starting my chemotherapy treatments, my hair started to fall out. I had eight inches of my hair cut off before I started my treatments, so my hair was much shorter, but it was still devastating to see handfuls of my hair fall out. My hair started to grow back around one …
Final Follow-up with My Surgeon
Mood: Accomplished 😊 I had my final follow-up appointment with my surgeon earlier this week. Both sides of my chest look good. During my surgery he stitched up my breasts from underneath a little bit so the implants would drop and settle without making my entire chest drop too much. During the first reconstruction surgery …
16 Months in Pictures
Mood: Amazed 😌As I was looking through my pictures the other day I noticed that I have a picture of myself, taken in most months from when I was diagnosed with breast cancer up to the present time. So I decided to make a collection showing how I looked before breast cancer {the first picture} …
Good News
July 6th, 2019 Mood: Excited 😄 Out and about with sweetie! I got some good news from my oncologist yesterday....this is my last Neulasta shot, no more bone pain....yay! A few treatments in with Taxol my fatigue should disappear as well and Taxol will not effect my White Blood Cell count! I will still need …
4th Chemo Treatment
July 5th, 2019 Mood: Anxious 😧 Last treatment of Adriamycin & Cytoxan today, then on July 18th, I start 12 weeks of Taxol until October 3rd....😕
3rd Chemo Treatment
June 20th, 2019 Mood: Normal 🙂 I had my 3rd chemo treatment today. They had a problem with my port but after letting some liquid sit in the line for about 30 minutes they were finally able to start my treatment. I decided to be super brave and wear a wig to my treatment today....