November 23rd, 2019 Mood: Happy 😁 It's a rainy, yucky day but it feels so good to be out and about with my sweetie! 💕 I am feeling OK but I am pretty jacked up on pain meds....🤣 I can't help it, I had to get out of the house!
Post Surgery Follow-up: **WARNING: GRAPHIC SURGERY PHOTOS**
November 20th, 2019 Mood: Excited 😊 My follow up appointment went well today. My surgeon removed my bandages and examined me to make sure that everything is healing well and that I don't have any signs of infection. He put antibiotic ointment on all of the areas where he had cut me and then covered …
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Recovery Update
November 18th, 2019 Mood: Blah.. ☹ So how am I doing with my recovery?? I am having a yucky side effect from the antibiotic that I am taking.....everything tastes either really salty, bitter or spoiled. Luckily, Thursday will be my last full day of taking the antibiotics and honestly it can't come quick enough. I …
Reconstruction, Breast Reduction & Port Removal Surgery
November 15th, 2019 Mood: Uncomfortable 😣 I am so happy that I had my surgery in my doctors surgery center and not the hospital! The staff was amazing and very attentive. I was checked in quickly, I changed out of my clothes and was taken to a pre-op bed. They chatted with me while they …
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Some people have asked me if I am done with my journey now that my chemotherapy treatments are over, and the answer is "No". I will not be done until I have been through my 3rd surgery, radiation and follow-up imaging showing that there is no sign of cancer anywhere in my body. With that …
Saturday Fun
October 5th, 2019 Mood: Happy 😁 We had a busy but good day....weekly shopping, went to a local fair with a dear friend to watch a friend of ours sing, had an amazing dinner on the way home. A busy day fighting fatigue as I try to get stronger and as back to normal as …