Mood: Curious 😏 My breast reconstruction surgery was two months ago today. My body is still working to either absorb or push out the sutures that are still in and I am still having occasional pain from my nerves re-firing, but I am feeling good overall about the healing process. My body has been working …
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Mood: Grateful 🙂 Every cancer patient needs a good support system. I am very blessed to have many different moving parts to mine, and I feel that it is time to give them credit in not only helping me through my journey, but also being a constant in my life since I had the difficult …
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 …
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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Mood: Depressed 😫 A few days after finishing chemo I started going through some fairly serious depression. I know that it doesn't make sense...why would I be so depressed?? I made it through one of the most difficult parts of my treatment, when so many patients don't for one reason or another, but I finished …
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 …
