Today is our 16th wedding anniversary and I can't help but look back at this time last year as it was a major turning point in my breast cancer journey. The day after our 15th wedding anniversary last year I started aggressive chemotherapy. I had already gone through my first surgery to remove the cancer …
1 Year Anniversary of My Breast Cancer Surgery
Mood: Thoughtful 😏 April 23rd was a bittersweet day for me. A year ago on that day, I had my first surgery to remove my breast cancer. 💕 I was so scared to undergo my first surgery. I had never been through surgery before and it was terrifying to think about a surgeon cutting into …
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2nd Follow-up Appointment with My Surgeon **WARNING: GRAPHIC SURGERY PHOTOS**
Mood: Good 🙂 On Monday I had my second follow-up appointment with my surgeon to remove the two drains and to take a look at the steri-strips that are still in place from my surgery two weeks ago. It didn't really hurt when he pulled the tubing out of my chest from the drains, it …
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Follow-up Appointment with My Surgeon
Mood: Uncomfortable 😕 I have been doing OK since my surgery. I have had more pain than I was expecting and most of it has been from the drains. In my previous post I had a few pictures showing the drains and where they are placed. The drains are actually stitched into my skin because …
My Final Reconstruction Surgery: Part II **WARNING: GRAPHIC SURGERY PHOTOS**
Mood: Excited 😄Soon after my anesthesiologist left me I was greeted by two nurses who were there to take me to the OR. One of them warned me that the OR was going to be cold and she said that she wanted to make sure to let me know because a lot of people are …
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My Final Reconstruction Surgery: Part I **WARNING: SURGERY DETAILS**
Mood: Excited 😊 On Tuesday, April 28th I had my final reconstruction surgery. I was scheduled to arrive at 11:30am and go into surgery at 1:00pm. Unfortunately due to the virus, my husband was not allowed to go into the waiting room with me so he had to drop me off. It made me more …
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