Tag: mastectomy
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The Hair – The Journey.
1/31/17 – 8 months since Chemo. Finally got it colored today! No cut though…. 2/28/17. 9 months since Chemo. Hair looks darker than it really is here. Bad lighting! 3/30/17 10 months since Chemo. And 1 year since I got my head shaved! Still haven’t gotten it trimmed or anything…just…
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Radiation Explained.
I was going to start out with “I had radiation today” but then was like…duh, you have radiation every day! I was thinking about how they do it and started to freak out about frying my lungs and heart and stuff. Now I know they went over everything with me but they didn’t have pictures.…
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Hooray for Boobies (part 2)
The last time I had this title I was announcing that my breasts were trying to kill me and I had Breast Cancer. Today, I’m celebrating the new ones I have. (and am getting) So I”m not just settling for one size any more! I want it all!!!!! I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion…
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ZAPPED!!!!
Welcome to the last phase of treatment!! Yes I will be starting an additional anti hormone drug in November. But this will be the last treatment I have to physically go in and have something done to me over time. And to commemorate this I will be parking in front of the “Fire tree” in…
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Keeping up with trends
This week is quite the week. I meet with ALL the Doctors! (AND PT) Of course the song You Wanna Piece of Me runs through my head. But I’ve been noticing I am doing pretty good keeping up with the latest trend in everything. Seems all the cool kids are doing the breast cancer thing..so of…
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Battle
Its’ amazing how you get a dose of normalcy and then something happens to remind you that you are still fighting. I have to keep reminding myself that I still have a long way to go here. I am getting stronger to be able to do radiation. I have no idea how that is going…
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Finding Inspiration
I just got back from my weekly poking at the drs. I’m down to 5ccs now…I mean really? We are going to truly ride this out til the very end aren’t we. Whatever. So I go back in 2 weeks. I’m starting to just accept that every week (now two) I’m going to get a…
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Physical Therapy Begins!
It’s so nice to move onto something…anything at this point! After 9 weeks of sitting doing nothing I am so motivated for this! They gave me some exercises to do and did some massage. Felt pretty darned good. But she was explaining how because of the pectoral muscles that were cut and the effect that…
