Tag: mastectomy
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NED!!!!!
After reading several medical papers and treatment guidelines, I finally figured out the correct question to ask and how to ask it. I may have more useless knowledge in my head that I hope to never use again. So this leads me to the exciting news that I am in NED! No Evidence of Disease!!…
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Battle And The Amazon Warrior
If you do not want to see what a double mastectomy scar looks like stop now! People do not like to see the reality of breast cancer. Everyone sees happy pictures on Facebook and how everything is going right in the world. While that happy face is on, what lies beneath is sadness and anxiety…
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A little Closer
I wouldn’t call my trip to the surgeon’s office today a complete setback or failure. The one side had maybe 2cc (16cc the previous week) and the other side (the important side) was down to 13cc (20cc the previous week). While it was not exactly what I was hoping for (0’s) it’s way better than…
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Ho Hum…
I totally forgot to update on the last Friday’s aspiration appointment. I was supposed to go to the Radiology Oncologist first so we could get everything set up so I could start radiation. Well because I can’t raise my arms over my head yet, it put that appointment on hold for a bit. So they…
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Impatience Sets in
I really hate seromas! There was less build up on the left sie (25cc) and just a little more on the right (16 cc). So I so I go back on Friday and get drained again. Depending how much fluid build up is there they may put the tubes back in. And they would remain…
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Tigger!!!!
I go into the Surgeon to get drained again today. Hoping there isn’t as much fluid build up so I can start physical therapy and radiation and get this show on the road!. It’s been a little over a month since surgery. This by far I think has been the hardest part for me. Chemo…
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The word for today is: Seroma
Had a lovely day at the hospital yesterday. Met with my Medical Oncologist to see how things are and what’s next on the agenda. We made an appointment with my Radiology Oncologist to see how that is going to play out and how long that treatment will be. Then I went over to my Surgeon…
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No more drain Tubes!
Today I got my drain tubes removed. I have been stressing over this for some time. I talked to many people, read many reports, asked lots of questions. I was prepared for it. So they remove the stitches, tell me to take a deep breath and when I breathe out they pull 12 inches of…
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1 week since surgery
I have to say this has been the worst surgery I’ve ever had. Took off the dressings yesterday and I was not really prepared for that. I researched and looked at pictures and the whole nine yards to prepare myself for that and its completely different when it’s on your body. So that was a…
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Surgery
Wednesday I went in for the bilateral mastectomy with lymph node dissection. I was pretty okay for the most part. After surgery they said I woke up in recovery but I don’t remember any of it. I was taken into my room. I don’t remember much of the first night…just bits and parts. Strange because…
