Tag: mastectomy
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T minus 40 hours
I’m sitting here trying to rationalize this whole surgery thing. I’ve been racking my brain to find the positives. 1. There is a good chance I won’t have to worry about breast cancer in the future. 2. They won’t get in the way when I do things 3. Running will be more comfortable 4. Don’t…
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5 Days Out
My drain holders came today. whoo hoo. How exciting. (feel the sarcasm) I’ve been reading a lot and watching videos of people who have gone though this. I say people because men can get breast cancer too and go though this surgery. I’m trying to prepare myself. Not sure if its helping or hurting at…
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The countdown begins
I’m now one week out before surgery. I have my button down attire and my drain packs on there way. I have figured out my show line up of Netflix and downloaded shows to keep me entertained. I have the book ready once I’m over the show catch up. I’ve got about 2 weeks of…
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Surgery Scheduled!
Went in for blood work, go over MRI and schedule Surgery Blood work is all good…MRI: Tumor and mass shrunk as well as the nodes. So Surgery is scheduled for June 29th. I’m having a Bilateral Mastectomy with left Axillary Lymph Node Dissection. Which means they are removing both breasts and the lymph nodes from…
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MRI Results
MRI BREAST BILATERAL W WO CONTRAST DATE OF EXAM: 6/13/2016 5:19 PM INDICATION: Breast ca s/p neoadjuvant chemo; C50.812 stage III B invasive lobular breast cancer left breast. Status post neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Presurgical evaluation. TECHNIQUE: Bilateral breast magnetic resonance imaging was performed without and with intravenous contrast using high resolution dynamic imaging on a 1.5…
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My journey through pictures…Phase I…Chemo
So from the MRI and the biopsy that confirmed my life through the last day of Chemo…. It was a time. Good days and bad days. But one thing is for sure, I don’t ever want to have to go through any of that again! And I would never wish it on my worst enemy.…
