Last night at dinner with a group of people ranging in ages from 10 to 81, my father held everyone’s attention sharing stories from his childhood. He had us all in stitches. And it was magnificent. I thought later how sad it would be if I had never known of […]
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Very powerful message in this 10 minute speech from hospice worker Kathleen Taylor!
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In this post here, I mentioned I was three weeks post-op, drain free and ready for my first fill. Some of you might be wondering what a “fill” is and what’s a “tissue expander”? Women like myself who wish to reconstruct their breasts after a mastectomy but who do not
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After my double mastectomy, I left the hospital with two drains, one under each arm. The management of these two drains has been the worst part of this whole procedure. You wouldn’t think two little drains could be so uncomfortable, limiting and down right annoying but they were. Jackson-Pratt-JP
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Tomorrow is the big day! In less than 24 hours I will dramatically reduce my chance of getting breast cancer. I am ready! I will update everyone as soon as I can. Thank you all so much for your support! Love & Hugs, b
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I’ve been spending a lot of time on the FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered) Message Boards lately. It has been so helpful to hear other women’s experiences going through their prophylactic bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction procedures. A frequent topic of discussion is the difficulty sleeping post surgery. This
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After my appointment mentioned here, I spoke with more women who had undergone breast reconstruction locally and set up appointments with two other plastic surgeons. The second plastic surgeon I saw was fantastic. He was really nice, spent a lot of time with me and was authorized to perform
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I mentioned yesterday that I should be recovering from my bilateral mastectomy right now but my surgery was canceled. It was canceled because I was sick but guess what? I would have canceled it anyway. Here’s why. I was required to see a plastic surgeon by my breast surgeon
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I finally took care of something that’s been troubling me for months. A lump in my right breast. It’s in the opposite breast of the one I’ve already had two biopsies on. And yes, you read that correctly. It’s been troubling me for months. Many months. I’m sure you’re all
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