Timeline of Mandi's Cancer Treatment

Timeline

The fact that the newest post shows first confuses some people, so I will try to put the posts in the order of old to new here when I remember:

December 30, 2010 – Lumps and Bumps – How I found out
December 31, 2010 – I Got Breast Cancer for My 31st Birthday
January 1, 2011 – Quiet Time
January 2, 2011 – Fixing Up a Bathroom
January 3, 2011 – Huntsman Here I Come – Scheduled surgical consult
January 3, 2011 – Bad Cancer Cells, Naughty Cells – Found out what kind I have
January 5, 2011- The Cancer Weight Loss Program, God and Hair
January 6, 2011- It Takes a Village
January 9, 2011 – A Taste of Normal
January 11, 2011 – Researching Breast Reconstruction
January 12, 2011 – Pre-Appointment Jitters
January 13, 2011 – Poked and Prodded – First Huntsman Cancer Institute visit, setting surgery date and suspicious lymph node
January 15, 2011 – I am Artist Hear Me “Roar”
January 18, 2011 – There is One Size that Doesn’t fit Mandi – Breast MRI appointment
January 19, 2011 – The Road Changed Directions – Found out there was a bump in the road regarding my planned breast cancer treatment
January 20,2011 - Surgery is Back On! – I am going to surgery, meeting my oncologist and planning out my treatment
January 23, 2011 – Hanging Out With Family and Friends
January 25, 2011 – What Kind of Super Power Will I Get? Meeting with Plastic Surgeon, PET/CT Scan
January 27, 2011 – The Kindness of Strangers – PET/CT scan results, new haircut, and surgery time
January 28, 2011 – Surgery is Over! Bilateral Mastectomy
January 30, 2011 – Home From the Hospital
January 31, 2011 – My Husband is Superman & I am Starting a Rap Band
February 2, 2011 – Death to the Spirometer
February 3, 2011 – Open the Curtains Please – Will the Cancer Please Come Out on Stage – received staging information from the post surgery tests
February 4, 2011 – Dealing With Some of the Sad Things on a Good Day
February 7, 2011 – Getting Wiggy With It
February 10, 2011 – “Resting” and Recuperating
February 15, 2011 – The Adventures of Being Drain Free
February 17, 2011 – I am Juicy
February 18, 2011 – Update on Ouchies and Chemo
February 22, 2011 – The Journey Through the Tunnel Ahead
February 25, 2011 – Enthused to be Infused – First chemo treatment
February 26, 2011 – 10 Signs You Are Battling Breast Cancer
March 1, 2011 – Life in the Slow Lane
March 3, 2011 – I am Holey – Issues with my incision
March 7, 2011 – Adventures in the Dark at Huntsman
March 11, 2011 – Chemo Numero Dos – Second chemo treatment
March 12, 2011 – Being Crafty – My Hope, Optimism, Love Bracelet
March 13, 2011 – Hair, to Mohawk to Bald – Hairloss from chemo
March 17, 2011 – Goodbye Coffee
March 19, 2011 – Ode to My Husband
March 22, 2o11 – Fevers and Races
March 25, 2011 – Third Time’s the Charm – Third chemo treament
March 27, 2011 – Life is Charming
March 29, 2011 – Surgery Surprise! – Last minute surgery to try to resolve issues with previous surgery
April 2, 2011 – Banana Bread
April 6, 2011 – I Get the Jitters
April 8, 2011 – Telling the Red Devil Goodbye – Final dose of Adriamycin (fourth chemo treatment)
April 12, 2011 – Breast News I Have Had All Week
April 15, 2011 – I am Not a Survivor
April 17, 2011 – What a Beautiful Weekend
April 18, 2011 – Once Upon A Drizzly Monday Morning – Picc line and IV antibiotics
April 19, 2011 – Genetic Mutations and My Soapbox – Tested negative for BRCA1 and BRCA2
April 22, 2011 - Smoothie Finger Paintings – First Taxol Treatment – Fifth chemo treatment
April 24, 2011 – The Cost of Breast Cancer
April 26, 2011 – 90 Going on 31
May 1, 2011 – Getting an Altitude Adjustment
May 6, 2011 – Taxol Number Two – Sixth chemo treatment
May 7, 2011 – The Elemonators at the Race for the Cure
May 12, 2011 – My Bags Are Packed
May 13, 2011 – Just Call Me Queen of Surgery – Breast expander removed
May 17, 2011 – Taking a Break
May 20, 2011 – The End is Near – Seventh chemo treatment
May 23, 2011 – Fixing What Has Been Undone
May 25, 2011 – Waking Up From the Fog
May 27, 2011 – Certified Numero Uno Bra Stuffer Extraordinaire
May 27, 2011 – Chemo Has Been Canceled – Final Taxol canceled based on neuropathy
June 2, 2011 – Hello Menopause, Not So Nice to Meet You
June 3, 2011 – For the Sake of My Sanity – Eighth chemo treatment
June 9, 2o11 – Making Lemonade
June 12, 2011 – Baldy McBalderton
June 15, 2011 - I Didn’t Take a Picture
June 21, 2o11 – My Toes Rejoice!
June 25, 2011 – Home Sweet Home – First lat flap reconstruction
June 29, 2011 – A Darker Shade of Bald – First signs of hair growing
July 2, 2011 – Summer is Here!
July 12. 2011 – I’ve Got the Surgical Drain Blues
July 18, 2011 – Back in the Saddle Again – Back to work
July 24, 2011 – Goodbye Gus, Goodbye
July 27, 2011 – Sharks With Laser Beams – Radiation planning
August 5, 2011 – An Artist At Work
August 10, 2011 – Zap Zap – Radiation
August 16, 2011 – Aren’t I the Lucky One?
August 19, 2011 – Fabulous Top Friday
August 23, 2011 – One Foot Forward
August 30, 2011 – A Long Time
September 7, 2011 – Skin is Overrated but Magical Foam is Not
September 11, 2011 – Life is Too Short
September 19, 2011 – El Fin – Radiation treatment completed
September 25, 2011 – Telling Cancer Goodbye
September 27, 2011 – Everyone Deserves an A+
October 8, 2011 – Nothing Says “Normal”Like New York
October 12, 2011 – My World is Different
October 13, 2011 – The Misadventures of Being Mandi – Adventures traveling with breast expanders
October 18, 2o11 – Keep on Keeping On
October 23, 2011 – Riding the Merry-Go-Round
October 31, 2o11 – I Quit
November 9, 2o11 – This is Why I am Not an Actress
November 12, 2011 – It is Funny How Things Work
November 29, 2011 – Just Another Day in Paradise
December 5, 2011 – Tis the Season
December 13, 2011 – My Free Boob Job
December 19, 2011 – Too Late
December 30, 2011 – Happy Cancerversary! – Latissimus flap reconstruction number 2
December 31, 2011 – Happy Birthday to Me and Welcoming a New Year
January 3, 2012 – The Cranky to Pain Ratio
January 7, 2012 – The Reign of the Surgery Queen
January 10, 2012 – The Lifespan of a Breast Cancer Blog
January 21, 2012 – Never Say Never
January 31, 2012 – Check Ins and Ups and Downs
February 6, 2012 – Update on Today’s Tests
February 9, 2012 – Not Cancer!!!!!!
February 14, 2012 – Lumpy Boobs in a Post Mastectomy World
February 24, 2012 – Living Like I am Living
March 6, 2012 – Life is the Bees Knees
March 11, 2012 – A Trip Back to Cancertown
March 25, 2012 – The Bushwacker
April 7, 2012 – Sweet Sensations
May 5, 2012 – A Pain in The Neck
May 10, 2012 – Radioactive Urine
May 16, 2012 – If I Said This Was Easy You Would Call Me a Liar
June 4, 2012 – Strange Anniversaries
June 26, 2012 – Advice on Taking Care of a Patient After a Mastectomy or Breast Reconstruction
July 7, 2012 – It Ain’t Easy Being Cheesy
August 10, 2012 – Gucci or Armani?
August 15, 2012 – Finding the Silver Lining
August 29, 2012 – A Woman Needs Her Hobbies
September 20, 2012 – Time Keeps on Slippin’ Into the Future
October 7, 2012 – Exercise and Books
November 21, 2012 – The Moments and The Adventures
December 17, 2012 – Dear 14 Year Old Me
December 30, 2012 – Operation Mandi’s Birthday Wish
January 2, 2013 – Team Awesome
February 16, 2013 – My Pessimist and My Optimist Are Fighting
February 22, 2013 – Tingling Spidey Senses
March 28, 2013 – Asking for Help and Buying Houses