My Husband is Superman & I am Starting a “Rap” Band
One thing that I learned early on is that there are a number of people that battle cancer alone. The hospital is willing to assign someone to go to your appointments with you and take notes, there are services that will drive you if you can’t get a ride etc. This blows me away, I am a very independent person, but I have to depend on others to get through this or I may just go insane. If you know someone who may be suffering this...
Home From The Hospital
Surgery is over! You never really know what to expect when having a surgery like this one, as everyone seems to react to it fairly differently. I am not going to lie, it hurt. It hurt less than I expected though, so that was the good part. Before surgery they draw all over you with a pen to mark the location of where your breasts sit on your body, where your collarbone is etc. Huntsman keeps a leaderboard for all surgeries going on so...
Hanging Out With Family and Friends
I called the weekend before my surgery the final “hurrah” before I started the “kick breast cancer in the butt” process that begins with surgery the following Friday the 28th. Friday evening Mel and I went to go get a pedicure (which I heard is a bit of a no-no when you are in chemo, so I had to get that one out of the way! Mel was sweet enough to treat me to a relaxing evening getting leg massages and colored...
I am Artist Hear Me “Roar”
Now that we know how much time we have until “S” day (surgery day), it is actually a bit more relaxed for me at home and at work. Rather than planning on possibly being out of the office I know when I will be, and rather than not knowing when we should have the bathroom done and the house scrubbed, we have a date. I haven’t changed my mind about which surgery, each time give it much thought I feel like I made the...
Pre-Appointment Jitters
It seems that a lot of women have frequently had their surgery within a week of discovering that they had breast cancer, it has been two weeks for me now so I have had plenty of time to think about it (maybe too much time). The anxiety of it all finally got to me today so I ran errands for several hours to work off some steam (no spa, no exercise, apparently I use errands to run off steam). Part of the reason is because the errands...
Researching Breast Reconstruction
****Public Service Announcement – This one may not be for the squeamish**** Now that I can start to look at my options a bit more closely without being nearly as traumatized. I started to take the time to learn about breast reconstruction related to breast cancer (of course a variety of items with the type of surgery you choose – but I don’t think it hurts to know what the options look like). The first couple of...