{"id":2101,"date":"2013-06-04T22:06:49","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T04:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darngoodlemonade.com\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2013-06-04T22:42:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T04:42:24","slug":"angelina-jolie-a-deep-breath-and-life-as-i-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darngoodlemonade.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/04\/angelina-jolie-a-deep-breath-and-life-as-i-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie, a Deep Breath and Life as I Know It"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend remarked on why I hadn’t responded on the Angelina Jolie “thing” on my blog. I explained that I had a lot of emotions and opinions on the matter and thought I should just keep my mouth shut. That friend disagreed and felt that reasonable people (apparently he thinks I am reasonable, hilarious…) should add their voice to the various crazed responses to a very personal choice of a very famous and beautiful woman.<\/p>\n

So I guess, here it is.<\/p>\n

Apparently, I have Facebook friends, that have friends, that are a bit crude, that made some joking statements along the lines of “oh no! Brad Pitt lost his boobs.”\u00a0 Which just made me land in a weird place of questioning whether or not my husband lost “his” boobs. *sigh*<\/p>\n

People were mostly joking, but it hit me the wrong way. I had to step back a moment and shed a few tears. Just… wow… I had a bilateral mastectomy (which means one of those “home girls” didn’t necessarily have to go, but she did, and I am glad she did even though she gave me soooooo much trouble – apparently it is a “she” now).<\/p>\n

I say stupid things, we all say stupid things (I am pretty sure I have bumbled out about 19 different stupid things to a friend who’s father discovered he had prostate cancer and stage 4 colon cancer in the same week… bumble bumble bumble).<\/p>\n

I honestly think what Angelina did was pretty reasonable, and I had a deep respect that a woman who makes a living off of her looks (and talents) was willing to make a personal choice like that public.<\/p>\n

I would have done the same in Angelina’s shoes . I patiently waited for my own BRCA1 and BRCA2 tests, because the ovaries were going to take a hike if it came up positive, which it didn’t, but not having the results yet, made me still go ahead with a bilateral or as they call Angelina’s surgery a “double”). I don’t regret it, still sad it happened, glad I have had reconstruction, but I am glad they are gone.<\/p>\n

Speaking of genetic tests, I am, in fact, going to get the BART test, which is a newer addition to the BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing to help identify if the ovaries could be problematic based on other genes they have identified…(still hoping I can truly enjoy some estrogen in a few years). Even if I have to scrape and save to pay for it.<\/p>\n

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The dog loves to be under couches (in the new house)<\/p><\/div>\n

Related to estrogen, my oncologist and my gynecologist discussed and decided that the benefits of the Mirena IUD likely outweighed the small addition of a minor amount of progesterone to my body. So, I have decidedly upgraded that (not many options out there without hormones). So far so good.<\/p>\n

I had my quarterly check-up recently (it sort of crept up on me again). All was well, I am not too crazy (this week) and no strange bumpy lumps showing up.<\/p>\n

P.S. We are mostly settled in the new house and looooooove it. So much fun having a fresh start and a new beginning. It was an interesting month of me traveling to New York, New Orleans, back for a week to move and then off to San Francisco. Whew!.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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