Posts! Go in order, or life won't make much sense ;) First: Introduction to Me & My Journey January 2017 1. Cancer Intertwined with my Life 2. What's that Lump? February 2017 1. Mastectomy 2. From Cured to Chemo March 2017 1. Chemo Port "Installation" 2. First Chemo April 2017 1. Nowhere Hair 2. Rough Day 3. Chemo # 3 4. Cycle 3 Day 3 5. Cycle 3 Day 4 6. Yum! May 2017 1. Up and At Em 2. Ouch - So Many Side Effects 3. ER Visit 4. Chemo #4 5. Heavy Heart 6. Another ER Visit 7. The Truth Behind the Smile 8. My Big Boy June 2017 1. Chemo Day Postponed 2. My First Retreat: Casting for Recovery 3. First Taxol Chemo 4. My Big Boy - Update 5. Second Taxol Chemo - Postponed 6. William's Retreat: Camp Kesem July 2017 1. Taxol #4 October 2017 1. Losing my Breasts 2. Retreat 2: Little Pink Houses of Hope 3. LPHOH: Day 1 4. LPHOH Day 2, Part 1 5. LPHOH Day 2, Part 2 6. LPHOH Day 3, Part 1 7. LPHOH Day 3, Part 2 8. LPHO...
This cute Kitty uses lazer guns to fight cancer. Pew. Pew. Pew. ~ Uni-Boob ~ Yesterday, November 20, 2018, I went into surgery again. This is surgery #6 on the left breast. My last surgery was on October 30, only 3 weeks ago. My last surgery was a revision of the left breast. It had swollen (again) and gotten droopy from the swelling. On October 30, the breast was revised to re-lift it. When it "healed" it did not really heal. The incision site did not fully close and I was left with a gaping hole that I had to keep bandaged. Yesterday, my Plastic Surgeon sent me to surgery after seeing me in his office just 2 days ago (on Monday). His intent was to open it, remove the implant, clean out the wound fully, replace the implant, and close the site, placing a drain to make sure fluid-based swelling didn't happen a third time. Plan B was designated that if he opened it and it had infection in there, he would NOT replace the implant, but just clean it really well an...