Day 358: Just call me 7 of 9…
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Since the last surgical procedure I have had all this water I just can’t seem to get rid of, in fact the plastic surgeon says I have 1-2 inches of fluid retention – yay me! So she sent me off for an endermologie appointment – well 20 of them actually. Today was the first.
Step one was to don a rockin’ body stalking, is that hot or what? Then she takes this mechanized skin rolling device and Continue reading
Day 210: Break a Legwarmer… a commitment to tomorrow…
So… tonight I broke out the nail polish… a gunmetal grey color called “Break a Legwarmer.” If you are a guy, you probably won’t have a clue and if you are a gal, you may not either unless you have gone under general anesthesia. Seems that those serious anesthetist that are charged with breathing for you while they take your body to brink of death ceasing your ability to do so for yourself positively demand to Continue reading
Day 79-80: Decision Time…
This is a long one… 2 days 5 doctors, 2 nurses and a resident. Yep it’s been busy. However, before I write it all up, there are a few disclosures I want to toss out there:
That being said… here we go – Continue reading
Day 70: You look so good…
Since I have been taking my time and doing my research, and because I have not started chemotherapy, I keep getting surprised and slightly confused looks from people followed by, “Wow! You look so good!”
Truth is, physically Continue reading
Day 67-68: Dark clouds roll in…
It’s been a particularly rough weekend, as I think about it, weekends in general do seem the hardest. I don’t think it is necessarily any one thing, in fact, I would say that during the week I can easily find a singular thing to focus on and tackle. However, during the weekend, it all comes together and I just bet you that we could name those dark clouds Continue reading
Day 63: Look good feel better, SCCA, fellow warriors and Danger Girl……
Attended a “Look Good Feel Better” session with my new friend and fellow warrior Danna. The session was good, though odd in some ways. It is interesting the focus on how important for women it is to not look sick or tired when I imagine you are feeling sick or tired. I couldn’t help but wonder if men are given the same pep talk… but I digress. Warning this post is feeling like it is going to do that a lot. 🙂
In addition to make-up tips, we talked wigs and the chill you get when you no longer have hair covering your head. So there are night caps – you know like the illustrations in the old Charles Dickens books. Who knew? The modern versions are little less pointy. We also talked about how to draw your eyebrows back on in a way that does not look drawn on and then my big BIG BIG concern… Continue reading
Day 62: Fighting for your joy…
I have mentioned that cancer feels like a second job, all the research, appointments, decisions… I suppose you could say that fighting for your joy is a third job. Cancer will do what it can to try and steal it away with the chaos and fear it causes. It could just be adjusting to the new normal as this new theme dominates parts of your day, many of your thoughts and inserts itself into almost every conversation. Of course that is the part that goes mostly unseen and unnoticed by the outside world. Daily you Continue reading
Day 61: Data…
So in addition to researching alternative treatments I am also looking at success rates of chemotherapy for breast cancer. Gotta admit, I am a wee bit less than enamored with what I am finding.
According to the table below and the report from the Royal College of Radiologists which this table comes from, we are talking about a Continue reading
Day 58: Another post-op appointment and the lympha-whatsy…
Tomorrow morning is my next, maybe last, post-op appointment for this surgery anyway. I am guessing that they will be aspirating a little fluid – yuck. But being that I have no feeling in this area anymore, I suspect it won’t be painful. I hope??
I am looking forward to closing out this phase of the multiphase project called cancer. There will be at least Continue reading
Day 57: Authenticity… or is it authen-tit-tit-y
So it was a busy day today, started with a construction meeting this morning, and some desk work sandwiched between that and the finance committee meeting and then the fundraising committee meeting. The end of the day was a business after hours I really wanted to attend but ran out of energy, and honestly I felt a little awkward about. Why you may wonder?
To put it simply: faux boob or not to faux boob… that was the question
Getting dressed this morning, Continue reading
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