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A Surgical Success Story
We did it! With the love and support of my husband, friends, family, and blog readers (not to mention my skillful surgeons) I made it through surgery successfully! Yay! (knock on wood 🙂 ) The day of the surgery itself is a total blur to me. I remember the prep. I remember the chats with…
Read MoreSurgery Time
Tomorrow is my big surgery day. The reality of this has been slowly sinking in since we left Ohio on Sunday. I’ve got nervous energy coursing through my veins… random twinges of discomfort in my breast… and this aching pain in the pit of my loins – like my lady parts know they’re about to…
Read MoreThe News Is In
And the news is both good and bad. First, the good news… My bone scan was clean and the PET scan showed no evidence of cancer in the bones, lymph nodes, organs, lungs, brain, or anywhere else in my body. All the cancer is still contained in my left breast. So it looks like we’re…
Read MoreThe Waiting Game
Tomorrow I find out the results of my most recent set of scans. The results determine a whole host of things – most importantly whether or not surgery is still an option. As long as the cancer has not grown or spread since my last scan in April I’m good to go for the mastectomy.…
Read MoreMaking Sense of the Mental Mess
I just had a slight breakdown in the MRI machine today. Part of my work in therapy is to allow myself to feel emotions. So when I felt panicked, sad, and angry in the MRI machine today I just went with it. So there I was, splayed out in superman position – boobs expertly positioned…
Read MoreLet The Scans Begin!
Tomorrow commences the scanning ritual I must now endure every 4 months for the rest of my life. Except this time around I’ve got some extra scans thrown in for my surgery prep. It’s so freakin’ time consuming. My schedule tomorrow includes a 10am injection (for my afternoon bone scan), an 11am psychotherapy appointment (in…
Read MoreFinding Happiness at The Sweetest Place on Earth
I’ve just spent the most amazing weekend with a bunch of fantastic people on a gorgeous farm on Salt Spring Island. Pure heaven. The magic began on the journey there, when Miss M, Auntie L, Auntie ‘Cole, and I took a tiny 12-seater float plane from Vancouver to Salt Spring Island. Taking off and landing…
Read MoreBeauty is Everywhere
What a week. Full of emotion and memory making. It’s been such a joy to reconnect with everyone here in the Pacific Northwest. To collect and give hugs. Catch up on life. Say thank you. Even in my short time living on Bowen Island, I managed to forge some pretty terrific friendships. And it feels…
Read MorePulling It Together
Miss M and I have arrived. After a hellish flight from Dayton to Vancouver (including a 6 hour layover at Chicago’s O’Hare airport and an arrival time of 2am into Vancouver – 5am Ohio time – thank God Auntie ‘Cole was there to pick us up) we are now happily settled at Grandpa’s house on…
Read MoreSurgical Considerations
Another amazing trip to NYC is coming to an end. Tomorrow Miss M and I hop on a plane to go back to Ohio. While I’m sad to leave my beloved NY, I’m also excited to see hubby again. I wanna try to spend as much quality time with him as possible over the next…
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