Over the hump? 21 days post-mastectomy

After breezing through the recovery from the mastectomy and initial reconstruction and implant expansion, I hit a wall this week.
To recap: On day 17, the doc drew a lot of fluid out from around the implant and injected more saline into the implant, hoping to fill the breast cavity and minimize the space for fluid [...]

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Late-breaking news: The pathology report is in

I just heard from the surgeon that the pathology report showed my lymph nodes were negative (no cancer in them). The blood vessels were also negative and the margins were clear, meaning there was healthy tissue completely surrounding the areas of cancer (i.e., he got it all).
       There were two areas of invasive cancer, meaning [...]

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Still no word on the pathology

I think I’ve learned by now that time in medicine is a rather elastic commodity, not quite as much as in publishing, but still enough to be maddening.
Lloyd and I went for my checkup at the plastic surgeon’s office this morning and the doc was quite pleased. So far mine has been a textbook case…at least the “where [...]

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Three days post-mastectomy and feeling great

Actually I felt great the afternoon of my surgery, just knowing it was behind me. All in all, I have to say it was a piece of cake. I have been up and eating and doing things for myself since Friday afternoon…tho I have milked the opportunity to slug around and watch TV for a [...]

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T’was the night before surgery…

After calming down and feeling fairly mellow that all the news was good, I finally got the copies of the test reports on Tuesday. And…well…they weren’t all as rosy as the nurse had indicate.  The MRI showed another small mass inside the one we know about and it suggests this might be invasive cancer rather [...]

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5 Days Till Mastectomy

With all the craziness of the past few weeks, I think I’ve forgotten to update the blog with the latest. I apologize if some of this is old news. Just fast-forward past anything you already know (or don’t want to know )
In fact, I’ll move the key info to the top and put the [...]

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The Surgeon’s Visit #1

Yesterday I was in to see the surgeon for the first time. He’s the same guy who operated on hubby Lloyd and he is awesome. 
He started out by saying, “I know you. You’re a researcher, a very intelligent person. So tell me what you know.” I filled him in on what I knew from the radiologist [...]

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Diagnosis Cancer

I don’t have a lot of time to blog now, but I think this is vitally important. A week ago I took my husband to the ER. He had been sick since mid-October with what we and the docs thought was a stomach virus and a couple of bacterial infections. Turned out to be Stage [...]

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Young Women Having No Periods: Is it Safe?

Earlier this week I had a conversation with a lady whose 20-something stepdaughter hasn’t had a period in over a year. The stepdaughter is an athlete and very thin. She is also depressed and can’t sleep. She is unconcerned about her lack of periods because she knows that many female athletes stop having cycles, especially when [...]

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