I was finally release to wear a normal bra with under wire. I have still been having issues with finding ones that fit right, but it is a big step.
I still have 3 months until nipple reconstruction OR a reconstruction revision. I can't say I am super please with how they look. They are just so foreign and one does sit lower than the other. I don't know what I am going to do next. Everyone has different sized boobs, or uneven or whatever. I have to think long and hard about yet another surgery.
Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
A little set back....
Went in for my fill today. It's my first to last. My left breast has some bruising that has to be watched. I am hoping it is just the skin being weird, not a full on infection, but they did put me back on the antibiotics.
I have had MRSA so I know what to look for. The wonderful PA I see outlined the area so I can watch for spreading. It's all very clinical and logical as these things go. We are not doing my last fill until a week from now. Taking a week off to make sure I heal properly. I do feel like I have a cold coming on. I feel awful and tired from not being able to sleep properly.
My husband is in India, and I don't really have anyone to lean on, to worry on. Believe me, I worry on people, not to people. I am often surprised that my husband doesn't buckle under the weight of it.
Not a fantastic day.
I have had MRSA so I know what to look for. The wonderful PA I see outlined the area so I can watch for spreading. It's all very clinical and logical as these things go. We are not doing my last fill until a week from now. Taking a week off to make sure I heal properly. I do feel like I have a cold coming on. I feel awful and tired from not being able to sleep properly.
My husband is in India, and I don't really have anyone to lean on, to worry on. Believe me, I worry on people, not to people. I am often surprised that my husband doesn't buckle under the weight of it.
Not a fantastic day.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Strange boobs...
My boobs are weird today. How many times in your life do you get to say that? The saline spacer implants shift so today the right one (Bob) has some really attractive upper cleavage While the left (Doug) is still languishing but has nice bottom weight.
More saline tomorrow.
We took pictures after last week's fill. I did a few pics of yours truly in a gas mask for my sisters having to deal with the chemo. Stay strong ladies!!
That makes only two appointments this week. The other one was bone density, so tomorrow will be the only painful one. Go me!
In other news, we have a meeting on Thursday regarding Jack getting kicked in the junk by another kid, right before Christmas break. That should be fun. I am actually thinking of not going. The shot they are giving me to force me into menopause is making me just a tiny bit volatile. (See below).
More saline tomorrow.
We took pictures after last week's fill. I did a few pics of yours truly in a gas mask for my sisters having to deal with the chemo. Stay strong ladies!!
That makes only two appointments this week. The other one was bone density, so tomorrow will be the only painful one. Go me!
In other news, we have a meeting on Thursday regarding Jack getting kicked in the junk by another kid, right before Christmas break. That should be fun. I am actually thinking of not going. The shot they are giving me to force me into menopause is making me just a tiny bit volatile. (See below).
Song of the Moment
"Strange brew -- killin' what's inside of you.
On a boat in the middle of a raging sea,
She would make a scene for it all to be Ignored."
On a boat in the middle of a raging sea,
She would make a scene for it all to be Ignored."
-Cream
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
New Information
Went to see my gp today to get the hysterectomy planning going. Not going to let my lady parts to sneak up on me. Their sneaky, those lady parts.
Next up time for a little work and a sandwich. Unfortunately, my car died where I had lunch. Had to get the other car, return D to home, and fly to Dr. 2, the radiologist. I liked absolutely NOTHING he had to say. I understand they have to tell you everything, and some of it was unpleasant, but given thought, the radiology they were planning for me sounded crazy. Actually radiology in general seems crazy. Radiation on the breast with a small plate over my heart sounds like something I don't want to do.
Drive from there to where my car broke and called the worlds stupidest tow truck people. Why don't people understand time? 25 min. is not equal to 10 min. The fact that they took 1.5 hours to get my car up on the trailer boggles my mind.
I left them to it and went to Dr. B, my surgeon. I was informed that there was something unpleasant and tricky in my right breast. That pretty much sealed the deal. The difference between plan A: Lumpectomy and hard core radiation and plan B: total mastectomy is this:
Plan A gives me a chance of getting another cancer within 10 years. A 10-15% chance.
Plan B gives me a chance of getting another cancer within the next ten years of 3%
It seems pretty logical to go with Plan B. Yes, it's more invasive and involved. But we had a second to think about it. I was originally supposed to have surgery on Thursday, but one of the doctors couldn't make it. Now I have time to think.
Next up time for a little work and a sandwich. Unfortunately, my car died where I had lunch. Had to get the other car, return D to home, and fly to Dr. 2, the radiologist. I liked absolutely NOTHING he had to say. I understand they have to tell you everything, and some of it was unpleasant, but given thought, the radiology they were planning for me sounded crazy. Actually radiology in general seems crazy. Radiation on the breast with a small plate over my heart sounds like something I don't want to do.
Drive from there to where my car broke and called the worlds stupidest tow truck people. Why don't people understand time? 25 min. is not equal to 10 min. The fact that they took 1.5 hours to get my car up on the trailer boggles my mind.
I left them to it and went to Dr. B, my surgeon. I was informed that there was something unpleasant and tricky in my right breast. That pretty much sealed the deal. The difference between plan A: Lumpectomy and hard core radiation and plan B: total mastectomy is this:
Plan A gives me a chance of getting another cancer within 10 years. A 10-15% chance.
Plan B gives me a chance of getting another cancer within the next ten years of 3%
It seems pretty logical to go with Plan B. Yes, it's more invasive and involved. But we had a second to think about it. I was originally supposed to have surgery on Thursday, but one of the doctors couldn't make it. Now I have time to think.
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