I know I just posted a hair update, but I received a lot of feedback that confirmed it’s something a lot of people are watching. So guess, what? I (already!) have another photo update. I reassured several anxious/frustrated people that they’ll be shocked to see how much difference a week can make when your hair [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 30, 2007
5 Weeks Out
So I haven’t told you how I’m doing recovery-wise in a while.
Two thumbs up. The incisions have been upgraded to closed-scars for two weeks. I have one stubborn little healing spot on either side, but these are smaller than the eraser on a pencil, so I don’t foresee any complications from this.
I’ve been standing completely [...]
October 27, 2007
Support
Just a weekend note to encourage you to vote for Law Mom as she competes as a finalist for a blogging scholarship. Not only does she deserve it, but it’s for a good cause (as the money will help with the finances associated with treatments). Best of luck to her!
October 25, 2007
Scar Wars
When I was 20 I moved to France for 8 months. My best friend and I went to London for our Spring Break. While there, she pierced her nose and I pierced my belly-button. It was big drama in the family, as someone leaked word to my father, who detests piercings of any sort and [...]
October 24, 2007
Tsk Tsk! (Can I still claim ‘chemo brain’?)
Somehow I have almost managed to let the entire Breast Cancer Awareness month go by without so much as a nod! Well there’s some great information to nod at. I’d like to mention that Sam over at WhyMommy has been featured in Fox 5 reports on Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) and will be doing a [...]
October 24, 2007
Picks and Pans
First I’d like to give a big thumbs-up to the newly up and running breastreconstruction.org. A woman I “know” vis the discussion boards of breastcancer.org – a spitfire named Beth – has been working tireless in her new job to get the site going. And I must say I think they’ve done a wonderful [...]
October 22, 2007
Headlines
Today cnn.com has posted a story with the headline “Breast Cancer Chemo Raises Heart Risks“.
I find articles like this a little strange simply because, well, doesn’t anyone getting treatment know that? They should. It’s not new information is it? It seems a little like posting a headline such as, “More than One Kind of [...]
October 20, 2007
Allergic to Excercise? (Really!)
Sitting on my duff. That’s what I’ve been doing for weeks now. Granted, the last year and a half has allowed me to do only irregular swimming and yoga, but since the surgery (for obvious reasons) I’ve done next to nothing. Literally. As if that mere knowledge alone didn’t make me begin to feel [...]
October 17, 2007
Out with ‘Quasimodo’, In with ‘Frankenbabe’
As you can see from the title, my progress has merited a change in nickname from my boyfriend. I’m quite keen on the new one! Makes me sound like some sort of hot comic book heroine.
Otherwise, I’ve had all the people I know in chemo on my mind recently. I have [...]
October 15, 2007
Wonders
One thing I cannot get over is how much easier getting over this surgery is than my mastectomy was. Obviously not counting the first 48 hours, this recovery has been much less daily hassle.
What I mean is…after my mastectomy (and lymph node dissection) I couldn’t use my left arm at all for quite a while. [...]
