Breast reconstruction is another kind of long and winding road alright. The topic of this post is nipple reconstruction. There, I said it. Addressing this topic feels even more personal than just talking about breasts, and sometimes I wonder why this is. Why is it so hard to blog about, or even to say the …
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This past week I learned something about my new identity as a breast cancer survivor/blogger that I was not entirely prepared for. I found out how much I genuinely care about the new friendships I have formulated over the past few months with other survivors/bloggers. As I mentioned in an earlier post, A Thank You, one of the very …
Three days after my diagnostic mammogram, Dear Hubby and I met with Surgeon #1 for preliminary discussion about the results. With a serious expression on his face, the surgeon rated my newly discovered mass a 5 on the “suspicious scale” of 1-5. This rating was due to the lump’s size and my family history.
Mere days ago enough support was reached in Congress to designate the last week of September as National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week. In addition, the final Wednesday of September is to be designated as National Previvor Day. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) worked diligently to pass this resolution known as HR 1522. Congresswoman Wasserman …
Welcome to my first blog post! Publishing it was pretty scary. But I did it. I decided to share about my breast cancer experience via a blog. As a writer, I am compelled to write about it. I tell myself every day it’s the reason I got breast cancer – so my writing about it …