On Friday afternoon I got a call from Nemesis to come in on Monday for a pre-op. I thought I’d done that already, but this time it was with Dr. Demo, not just some robots administrators. I would need to come in at 1pm. Could I push that to 2pm? No, she’s coming in to… Continue reading Off With The Nipple!
Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful emails, notes, text messages, hugs, and silences. Many people have said that they don’t know what to say. Some of the messages I’ve received have been hilarious; some have been touching; some have been simple, perfect acknowledgements. I am so lucky to have such amazing friends and… Continue reading You Are All Amazing
Elisabeth gets the ball rolling! (I love you!!!)
Today I am making my blog public. I’ve told my family, I’ve told work, I’ve told my kids and their teachers. So, let’s let it all hang out! For those of you who are new here (which is basically all of you), if you want to quickly get up to speed, check out the About… Continue reading Hello, World!
Last night we broke the news to the kids. I have awesome kids!!! I knew I needed to tell them the complete story, including using the word “cancer,” but I also knew I did not need to provide all the gory details – only as much as they ask for. I’d planned to tell them… Continue reading Telling the Kids
(I’m finally caught up to the present, so I’ll only type the date in if it’s a date other than the blog posting.) Today I had my general surgery pre-op appointments today. (I will have the plastic surgery pre-op next week.) There were three appointments. The first two were nearly identical: I sat at a… Continue reading Pre-Op
Sunday, June 5, 2016 The day I received my diagnosis, on May 2, I started to really think through how I was going to tell people about my cancer. I knew that I would not want to tell too many people before the story firmed up – it would be annoying to have to revise… Continue reading Key Word: CURABLE
Friday, June 3, 2016 Today, during my photo shoot, I left my phone outside in the sun, where it overheated and turned itself off. After the shoot was over and the photographer had left, my phone had cooled down, and I turned it on to discover that I’d missed THE phone call!! BFF had called… Continue reading I HAVE A DATE!!!
Friday, June 3, 2016 As you can imagine, all this cancer shit has been fairly overwhelming, and has taken a while to mentally process. I’m staying focused on my silver lining, and looking forward to having a perky pair at the end of all this. But since being big-busted has really been a part of… Continue reading Of Course, In My Family We Photograph Everything…
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 Immediately after my introductory visit with Dr. FixIt, I met with his scheduler, who is my new BFF*. She is awesome. She gave me some info for my work leave of absence planning. We discussed my summer plans – we are planning on leaving for a vacation to London on August… Continue reading Firmly Establishing That I Am High Maintenance
Project Perky 