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Month: June 2016

Recovery · Surgery

Room with a view

June 21, 2016June 24, 2016 Erika Lawson2 Comments

Ok here I am with a detailed post all about today’s surgery. This morning, after checking in at the hospital, they injected some radioactive dye into Righty. Speaking of which, I have confirmed my identity and said “yup, it’s the RIGHT breast” about 20 times today – just in case! Anyway… After the injection (and… Continue reading Room with a view

Recovery · Surgery

Recovery room selfies

June 20, 2016June 21, 2016 Erika Lawson2 Comments

Can’t convince them to put gin & tonic in the IV…

Distractions · Surgery

Ready as I’ll Ever Be…

June 20, 2016June 21, 2016 Erika Lawson1 Comment

Last Wednesday I had my third and final pre-op, this time with Dr. FixIt.  This one was the most practical one, as Dr. FixIt is the “closer.”  He’ll be the one to release me, and all the post-op meds are prescribed by him. And my goodness, there are a lot of meds. They swabbed my… Continue reading Ready as I’ll Ever Be…

Surgery

Off With The Nipple!

June 14, 2016 Erika Lawson5 Comments

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!

Distractions

You Are All Amazing

June 12, 2016 Erika Lawson2 Comments

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

Distractions

Let the Snarky Cards Begin!

June 9, 2016 Erika Lawson1 Comment

Elisabeth gets the ball rolling!  (I love you!!!)

Distractions

Hello, World!

June 8, 2016 Erika Lawson6 Comments

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!

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*To protect the innocent...
Dr. Rad = Radiologist
Dr. Hugs = My primary care doc
Dr. Zap = My radiation oncologist
Dr. Cancer = My oncologist
Dr. Demo = My general surgeon
Dr. FixIt = My plastic surgeon
Ms. Lymph = My lymphedemia specialist
BFF = Dr. FixIt's scheduler
Nemesis = Dr. Demo's scheduler

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