Recovery room selfies
Can’t convince them to put gin & tonic in the IV…
Ready as I’ll Ever Be…
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…
Off With The Nipple!
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!
You Are All Amazing
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
Let the Snarky Cards Begin!
Elisabeth gets the ball rolling! (I love you!!!)
Hello, World!
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!
Telling the Kids
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
Pre-Op
(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
Key Word: CURABLE
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
I HAVE A DATE!!!
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!!!
Project Perky 