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NEDenise · 10-09-2011, 03:00 PM

Hi
We call those pillows "boyfriends" and I love them.
I'm in my hospital bed right now writing to you! Lots of pain in my abdomen, distension too...yikes, I look like I have a basket ball stuffed in my gown!
But I have to say, my new breast (what? did I get a uni-breast? like a uni-brow...no there are definitely two) look pretty good already.
All you ladies who did it in two steps...mamogram first , recon later are much braver that I am. (Okay, I admit mamograms are a bit uncomfortable sometimes, but I've never heard of anyone requiring reconstruction afterward...I think I meant mastectomy) I would never have agreed to being operated on twice. but I'm glad it worked out the way it did.
Thanks for all your kind wishes and prayers!
Denise

Marlene...LOVE the new avatar picture!
Twosenuf...you're an inspiration, all perky and posting after only a week!

10-09-2011, 03:00 PM	#26
NEDenise Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Philly Suburbs Posts: 1,709	Re: Surgery Friday...any advice? Hi We call those pillows "boyfriends" and I love them. I'm in my hospital bed right now writing to you! Lots of pain in my abdomen, distension too...yikes, I look like I have a basket ball stuffed in my gown! But I have to say, my new breast (what? did I get a uni-breast? like a uni-brow...no there are definitely two) look pretty good already. All you ladies who did it in two steps...mamogram first , recon later are much braver that I am. (Okay, I admit mamograms are a bit uncomfortable sometimes, but I've never heard of anyone requiring reconstruction afterward...I think I meant mastectomy) I would never have agreed to being operated on twice. but I'm glad it worked out the way it did. Thanks for all your kind wishes and prayers! Denise Marlene...LOVE the new avatar picture! Twosenuf...you're an inspiration, all perky and posting after only a week! __________________ 1/11-needle biopsy 2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes 3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH! 4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks 8/26/11 finished Taxol!!! 10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon 11/11 radiation x28 1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY! 1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :( 2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds 4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon 6/8/12 Return to work :) 6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :( 7/10/12 last Herceptin 7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm 8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb 8/23/12 Back to work 12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair 1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY! 1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair 1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm 5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis 5/10/13 begin weaning steroids 6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working! 6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear! 7/5/13 finally off steroids!! 7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin! 7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids 7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again! 8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :) 9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed “ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert Last edited by NEDenise; 10-11-2011 at 08:12 AM.. Reason: I was clearly loopy on pain meds! Thanks you for not laughing at me...but you have permission to laugh with me!!