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breast cancer, breast reconstruction, DCIS, mastectomy

Post Surgery Follow-Ups – July 2015

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Monday July 13, 9 am – Dr Capraro’s Office

The Monday after my surgery I had a follow-up at Dr Capraro’s office (6 days post op).  I was still in an anesthesia cloud and fully medicated with narcotics. My arm movement wasn’t bad, but I had no strength. The Hubs had to open and close car doors for me and even put my seatbelt on. I held the top part of the seatbelt away from my chest. I was fine walking short steps at home, but when we went to the doctor’s office he dropped me off at the front door. I was very wary of other people. I think I looked okay but I wasn’t moving fast, and if you held a door open for me I couldn’t reach out and hold it with my arm, I had to shove my food forward to stop the door slamming into me.

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breast cancer, breast reconstruction, Cancer, DCIS, mastectomy

Hospital Discharge – July 8, 2015

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The day after surgery I was feeling pretty good, but neither Chris nor I had slept much. I didn’t want breakfast, but Chris ate something.

Dr Schwartzberg came by around 8 am, I think, and asked how I felt. It was nice to see her. I had a little bit of pain on my left side, she looked under the corset I was wearing and thought everything looked fine. Understandable I was a little bruised and I’m sure the stitches didn’t look pretty.

Later in the morning Dr Capraro came by. I told him I had some pain on my left side. At first they thought the corset may have trapped a drain, but everything looked okay, so they pulled the corset down a little. It helped with the pain, but  I just lay there with a finger under the corset to relieve the pain pressure. Continue reading Hospital Discharge – July 8, 2015 →

breast cancer, breast reconstruction, Cancer, DCIS, mastectomy, Stage 0

Mastectomy Surgery Day – July 7, 2015

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On 7-7-15 I posted this to my secret Facebook group; “I slept well last night, I’m ready to have the cancer removed and the rest of the tissue so it can never come back. Thought there may be some days that I might regret my decision, but no. I’m all in”. I also changed my profile picture to Rex, the green T-Rex in Toy Story.  I’m sure a few people wondered why, but those that knew, knew why.

Details for the hubs.
Details for the hubs.

My calendar had 3 entries for today;

  • 8:15 am Dye Infusion at Cherry Creel Women’s Imaging Center with Dr McAleese
  • 9:30 am Check Into Rose Medical Center
  • 11:30 am Four Hour Surgery

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breast cancer, breast reconstruction, Cancer, DCIS, mastectomy, Stage 0

Scheduling Surgery and Preparation – June & July

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The week of June 15th,  I called Dr Schwartzberg office to say that both my consults went well and I was happy with Dr Capraro and Dr Sedlacek. I was ready to move forward with the new team.  Dr Schwartzberg’s office said they would check schedules and let me know the date of my mastectomy surgery; it usually could be scheduled in 2 weeks.

At the end of the week my surgery was scheduled for July 7, 2015.

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