7-7-16 One Year since I was pumped with radioactivity, had a double mastectomy operation, lymph node extraction, tissue expander implants, oodles of propofol, a bunch of gasses and a lot of narcotics! My first surgery of 3 in an 8 month time span (about 4+1+2 hours under general anesthesia).
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It has been a year since this show started – May 1st 2016
I found the old whiteboard I used at the beginning of my diagnosis. By showing this list I am not complaining. I was so happy I had a choice. I know for a fact, this is nothing compared to what my calendar would have been like if I had to have chemotherapy and radiation, I was so fortunate. And to anyone who goes that route, and follows months of grueling drug treatments with reconstruction, you will forever be a hero in my eyes; that takes serious balls!
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Still processing Stage 3 surgery – Options & Thoughts
To Tatt or not to Tatt?
I’ve been processing instead of sleeping and trying to calm down my emotions after the 2mm areola episode. I need to get some relief from the horrible nagging pit in my stomach about my decision to go through with nipple reconstruction. I need to be able to look forward with a plan or options: a Frankenstein nipple job is not the end of the road. Who knows what they will look like in a year?
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Stage 3 – 4 weeks Post Surgery, April 17, 2016
The first week after March 25 surgery I was a blob on the recliner waiting for pain meds to kick-in before I would attempt to get up and pee. At the end of the second week I felt almost normal. The only pain I had was when I stood up; the incision in my abdomen felt a little tight, but nothing too bad. The skin on my chest stated tightening. It all still looked very gruesome and Frankenstein-ish. My nipples and areola looked exactly like granny had taken some extra skin and made them for me and left the thread long, like a felt toy. I had little bristles, in neat little tufts all around my fake nipple.
NSFW (not for the squeamish) images next…
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