February 15, 2016 I had an appointment to discuss the next phase of my breast reconstruction, stage 3; nipples. It was really nice to see all the people in the office. They took another set of topless shots for the album. Ah, good times. The girls look like dumplings, and I’m getting used to seeing them.
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Farewell 2015 – I will remember you.
Many will be surprised to hear me say 2015 has not been a bad year. If I think back, I have had really shitty years where I felt depressed and lost, and by all rights 2015 could have been one of those years. This year my body failed me and allowed a cancer to grow. But I will not say good riddance to 2015! This year was a “wake up call year,” I was in a rut, I had no direction and was just going through the motions of living. I entered 2015 a little lost and depressed, but I will leave 2015 having learned a lot about myself, feeling grateful, hopeful and happy. Continue reading Farewell 2015 – I will remember you.
Stage 2 Reconstruction and Recovery (the next day).
During the preparation for my Stage two breast reconstructive surgery (removal of tissue expanders and addition of silicone implants), I was asked a lot of questions about my health. I admitted I felt I wasn’t as healthy as I was when I went in for my double mastectomy 4 months earlier. The double mastectomy had knocked my socks off…and not in a good way. I was foggy for weeks after the surgery, I lost my vocabulary and had mild (but worrying) short term memory. The worst thing was my sleep pattern, I went from 7 and a half hours to 3 hours sleep a night. If I took some natural sleep aids like magnesium calm, 5-HTP or Ashwaganda I could squeak out 4 and a half hours. If I went to bed at 8 pm I could sometimes get over 5 hours before 6 am. Lack of sleep is sucky, everything was an effort, I’d crash at 3 pm. I spent 4 months desperately looking for a solution. Melatonin or Ambien didn’t do anything to help.
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Remember, Remember the 16th of November!
My second surgery is scheduled for Monday November 16, 2015, it’s called Stage 2. I am ready!!!! So far no one has told me how many stages there are.
On November Friday the 13th I had blood taken, an EKG, I peed in a cup and talked to 3 different people about my allergies, my family history and how I felt.
Two weeks ago I stopped drinking alcohol, green tea, stopped taking all supplements including natural sleep aid and tried to eat healthy balanced meals. “Healthy” to me means something different than conventional medicine, but I don’t care, I will viciously defend my Paleo, non-processed food diet. The night be for surgery I must stop all food and fluid by midnight. I check-in to the hospital at 9am for an 11am surgery. A snow storm is predicted, so I have to hope that the Hubs and I can get to the hospital, and the doctors and nurses have 4-wheel drive transportation too!