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

Oncology Consult – June 12, 2015

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The last of the 3 big consults (surgeon, plastic surgeon and oncologist) was today Friday June 12th.  Again we had an early appointment to see Dr Sedlacek at one of the Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers. He was in the same building as Dr Schwartzberg, so it was easy to find. We already had a route from the house, knew where we were going to park.  I wondered how routine these trips would become. It’s a good that we only lived 20 minutes away and the drive was a nice 30 mph through treelined residential streets (Monaco to 13th to Claremont). Though today Chris drove via Colorado Blvd. and the traffic was thick. I worried a little about being late. I don’t know why I do that. Out of all the things to worry about, why should I give a shit if I’m a little bit late, it’s not like the the doctor is hanging around tapping fingers on the desk. You always have to wait for doctors, no matter how early or late you are.

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