Sunday, March 7, 2010
Pre-Admission Testing
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May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam. May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures. May all life's passing seasons bring the best to you and yours! ~ Robert Frost
Heading to Boston for pre-admission testing, blood donation and consults with both BS and PS. I will update after all of these appts. Just want to send my thanks to everyone who sent me emails about what to expect, what to ask and how to be assertive during the consults with my 'team'. Thank you, thank you , thank you. I have my notes all packed. This will serve as a good trial run for the real thing in 3 weeks. Getting nervous, but determined!!
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Welcome to my blog. This is my story of how I faced my risk of breast cancer, the decisions I made, the support I received and my week by week recovery from surgery. I chose to have a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy with immediate DIEP reconstruction at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston (March 2010). For more information on my 'Medical Team' please see tab above. I also have a wonderful circle of friends who have supported me throughout. They have provided us with lots of delicious meals and desserts. Many of those recipes are included above under "Feed the Flap" recipes. "Feed the Flap" is a term I coined when trying to increase my abdominal (fat) flap to ensure that I was a good candidate for the DIEP procedure. This was not something recommended by any medical professional, it was just something that made sense to me. I think it worked!! Feel free to join me on this journey and feel free to post comments.
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- I'M IN
- Emotional Rollercoaster
- Preparing for Sugery
- Pre-Admission Testing
- Day 1 - Pre-Admission Testing
- Day 2 - Pre Admission Testing
- "Shut it down. Shut it out."
- Others say it so well....
- So little time.....
- Breast Replacement Surgery
- Feed the Flap Party!
- Party Time!!
- Next week this time.....
- Time is flying.....
- Things I am looking forward to.....
- Ready to go....
- 'Twas the night before surgery.....
- 9:38 pm Sunday night....
- 10 PM - 8 hours and counting...
- 9:43 am Monday morning
- Half way there
- Today is the day.....
- 6 hours down, 6 more to go!
- 5:45 pm, Still hanging in there
- Surgery Completed
- Day 2 - out of surgery
- Surgery plus one
- Wednesday morning
- Joanie's first walk
- It's me
- Day 3
- almost time for dinner
- finished dinner
- Joan's been great!
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