Next month marks 11 years since my breast cancer diagnosis. While I am grateful to be cancer-free for this long, the journey has been anything but easy. As a breast cancer survivor, the thought of cancer is always in the back of my mind. Due to my Lynch Syndrome status, I am at risk for … Continue reading SGAP Surgery: A Survivor’s Journey Back to Wellness
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Ramping Up My Detox Game & How You Can Too
Suppose you've been cancer-free for ten years and recently received a diagnosis of Hashimoto's disease. Despite leading a mostly healthy lifestyle, you are experiencing symptoms such as chronic fatigue, brain fog, muscle loss, and shortness of breath. During this time, you also discovered you have a post-mastectomy ruptured silicone implant that could be the underlying … Continue reading Ramping Up My Detox Game & How You Can Too
Get those Mammies Grammed!
Regret serves no purpose and it certainly does not help the healing process in any way. I just sometime can't help but wonder how much easier recovering from and treating my breast cancer would have been had I not skipped two years of mammograms. Would the tumor have been smaller? Would it only be non-invasive … Continue reading Get those Mammies Grammed!
And then it was done.
My surgery went well. Between my surgeon and plastic surgeon it only took 4 hours instead of the estimated 5 hours I was originally told. The first thing I remember when I opened my eyes in the recovery room was seeing my daughter Megan, cousin Melanie, Kelli and Kelsi standing at the foot of my … Continue reading And then it was done.
The big day finally arrived
July 30, 2013 – After 3 long weeks, the day of surgery finally was here! Surprisingly I found myself calm and at peace. All those prayers must really be working. I can't think of any other way for that to be possible. I had to be to JFK Hospital at 5:30am. I surprisingly woke up … Continue reading The big day finally arrived
And so it begins…
June 14, 2013 – After a crazy day (the day before) of running back and forth from my gynocologist to my primary and the surgeon to get referrals and set appointments for a biopsy, the time had come for the biopsy. It was an exhausting 2 days, but I was impressed with how all of … Continue reading And so it begins…
Just another day – or so I thought.
June 12, 2013 - To say that life had been hectic the past few years would be an understatement. It had been three years since my last mammogram, so I was glad to finally be getting this out of the way. My appointment was at 10:45 at the Diagnostics Center at Wellington Regional. I was … Continue reading Just another day – or so I thought.
Envisioning Wellness – My Journey Back to Good 