I always knew 30 would be a big year for me...I just never imagined breast cancer would be the reason.
How I came to this blog
For as long as I can remember I had been so excited about my 30th birthday. It was going to be a big year for me, I could feel it. I had no idea a breast cancer diagnosis would turn out to be the reason. I was actually told I had "early breast cancer" at 29, about three weeks before my 30th birthday. What I had is called Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS), which is also considered "stage 0 breast cancer." While it was caught at the earliest possible stage, and my life was never in immediate danger, I still had to undergo mastectomy, including lymph node removal, and reconstruction. My birthday came and went a couple weeks before my mastectomy. More than once I looked down at the "F 30" on my hospital bracelet and wondered, "where did my 30th birthday go?" This will definitely be an interesting year.
Monday, March 12, 2012
No more surgeries, please!
Has it really been nearly 3 months since my last post? Last time I wrote I talked about an MRI I had that found some suspicious looking thing in my right breast, followed by a sonogram, during which the suspicious looking thing seemed to have disappeared. Since that time, the radiology place sent me a letter stating that they compared my old and new scans and determined that whatever was there is nothing at all. But it doesn't end there. A few weeks ago I also had a regularly-scheduled follow-up appointment with my breast surgeon. During that appointment I mentioned to her that I had recently noticed some thick tissue on my right breast, directly under my implant scar. She agreed with me that the thickening was likely scar tissue but went on to say that she does not like to keep anything suspicious in a person with a cancer history and felt we should cut it out. I scheduled a surgery for April 5. Now I have been having second thoughts about the surgery but the doctor doesn't recommend that we skip it and just keep a watchful eye on the thick tissue. So now, D and I are planning a visit with the doctor for Wednesday to discuss this surgery and whether or not to have it. I'll keep you posted!
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