Surgery ∼ BC Becky

Five more years … and a back update

Thu November 28, 2019

It has been a whirlwind over the last two weeks - with an appointment with my oncologist and an appointment with my back surgeon. I was pretty bummed out…

Is this normal? Spinal laminectomy

Fri November 22, 2019

Spine

Is it normal to have surgery booked after a short phone call with a surgical fellow outlining what surgery is being offered? Is it crazy to think that I…

Normalization of surgery and toes

Tue September 12, 2017

Navigating the new me

It struck me the other day that the whole concept of surgery has been normalized for me. I knew this about breast cancer surgeries - where the talk of…

Memories of clear nodes

Sat November 19, 2016

Emotional Journey

It was two years ago today that I got the very good news that the initial pathology returned that my lymph nodes showed no signs of cancer. It was a…

Trivializing rather than educating … #breastcancerrealitycheck

Fri October 7, 2016

Emotional Journey

Get your tickets today to meet our panel of famous judges: <redacted>, Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup Champion, <redacted>, First Lady of <city> and <redacted>, head of <radacted> Center for…

What if patients made the recommendations?

Sun August 7, 2016

Emotional Journey

I was reading through Caroline's post about What I wish I had known before treatment. She mentions an article about recommendations from breast surgeons regarding prophylactic mastectomy. There is…

Ack my boobs are deflating

Thu August 4, 2016

Emotional Journey

One of the selling points with the DIEP flap reconstruction surgery is that it uses your own body fat (belly fat) to reconstruct your breast. In the decision making process one…

Memories

Fri December 11, 2015

Emotional Journey

As my one year cancer free day is fast approaching (December 17, 2014 is the date the last of my cancer was removed from my body), I am finding…

October – it’s just another month

Thu October 22, 2015

Emotional Journey

Last year, I found myself reflecting on all the pinkness of October. I recall thinking that October will always mean something different for me. I blogged about how I…

Lymphedema

Thu October 8, 2015

Navigating the new me

At some point, I hope that when I am blogging here, I'm not having to tell you about yet another new side effect of breast cancer treatment. It seems,…