I had my post surgery follow up with my plastic surgeon today. All is healing well. Next follow up in three months or so just to check that things are healing well. She did say that I needed to take it easy for the first three weeks after surgery (so another week and a half),…
When I found out that Bryan Adams was doing another tour, and that he was playing in Ottawa in February, I was disappointed that there was no way I could travel to see the show. You see, I’m a huge fan. I still remember the first ever time I saw him live (Calgary 1992 Waking…
At one support group meeting, someone mentioned that one thing they mourned was the ‘loss of innocence’ – more, it is the loss of the expectation that you will be healthy. You see, before cancer, when I went to the doctor for a check-up, I expected that she would tell me that everything was OK.…
Hi Everyone, I am almost finished my fundraising for the Avon Walk – once I reach the required $1800 and my Aunt and teammate reaches hers, I will remove the link from the front of my page – and I’ll stop asking – here is our team site: http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR?team_id=141489&fr_id=2404&pg=team I’m doing the Avon Walk as a…
I’ve talked previously on the double-edge sword that can be a support group meeting. Support groups give you a space to share your thoughts and frustrations. They can be a place of information gathering, to help you better know what questions you should be asking your doctors. But support groups can also be difficult. They…
I’m healing. I’m also starting to think of the surgery last Tuesday as my last surgery – the last surgery as part of my active treatment for breast cancer. Arguably, this surgery wasn’t part of my breast cancer treatment, rather it was follow up ‘revision’. It was mostly cosmetic, except for the hole in my stomach,…
It was definitely a day full of drama, but I’m glad it all worked out in the end. I was amazingly calm throughout the wait. It all really began on Monday morning when I called my surgeons office to let them know I had a fever on Saturday and Sunday nights. The fever cleared up…
At the hospital yesterday, the nurse practitioner who saw me during my hospital stay back in December remembered that I am sometimes called Becky. When she called me Becky it felt so out of place. It didn’t fit. At the time, I could not articulate why. All the medical assistants and nurses in the pre-op…
First of all, for those out there following along, my surgery went well. I’m writing this now because I’m not ready to sleep yet and it is just slightly too soon for my next round of pain meds – which I want to take just before trying to sleep. For the most part, my patient…
When I told one of my colleagues at the University of Ottawa that I was moving to Silicon Valley in California, she comment that she thought it was “Silicone valley, because of all the fake boobs”. At the time it was rather funny. Living in California especially, the whole idea of cosmetic plastic surgery is…
