Yesterday was another SL (Silver Lined) day. With my new Silver Lining Seeking Syndrome, finding SL’s gets easier and easier every day. I had check up appointments in Los Angeles with both my breast surgeon and my plastic surgeon. Both surgeons were very happy with my healing progress. Yipppeeeee-do! One of the post-surgical side effects of a… Continue reading Post Surgical Booby Report
Cancer
Lady Lumps
Many people have asked me what my Lady Lumps (no one knows what to call them…so, I prefer this term) “feel like.” Well, as you know, for the past few weeks, all I’ve felt is pain and constipation, so I was at a loss of words to describe the Lady Lumps. Heck, I was pretty… Continue reading Lady Lumps
Hugging
This was a SL (silver lining) weekend: The Husband and I walked Buzz on legitimate walks, saw some friends, took 4 3/4 to the children’s Holiday Tea at the Four Seasons Biltmore, and get this, I even went to a holiday party (for 55 minutes). Speaking of parties, I’m now acutely attuned to the social… Continue reading Hugging
Brookside Beauty
Today has been a beautiful and great SL (silver lining) day. Today, The Husband and I took Buzz on a walk along the ocean front. It was a spectacular day, 80 degrees and perfectly sunny. (Sorry to my friends living in the East!) It was my first walk with real sneakers on in over a… Continue reading Brookside Beauty
P & P Positive Post
Great SL Day! We now have a POSITIVE inverse relationship between the P & P (from previous post). YIPPPPEEEEEE!
P & P Update
This is going to sound nuts, but FBC is almost completely of my realm of thinking right now. Truly. My life now revolves around pain and poop (or lack thereof), which is why this post must, I’m afraid, be called the P & P Update. Gross, I know. If you can’t take it, I understand.… Continue reading P & P Update
Silver Lining Booby Report
F-Bomb. One of the many challenges of navigating the healthcare world is that there are a trillion, no, make that a gazillion of decisions to make, informed by millions of people with trillions of opinions. So much, coming from so many directions is really, really tough to manage, both mentally and emotionally. Medicine often equal… Continue reading Silver Lining Booby Report
Pain, Pain and More Pain After Double Mastectomy
Pain After Double Mastectomy It’s time to post about the surgical pain from the mastectomy (i.e., double booby amputation!) and reconstruction. I say that “it’s time” because now, a full 19 days post-op, I feel as if I have a little bit (little being the operative word here) of a handle on this issue. Pathetic.… Continue reading Pain, Pain and More Pain After Double Mastectomy
Booby Report and Moxibustion
Yesterday, I had another checkup with my plastic surgeon (how many times can I reiterate how outlandish it feels to refer to “my” plastic surgeon?). Well, reality persists and I DO have a plastic surgeon. Another SL (silver lining) is that he happens to be a really great, smart, conservative and patient physician (who does… Continue reading Booby Report and Moxibustion
Boobies and other Body Parts
I can only hope that you all had as glorious a start to your day as I had to mine. After being startled out of a deep sleep by 4 3/4 (the not so glorious part), I welcomed my good friend and pilates instructor to my home to do reflexology. As I have mentioned, I… Continue reading Boobies and other Body Parts