Morning! Surgery is scheduled for 7:00 am. Right now (at 6:00 am, after arriving at 5:00 am), I’m sitting on the floor of the pre-registration office…W A I T I N G. I’ve already had three pre-registration phone calls (lasting anywhere from 10-20 minutes each!) and yet, here I sit. Girlfriend and husband are sitting… Continue reading Pre-surgical Booby Report
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Booby Removal and Reconstruction
Dear Friends, November 9th. Tuesday. Tomorrow. It’s here. We will be dragging ourselves out of our slumber at 4:30 am to get to the hospital by 5:00 am for surgery, which is scheduled for 7:00 am. Surgery will likely take between 5 and 7 hours. Yes. It’s a doozie. However, I am reminded that as… Continue reading Booby Removal and Reconstruction
After the Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Now What?
Diagnosis: DONE. Next steps: Information gathering and making a PLAN. The Husband and I are planners. Good planners. After a weekend of diagnosis digestion, we set up a series of meetings with doctors in Santa Barbara: oncology, plastic surgery, radiation oncology and “my” surgeon. Pages and pages of notes, full of various opinions and strategies.… Continue reading After the Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Now What?
The Silver Pen Beginnings
The inspiration for the The Silver Pen (formerly known as BrooksideBuzz.com) is to document my physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and oftentimes hilarious journey through, with, over and around breast cancer. To clarify: breast cancer isn’t funny. Not at all. However, my journey? Frequently guffaw inducing. Another clarification: I prefer to call breast cancer FBC. The… Continue reading The Silver Pen Beginnings