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Melanie on Breast Cancer
Monday, November 22 2010
It's snowing outside and in contrast, my dining room table is full of flowers. I have been blessed with food, flowers and friends wishing me well after my tram flap breast reconstruction. It will be 3 weeks ago on Wednesday. Was this as big a surgery as anticipated? Oh my Lord... YES and then some! As the... Read more
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Melanie on Breast Cancer
Thursday, October 21 2010
Nov 3 will mark 2 years and 2 months since I said goodbye to my 2 breasts. It was a traumatic day because I knew I would not look the same or feel the same about my body. Hey, they weren't greatest boobs... at 58 they were heading a lot more South than North, but they were mine! I had the other female parts removed 10... Read more
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Melanie on Breast Cancer
Thursday, September 10 2009
My youngest daughter turned 30 this year. She's been through some rough times. Her 4 year marriage turned into a nightmare. It was really hard to get out, but she finally did it. The divorce was final at the end of July. There are no children involved to keep her tied to her ex and his family. Stress and... Read more
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Melanie on Breast Cancer
Tuesday, August 18 2009
On July 31, 2008 I was walking through a lovely garden with the ladies in my garden club. My cell phone has one of those chiming rings that sounds like angels are summoning me to answer the darn phone. My oldest daughter was calling... there was no heartbeat found by the ultrasound technician. She had lost her second child and... Read more
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Melanie on Breast Cancer
Friday, March 20 2009
Circled in hot pink on the calendar... Friday, March 20, 2009. It's the day I have been looking forward to for 6 loooong months... the last of 24 chemo treatments. WooHoo! It really hasn't been as bad as I had anticipated. Not that I ever want to do it again! In fact, most of the time I felt just fine. ... Read more
