All SharePosts Relating To "Mastectomy"
posted 01/23/2009, comments (10)
What's it like having a mastectomy?
In Australia there are thirty women every day diagnosed with breast cancer. Logically, that means that many of them will be faced with the decision whether to have a mastectomy or a lumpectomy. Having IBC means that I didn't really have a choice as mastectomy is standard practice. However, in preparing myself for this part of the treatment, I... Read more
posted 01/13/2009, comments (7)
Home sweet home
What's that expression that's used to express great happiness? - my cup runneth over? I'ts very appropriate for the way I feel right now as long as you are referring to my left cup! I'm not yet game enough to put on my bra, but when I do the right cup will be filled with a rubber ball wrapped up in a sock. I'll have the only recyclable falsie in... Read more
posted 01/10/2009, comment (1)
I'm still me
It's 3.23 AM Sunday 11th January Melbourne time. I have spent the last five days discovering that there is never a quiet time in a hospital. There is always a machine pinging somewhere and the man in the next room periodically makes the most disgusting noises, poor thing. The dumb movies on the TV have lost their soporific effect and are now just... Read more
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posted 01/04/2009, comments (12)
Breast Reconstruction: You Deserve A Choice
Seven years ago, after I learned the lumpectomy I’d gone through hadn’t gotten rid the cancer in my right breast, I was told a mastectomy was necessary. At the same time, my surgeon, Kim Grafton, recommended I speak with the plastic surgery team at our cancer center about a TRAM flap breast reconstruction. With totally inappropriate... Read more
