Thursday, August 12, 2010

BALD IS BEAUTIFUL - I fight like a girl!

Jan 2010 - Yearly Mammogram, said they saw something odd, will "watch", come back in 6 months. DONE

June 2010 - Mammo, Ultrasound then Biopsy (quietness on the tech's faces told me EVERYTHING) DONE

June 18th, 2010 - Got "the call" DONE

Path = Possible IDC spots (calcifications) and one IDC Invasive Ductal Carcincoma -Low Grade DONE

end of June BRACA- Negative for Braca 1, Negative for Braca 2 DONE

Surgery - Double Bi-lateral Mastectomy with expanders for later reconstruction option DONE. . . . s

Pathology - 5 TOTAL, 3 IDC spots, and 2 IDC Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, one low grade, one high grade. Stage 2A DONE

Aug 12th, first meeting with Breast Cancer Survivors Group - Look Good, Feel Better DONE

Aug 15th, Shave head bald (maybe with a little faux hawk) in evening with Kat.

Aug 16th, Surgery - Portacath for ChemoPort
Aug 16th, Massive Grand Mal at 10:30pm, fancy ride in Red "bus", got home at 3:30AM

Aug 17th, don't remember much of that day.

August 18th, rocking date with Kat, so much fun, I'm afraid to tell ya. Let's just say we got the royal treatment. :)

Aug 19th, 4 rounds of Taxotere, & Cytoxin 21 weeks apart Hair to fall out approximately on day 11-17.

Then Radiation