Tag: Surgery
Embracing Empowerment: A Previvor’s Journey through DIEP Reconstruction
I started writing this back in September, when I wanted to post for Breast Cancer Awareness. It just didn’t sit right with me and there was so much going on at the time. As October came and the absolute agony of all the pink, I decided to leave it in draft mode until today. Perhaps […]
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Surgery during a Pandemic
Surgery? During a pandemic? Crazy, right? Yet that is exactly what is happening with me today! Life is slowly off pause and onto the road to a new normal.
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Road to Recovery
On May 14th I had my first surgery in my BRCA2 journey and I am on the road to recovery. It is quite jarring to discover that you have a genetic mutation that interrupts your body’s ability to fight certain cancers. I wasn’t entirely sure what I would experience with this surgery. So […]
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