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TRAM Flap Patient Advice

A new friend, a breast cancer survivor, recently wrote to me and asked what advice I had to offer anyone preparing for a TRAM Flap surgery. I realized, I've been writing about my experience of having this...

7 comments    advice family children
I feel well enough to go hiking near one of our favorite camping sites.81

Regret or Delight? Would I Have TRAM Surgery Again?

Would I do the TRAM Flap breast reconstruction surgery again if I had a choice? You bet.

3 comments    cancer surgery camping
My crazy mom in the bottom of the world79

A Tear is all it Took

"Come on. Let us take you guys to lunch and get you out of the house," my mom told Mark over the phone this morning. Just more than an hour later, my parents were up in our area and waiting for us at a nearby...

0 comments    parents cancer mother
As my surgery nears, my anxiety rears its ugly head in the form of nervous habits. Stay tuned for more on that in "Tics, Towels and Tourette's"76

Ovaries, Tubes and Tits... Oh, My! (Part 2)

Deciding to have a bilateral mastectomy and TRAM Flap reconstruction.

1 comment    surgery breast cancer ovarian cancer
Yes, it's a happy day. Not only did I have a shower, it's also the day I go home. Yippee!74

Week 1: A Shower Never Felt So Good

I'm back at home and it's so nice to be able to shower again. Give me a few 100 pillows and an air raft and I'm good.

3 comments    health home surgery
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Go Vegan or Eat Lice-covered Eggs?

Throwing live chicks into a meat grinder is common practice in the farming industry. Should this practice continue?

2 comments    truth green chicken
The pre-surgery photo of my "mommy boobs" that have fed two babies.74

Planned Maintenance

Only a few days before my bilateral mastectomy surgery and anxiety is striking hard.

12 comments    health politics death
My flattened belly. You can see the healing scar that stretches from one side of my waist to the other. 73

The "After" Photos, Two Weeks and Counting

It's two weeks from the day of my surgery...so, do you really want to know how I'm doing?

7 comments    photos truth healing
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The Secret Blog from Day 4 & Mom's Lung Scan

Mom acted like a total bitch on the fourth day in the hospital, eventually picking a fight, but perhaps it was partly because of her worrying about her own health.

0 comments    sleep pain surgery
Another hot flash while waiting for the plastic surgeon. I've had this fan since I was a kid.69

The Sofa on Wheels

Without my big car to drive comfortably into San Francisco, Mark rents a car that would make any senior retiree proud.

4 comments    humor car school
working