3/23/2013

I finished radiation on March 13th! I'm so happy to be done with this part of my treatment. Overall everything went really really well. Dr. Khater and his team were so great. The most irritating part was a burn under my armpit, but it healed up pretty quickly. I tried to get some exercise in almost everyday and I think that really helped with fatigue. I went to see Dr. Jones on March 18. I was kinda nervous about that appointment, because I hadn't seen him since I started radiation and was curious about how he thought my skin looked in terms of reconstruction. I know radiated skin can be more challenging for plastic surgeons. But the it went really well! Dr. Jones couldn't believe I was only 6 days out from radiation. He thought my skin looked great. He was very impressed with Dr. Khater's work and even wanted me to make sure I let Dr. Khater know how impressed he was. Yay! So I had a fill on my right side, I only have one more to go with that. And I was able to schedule my implant exchange surgery for August 1st! I am a little anxious about it, especially with all the issues I had with healing for the mastectomy, but I am mostly excited to move on to this next big step and I just need to have faith everything will go smoothly. I am planning on going back to work on April 8th and I'm excited about that. I still will be getting my Herceptin every three weeks. I have a lot of follow up appointments to go to...but I am just hoping everything continues to go well and I will continue to move forward!

Right now we are in Florida with Tony's family and it's awesome....warm weather, family, and fun. Tony definitely needed a break, he has been so amazing through out everything.
I have such a huge and strong support system, I am so grateful for everyone's thoughts, prayers, and actions....I truly feel lucky and blessed! THANK YOU!