Ashe Kills Cancer

Tag: Surgery

  • Breast Cancer Surgery: Partial Mastectomy (Lumpectomy)

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    Yesterday I had breast cancer surgery. I had hoped to post about it then, but I largely rested and/or slept for the rest of the day. The day started very early. We were instructed to arrive at the surgery center at 6 AM, so we woke at 4:15 AM to leave at 5:20 AM. The…

  • Sentinel Node Injection and Surgery in the Morning

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    Cancer treatment is officially underway! I received a radioactive dye injection today. The surgeon will use the radioactivity as a guide for which lymph nodes need to be removed. It’ll be 1-4 of the nodes with the most radioactivity. I was worried about it because I saw a couple YouTube videos where people were saying…

  • It All Kicks Off Tomorrow

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    It all kicks off tomorrow with my radioactive injection. That’ll be at 2:30 PM EST. I’ve been researching the procedure and have been disheartened to see some people say it’s extremely painful. I’ve seen others say it’s not too bad so we’ll see how it goes! I have a feeling injection time and then surgery…

  • Genetic Testing and Surgery Cost

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    This week was full of work, since I’ll be off next week. Unfortunately, that didn’t leave much time for me to update you. So, here’s what’s happened since my previous post. Despite my best efforts to have a cancer appointment-free week, I did end up with a genetics appointment on Thursday. We traveled to a…

  • New Cancer Appointment, Finding Rest and Simplifying Dinners

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    I planned for a quiet week this week, so I can rest as much as possible before surgery. No cancer appointments. Except now I have one on Thursday with a geneticist. The geneticist will check me for genetic traits that will hopefully add to the information we have about my cancer. I’m also still working…

  • Pre-Op and My Cancer T-Shirt

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    We had my pre-op appointment this afternoon. The appointment was with my primary care provider’s nurse practitioner. I’d never met her before but she was very nice, as was her assistant. She asked me some medical history questions, performed a physical exam, did an EKG and ordered a metabolic panel, which I was able to…

  • Surgical Oncologist Consultation: Stage 1, Grade 3 IDC

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    Home from the consultation with my surgical oncologist. I really like her. She is caring and thoughtful and explained everything thoroughly. She even wrote notes for me as she went along so I would have it all written down and be able to refer to it later! At my appointment, the doc explained that I…

  • Preparing for the Consultation With My Surgeon

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    Tomorrow morning is my long-awaited surgeon consultation for the breast cancer. I say long-awaited. It just feels like that because waiting for cancer-related info is excruciating. In actuality, people have been going out of their way to get me through this slow-ass medical system pretty darn quickly and I am super grateful. So, yeah. Surgeon…

  • Post-Biopsy Taco Bell and Tylenol

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    Biopsy is done! We’re home again. Rewarded myself with Taco Bell breakfast. Mmm. Running out of numbness and starting to get sore. Grateful I have some space to rest today. Results in 4-5 business days. ❤ Originally posted on Facebook.

  • The Early Bird Gets a Breast Biopsy

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    My breast biopsy is in the morning. We have to be there at 7:30. So early! 😂 Originally posted on Facebook.