Ashe Kills Cancer

Tag: Tumor

  • Increased Heart Rate While Recovering From Surgery

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    I wear a Polar arm band that tracks my heart rate throughout the day and equates it to exertion in an app called Visible that lives on my phone. I do this because I have ME/CFS and POTS, both of which are energy-limiting chronic illnesses. The app uses a tool called “PacePoints” that converts exertion…

  • The Surgeon’s Notes About My Partial Mastectomy (Lumpectomy)

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    Glancing through the online portal associated with my cancer surgeon, I found a report called “Operative Notes.” The report includes details from surgery — things that I didn’t know, of course, because I was under anesthesia during the procedure — like an itemized list of the specimens that were removed from my body and sent…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • My Small Tumor is Very Aggressive Cancer

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    I found a more detailed version of the biopsy report today that I hadn’t seen before. It seems to indicate with multiple markers that although my cancer is small, it’s very aggressive. So, that’s a bummer. It still has good things going for it, just not as good as I previously understood. And it does…

  • Breast MRI: A Glimmer of Good News

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    I had my breast MRI on Monday. If I’m reading the report right, it seems like they found the tumor we know about and not much else. So that is sounding pretty good! Breast surgeon consultation is 9/19. Originally posted on Facebook.

  • 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.

  • My Mammogram Prize and That 20%

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    I’m so talented, I won a prize on my first mammogram! 😂 Those of you who read my post from last week about my decidedly unremarkable left breast may have wondered about the right one. That’s fair. They do generally come in pairs. Unlike its sibling, the right one was, in fact, remarkable. The doc…