So, I am now six weeks out and it has been a good recovery. I have had a few set backs, but overall, I am doing really well. The pain took about four weeks…

So, I no longer have nipples and initially I thought that was going to be really hard for me and my husband! First, my husband is so great with me being healthy and happy,…

MRI On July 1st, I had an MRI at Washington Radiology to determine the extent of the cancer. It went well. I didn’t need to take a Xanax. I was able to just chill…

Oncotype DX is the only genomic test proven to predict a patient’s individual benefit from chemotherapy. This is an amazing and accurate test and you should definitely get this done after your surgery. We…

Dr. Tousimis referred me to her colleague Dr. David H. Song who is MedStar Health’s Physician Executive Director for MedStar Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Academic Chair for the Department of Plastic Surgery at…

All breast cancer patients have choices that they have to make. One of the first questions a breast cancer patient has to answer is: lumpectomy or mastectomy? With a lumpectomy, the breast cancer tumor…

My client, Dr. Tina Alster who is  a clinical professor of dermatology at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC. She is also a breast cancer survivor. She referred me to her colleague, Dr.…

Let’s talk about Drains! A Jackson-Pratt drain (also called a JP drain) is a closed-suction medical device that is commonly used as a post-operative drain for collecting bodily fluids from surgical sites. The device consists of an internal drain connected to…

You know, I can tell you that I was ready for this day! Cancer had been in my body long enough! I had the perfect team of Doctors and I was ready. I had…

I wanted to start by telling readers about my breast cancer diagnosis. I had been putting off my annual gynecologist appointment, but on May 17, 2019, I scheduled an appointment immediately after I read…