breast care

I came across this edited version of a page from a children’s story yesterday (via Parenting Works). I love the idea that we can allow ourselves to feel more than one emotion at the same time. It’s okay to cry. We can feel sad and brave. Those two emotions (as well as any others) are […]

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I was supposed to return in 6 months. You’d think, as someone who struggles with anxiety, I’d have been counting down the days to get my right breast rechecked, to see how what they found in December, a small mostly fluid filled cyst with a bit of solid, that had a “high probability of being […]

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7 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers and readers to reflect on our lives in 2011. I did so again the following year, with my Rewind 2012. Ever since I did this writing exercise those two years, […]

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That is my biggest takeaway from the diagnostic ultrasound of my right breast this morning. The form they gave me at the end had a boxed checked by the words “high probability of being benign.” Other options/boxes they didn’t check include: normal, benign appearing (not malignant), short term follow up is recommended, findings that may […]

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I keep having to look at the exact wording, as I couldn’t remember for the life of me, over the past few days. The phrase was part of a letter that was emailed to me with results, after I spoke with a woman who does scheduling for the breast care center I went to, for […]

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My surgery on Monday went well/as planned. During my recovery I have felt sore and tired, as expected. I have slept a lot and followed other recommendations from my doctor, including wearing a supportive sports bra, using a pillow to cushion my breast, and early on I used an ice pack and took medication for […]

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