Welcome to fall in San Diego! That means "hot" and "dry" also known as FIRE SEASON. Fortunately, we have had a cooler than usual summer here in San Diego. However, it is THAT time again and temps are expected to be in the triple digits today and for the next couple of days.
This means hot flash central for me. My oncologist explained that hot weather aggrevates hot flashes and makes them more severe. Yikes!
Something new to my blog: I will be reviewing skin care and make up products. It will be my Beauty section that I hope will help others and provide a place for interested parties to share their experiences and finds when it comes to beauty products. This is something that I will be working on and tweaking in order to get it in the format that I like and think that works best.
Other than attending my first Yoga class and lecture to see if this is something I am going to persue, I am following our local sports teams - the Padres (in the pennant race - so far) and the San Diego Chargers. Go Chargers!!!!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Labor Day 2010
Here it is Labor Day already! This year is flying by. Time to get well and get back out there in the work pool. However, there is more surgery, more tweaking to be done.
I am going to go and check out a new Yoga studio that opened nearby later on this week. Got bills to pay and need to get back on track.
Right now, I am just hanging out with my two yorkies.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
SEPTEMBER 2010
OK, current day!
I still have fatigue and the hot flashes from the Tamoxifen are tough to endure. I still have tenderness from the hip to hip incision from the tram flap surgery. It has been determined that more revisions to the reconstructed area are to be made later on this year, probably in October.
I have hair now, about seven inches long. It is VERY curly hair, but it is at least my hair.
It is hot and sunny outside. Now, all I have to do is get well. Harder than you would think, but I am still hanging in there. I like to connect with others in the same boat. A really good thing is that it is now football season.
To be continued............
I still have fatigue and the hot flashes from the Tamoxifen are tough to endure. I still have tenderness from the hip to hip incision from the tram flap surgery. It has been determined that more revisions to the reconstructed area are to be made later on this year, probably in October.
I have hair now, about seven inches long. It is VERY curly hair, but it is at least my hair.
It is hot and sunny outside. Now, all I have to do is get well. Harder than you would think, but I am still hanging in there. I like to connect with others in the same boat. A really good thing is that it is now football season.
To be continued............
SUMMER 2010
After the reconstruction Tram Flap surgery, there is a large wound that would not heal. This lead me to going to daily hyperbaric treatments to help with wound healing. One of the side effects from hyperbaric treatments is severe blurring of vision and near-sightedness.
Once it was determined that everything that could be done with hyperbaric treatments, another surgery to close the wound is performed. Timeline: July 13, 2010. I then go back to hyperbaric treatments beginning the day after surgery for two weeks.
August, 2010: The wound has finally healed and I had all external stitches removed. My stomach is still sore from the tram flap surgery. I no longer have to wear the large elastic bandage. I am able to venture away from San Diego for a few days. I still have fatigue, but look forward to rejoining normal life.
Once it was determined that everything that could be done with hyperbaric treatments, another surgery to close the wound is performed. Timeline: July 13, 2010. I then go back to hyperbaric treatments beginning the day after surgery for two weeks.
August, 2010: The wound has finally healed and I had all external stitches removed. My stomach is still sore from the tram flap surgery. I no longer have to wear the large elastic bandage. I am able to venture away from San Diego for a few days. I still have fatigue, but look forward to rejoining normal life.
SPRING 2010
After undergoing reconstruction surgery and getting an implant, I have complications with the damaged skin from radiation. The surgery won't heal, it is later discovered.
The skin damage leads to five more surgeries/procedures. Finally, a date is set to do another reconstruction surgery called a tram flap surgery.
The skin damage leads to five more surgeries/procedures. Finally, a date is set to do another reconstruction surgery called a tram flap surgery.
2010, A NEW YEAR
Well, here comes another year and I am still unable to work and working on recovery. I have had numerous issues with skin damaged by radiation, but have dealt with all of them. I have the first official reconstruction surgery in January. Time to heal.
WINTER 2009
Everything is now all about getting over treatments and getting well enough to have reconstruction surgery. I never have any energy so far. It is a journey I tell myself.
FALL 2009
OK, I am still recovering from all of the chemo, surgery, and radiation treatments. I am going to the surgeon to get saline fills into the expander. My skin got severly damaged from the radiation. I had the skin open up and I had several emergencies related to the skin damage. I had open wounds and had to treat them and try to continue to recover.
SUMMER 2009
During Summer, 2009, I began radiation treatments. I went every day, Monday through Friday, for radiation treatments. Finally, during August, 09, I had completed all of the radiation treatments. I looked forward to going somewhere and doing something not related to treatments.
Boy, was I wrong! I had severe fatigue after the radiation ended and could barely stay awake for just a few hours per day. I took care of my pets, ate a little, and slept a LOT.
Boy, was I wrong! I had severe fatigue after the radiation ended and could barely stay awake for just a few hours per day. I took care of my pets, ate a little, and slept a LOT.
SPRING 2009
Well, I have some catching up to do.
Springtime brought the end of my chemo and my first surgery.
It was a mastectomy and all lymph nodes were removed from under my left arm. I also had an expander inserted during the surgery for the reconstruction, to be done at a later date.
Time to heal, for now.
Springtime brought the end of my chemo and my first surgery.
It was a mastectomy and all lymph nodes were removed from under my left arm. I also had an expander inserted during the surgery for the reconstruction, to be done at a later date.
Time to heal, for now.
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