Disclaimer/Warning I will be posting a photo of my chest post-double mastectomy. I acknowledge that professional contacts do read this blog. If you choose to read on, know that. I am choosing to publish a photo, publicly, of my chest because it’s important that breast cancer patients know they have options when it comes to mastectomies. After talking to many survivors and joining several “flatties” groups, it’s apparent most surgical patients do not get great results. I cannot tell you how many photos I’ve seen of terrible, terrible surgical jobs. Some go through the implants route; many experience infections and other complications that ultimately leads to a flat closure. Not…

Had my regular Phesgo injection on Thursday. I mentioned that I can now get the port removed so it got scheduled for TOMORROW. That went by quick. I remember the pulling from the first time, but now that I’ve had a double mastectomy, I think this won’t be so bad. Hopefully. Wednesday will be my first Zoladex shot, half of my hormone suppression therapy. I asked my doc about getting my ovaries removed instead. Apparently, you get menopause symptoms either way. So if I handle the drugs, getting my ovaries would be fine. But if it’s essentially the same thing, I may reconsider opting for surgery. We’ll see. Not looking…