From her FB page. She's an amazing woman.
Aug 23: The hair, she is all gone now........
.... this is something to get used to! I have 3 brightly-colored petite turbans (baby blue, darker blue or raspberry) that I put one of 2 color-coordinating paisley head scarves on, 3 x 2 = 6, so a total of 6 combinations, and I'm stylin', baby!! I do have a wig but it's much too blasted HOT for that here!! A blonde? Probably not! I'm hoping for a return to those early-life redheaded ringlets, hehehe.....
Don has offered to shave his head (and the dogs' too!). But I told him, no, that is just not necessary. I don't want anyone else to have to deal w/ bald head! I'll get used to it, it'll just take some time, like everything else, there IS a learning curve to it! Thank you, everyone, for the support & encouragement!
Aug 30: Appointment w/ reconstructive surgeon today; he is a great doctor who imparted lots of good information. However, the whole experience will be unexpectedly more complex. The possibility of radiation tx, which won't be known for a few months still, is a potential complication. Hoping to find out before mastectomy & to be able to begin the reconstructive process then. Then, there'll still be yet ANOTHER surgery in March! Boo!
Aug 31: (ref: mastectomy) Fingers crossed that it'll be in December. After my 1st 6 cycles of chemotherapy end the week of Thanksgiving, I'll then go in for another breast MRI; this will (hopefully) confirm that the tumor has shrunk enough, away from the chest wall, to make me a surgical candidate. All presumptions are that this will happen. Then, I will schedule the surgeries (mastectomy & begin the reconstruction during the same surgery). If the MRI shows that the tumor has NOT receded from the chest wall, I really don't know what they'll do then; hoping to not have to find this out!
