HAT & GOWN - dressed and ready for surgery! Following a morning of my poor purple left breast being, AGAIN; pushed, pumped, scrutinized and injected with radioactive blue dyes I return to the Private Hospital to prepare for surgery. Exhausted and mouth dry I sit in the day surgery waiting room with my daughter Megan. The clock … Read More
The Final Countdown.
THE TARDIS! Drove the 320 kms to Darwin on Sunday 11th March for appointment with Surgeon David Read on Monday morning. I was now speeding to the top of the rollercoaster! Higher and higher into the clouds. I kept thinking to myself - Is this really happening to me. Can I hop off now? I was not looking forward to the descent! On Monday a … Read More
I love my Lump! Week 4
THE LUMP Sunday 10 March 2013 I have decided that I love my Lump! It will only be around for a few more days and hate is such a killer emotion - so better to love it and let it free. Another trip to Darwin last week for the mammogram and Core Biopsy - cost $500.00! My poor breast is bruised and tender. The Mammogram was an excercise in … Read More
There is so much to think about. Week 3
My poor breast has been squashed, pushed and pulled, scrutinized, needled and photographed. I have been bombarded with so much information that I cant think straight! All those words throw me - Cancer, Oncologist, Malignant, Lumpectomy, Mastectomy, Recovery, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy. Surely they are not talking about me! These are words used … Read More
I never thought this would happen to me! Week 2
The Report'Corresponding to the region of interest within the 9 o'clock position of the left breast 12 cm from the nipple there is an irregular hypoechoic mass which demonstrates infiltrating margins, it measures 24x13x23 mm and there is associated posterior acoustic shadowing. It is sonographically suspicious for malginancy.'Monday 18 February.The … Read More
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