Fantastic!

Dr Macadam presented her paper comparing different types of reconstruction using a patient's tissue and was awarded Best Breast Paper by Plastic & Reconstructive surgery with her co authors today in Boston at the American Society of Plastic Surgery Metting!!!

5 Years Cancer Free! Yippee!

Happy 5 years cancer free to me!
Happy 5 years cancer free to me!
Happy 5 years cancer free to m -  e!
Happy 5 years cancer free to me!

3 More Sleeps . . .

3 more sleeps and it will be (5) FIVE (5) years since my Cancer surgery.

Happy recovery to me!  Happy recovery to me!
Happy recovery dear Lisa -
Happy recovery to me!

. . .  and many more!

4 YEARS CANCER FREE!

Four years ago today I had my 15 hour mastectomy and reconstruction! Cheers to me :)

2010 Top Breast Cancer Blog Award

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Good-bye Tamoxifen!

I have officially completed 2 yrs of tamoxifen.  Goodbye to that noise! 
I am now on to 3 years of Anastrozole.  Apparently joint aches and bone density (decrease) is an issue with this drug. No problem :)
I have a bone density scan coming up here in PG and then a follow up appointment in Vancouver (November).

Summer surgery healing is ongoing.  I feel good - still a tad tender on the left hip.  Black and blue bruising is all gone though.  :)

Day 4 Stage 2 - DIEP Recovery

Up and around . . .


A little bit if bruising on the chest - not bad.  This definitely looks worse than what it feels like.  I just have a pinching sensation under my armpits - where a bra would sit.











Still a bit of bruising on the right side. This is not painful though. It is yellowing and healing nicely.

The left side is another story. This looks bizarre in real life. I have never seen this much skin so black! It is kind of itchy and puffy soft.

This is the look under both armpits.  Yellow bruising.

And this is my recovery computer budy - Ethan.  In the morning and afternoon he is my email checker and he likes to play "mine game" - Monster Nitro Trucks.

Always a treat to have around!