Hi everyone: Today is
exactly 2 week’s post-op expander to Foobs swap, port removal and umbilical
hernia repair. I had three procedures on March 11th in hopes that I won’t
have to go under anesthesia again for a while. It was out patient at Moffitt and
other than some bad nausea and vomiting for a few hours after the surgery all
went well. I had my annoying drains removed last Tuesday March 17th
and don’t have to go back till April for another follow-up with my amazing
plastic surgeon. I can’t work out for 8 weeks post surgery which I hate and I’m
not supposed to lift anything heaver than 10 lbs which is extremely hard to do
considering Ava weighs 30 lbs. I also have to wear an abdominal binder so
that I don’t reinjure my repaired hernia… this is super annoying and basically feels
like I’m being tortured while wearing it. Overall I’m healing really well and super
happy with my results.
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| right before surgery 3/11/2015 |
The weekend prior to
my surgery (March 6-8) I went to the YSC (Young Survival Coalition) National
Summit in Houston TX with my two best BC girlfriends Abby & Nikki. The YSC National Summit is a conference for young
women diagnosed with breast cancer before their 41st
birthday, their co-survivors and healthcare providers. It was the first YSC
event that Abby, Nikki and I had attended and we had a blast. I met so many
wonderful ladies and felt so “normal” hanging out with hundreds of young ladies
who totally understand. We are hoping to get more involved with YSC and really
looking forward to next year’s conference in Atlanta.
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| Nikki, Me & Abby |
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| Me, Abby, Marjorie & Nikki @ YSC |
Abby, Nikki and I are also working with a local charity this year called
All About You Angles. We will help
raise money and awareness for local breast cancer survivors. All money raised will stay in Marion County to
benefit local women with little to no insurance during and post treatment in
need of lymphedema and mastectomy supplies. All About You Angles will have several
fundraisers throughout the year starting with the Cuts 4 Cancer on April 18th
from 9am to 1pm on the Downtown Ocala Square. I will be in the 2016 Angles calendar
and we are currently selling advertising space in the calendar so if you work for or own a
local business it’s a great way to get your name out there and help a wonderful
cause. Let me know if you want to learn more about the Angles and how you could
help.
I am acutely aware of how incredibly lucky and blessed I am
to have had (and continue to have) such an amazing support system throughout
this crazy scary breast cancer journey I’ve been on the past nine months. Thank
you to all of my family (Hubby, Mom, Dad, Mimi, Julia & Wanda) and friends for being so supportive and loving. I pray
that they find a cure for this terrible disease soon, so no one has to endure
having body parts chopped off and poison pumped into their veins. I am very thankful
to be considered Cancer Free and I ask that you continue to pray that I stay
that way. I have tried to stay positive but since completing chemotherapy the
scary thoughts of reoccurrence keeps creeping into my head. I will continue to think happy thoughts and do
my best to stay positive… I don’t need negative nelly messing with my head.
All for now. XOXO, Lynn
P.S. Happy
65th Birthday to my amazing Mommy!!! I love you so much!!
