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Re: 💗 September 2026 Surgery Support Thread — You’re Not Alone!💗
@ninacon I agree, the waiting is so hard. I've been in treatment for 6 months but waiting for surgery is worse. I am also counting the days down and not feeling prepared. Solidarity ❤️
tacocat
Re: 💗 September 2026 Surgery Support Thread — You’re Not Alone!💗
I am standing at the bottom of a hill, watching in horror as the boulder picks up speed. I am directly in its path and I cannot move.
I'm having my bilateral mastectomy on 9/11. In 48 hours, they'll be gone. I miss them already. And what's funny is I always wanted them to be different - bigger. I got teased about them in middle and high school. Keith pretended he was a blind man, felt my back and said, "Oh, hi Meaghan," while his friends egged him on. To 13-year-old me, that was about as humiliated as I could get.
In time, I grew to appreciate them. Like them even. They fed my babies for heaven's sake. They were miraculous. And now they're cancerous.
I know I'll be ok. I will still be me. I may even get the breast size the young me dreamed of.
Keith and I ran into each other many years later at a party in college. He asked me out and I told him to get lost. One of the greatest comeback stories in my life up to that point. But in some weird way this reconstruction feels like the Keiths of the world getting the last word. Fuck Keith. Fuck cancer.
4/2024: ADH right breast 7/16/26 diagnosed IDC, DCIS right side, ADH left.
mmk21995
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@tanya_djamila - Looks like you had a really nice time at a really nice place! Seeing you happy makes me happy too. I just love it when people can get outside this time of year and enjoy the weather/nature. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Re: how about drinking?
True, there are things that we can do that may reduce our risks of cancer or recurrences. But compared to all the crap in the air, water, food, and manufactured items that we have no control over, our lifestyle contributions to our risks pale in comparison.
Long-term stress has also been associated with increased risks of cancer, as well as a host of other systemic conditions. If a glass of wine reduces your cortisol and stress hormones, I think that benefit outweighs the increased risk of alcohol exposure. Moderation in all things.
Re: how about drinking?
Happy Sunday morning to everyone. We had the Labor Day potluck yesterday. Labor Day marks the end of the summer season at the campground. Soon the trailer units will be winterized, boats will be removed from the lake and put in storage, docks will be taken out, also boat lifts. By the end of September, we will be returning home and resume living in a house. I will be ready for some house luxuries like a dishwasher!
Re: how about drinking?
Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Saturday! Mom seems to be settling in pretty well in the new room. I'm going to go see her tomorrow and put up some of her paintings.
mOmmy--glad to hear your Mom's second surgery went well!
Miriandra--put like that, this world is a truly remarkable place!
Jazzy--I really like honeycrisp apples. I'll have to find some of this to try!
Honey Crisp Apple Cocktail
Ingredients:
• 2 oz Skyy Infusions Honeycrisp Apple Vodka
• 3 oz spiced apple cider
• 1/3 sliced honey crisp apple
• Ice
Instructions
- Place crushed ice into a short cocktail glass. Add in organic apple vodka.
- Top with spiced apple cider and give it a small stir. Add in sliced honey crisp apples or apples of choice
- To serve seasonally, it can also be topped off with cinnamon.
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