Tammy Caban's TaTa's

This is not MY story, it is the story of my breast cancer. My breast cancer is but a part of my wonderful and exciting life. I was a survivor even before I was diagnosed. I won't EVEN consider the alternative.... :) Now I realize I am also a Warrior.

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Diagnosis Date - 31 December 2007; Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) & Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) Lumpectomy - 14 December 2007 Re-excisions - 31 January & 6 March 2008 Stage 2, Grade 2 Lymph Node-, HR+, HER2-, BRCA- Treatment; 4 cycles of chemotherapy; Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide) & Taxotere (docetaxel), every 21 days. Chemo completed July 2008. 6 and 1/2 weeks of daily Radiation completed at the end of September 2008. Left radical mastectomy with tram flap reconstruction August 2009.

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Recovering from the Recovery Room


OK, seriously the WORST - ABSOLUTELY WORST thing about my surgery was that I suffered the worst wedgie of my life as I was wheeled out of recovery and into my room!!! And my technician, as sweet as she was, must not have learned the definition of "wedgie" in her "English as a second language" class! How crazy is it that the first words to my entourage was about my wedgie! I guess no crazier than me mentioning it now!

My pain was very well under control most of the night and my faithful entourage left around 7 p.m. Will was the last to leave and I actually had to SEND him home at 8:00. I had a GREAT night's sleep and plenty of morphine from the drip I controlled with the push of a finger.

I was released before noon the following day and the next several days were pretty uneventful, other than the vivid, and often hilarious dreams I enjoyed during my drug induced state. I actually woke myself up laughing out loud a couple of days in a row!

After all, laughter is the best medicine! The pain relieving catheter was pretty darn wonderful too!
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