It has been awhile since our last post....things have been crazy in our world and although that is not an excuse for dropping the ball....we thought you would just all want to know that we are still here....and still Kickin' Cancer's Ass!!
Julie had her reconstruction surgery in September with great success. It is amazing what they can do now to help bring a woman who has had a mastectomy back to 'normal' (whatever normal is). That being said, it was a long 11 hour surgery, with lots of pain and lots of suffering, and our poor patient had about 4 feet of incisions. It was hard on her and it was hard on all of us to see her like that...but being the trooper she is, she is healing fast and starting to get back into the swing of things. She is happy with her new boobies and her new flat tummy, and that is what counts. And she is alive!!
All of her doctors and nurses have been amazing forces in her fight and recovery from this monster, and for them we are all very thankful. We are hearing more and more stories of breast cancer surviviors, especially of those with IBC, and that makes our hearts very happy.
October was breast cancer awareness month and it reminded me to keep our blog in the forefront. Not everyone survives and we were reminded of that with the loss of our dear friend Selena. Selena was a 3x warrior of breast cancer and now that she is an angel in heaven we know she wants us to keep fighting the fight!!
Julie had her reconstruction surgery in September with great success. It is amazing what they can do now to help bring a woman who has had a mastectomy back to 'normal' (whatever normal is). That being said, it was a long 11 hour surgery, with lots of pain and lots of suffering, and our poor patient had about 4 feet of incisions. It was hard on her and it was hard on all of us to see her like that...but being the trooper she is, she is healing fast and starting to get back into the swing of things. She is happy with her new boobies and her new flat tummy, and that is what counts. And she is alive!!
All of her doctors and nurses have been amazing forces in her fight and recovery from this monster, and for them we are all very thankful. We are hearing more and more stories of breast cancer surviviors, especially of those with IBC, and that makes our hearts very happy.
October was breast cancer awareness month and it reminded me to keep our blog in the forefront. Not everyone survives and we were reminded of that with the loss of our dear friend Selena. Selena was a 3x warrior of breast cancer and now that she is an angel in heaven we know she wants us to keep fighting the fight!!
As I approach my 5 year remission anniversary, I know that I am one of the lucky ones. I also know that Julie is one of the lucky IBC survivors. We will do all we can to get the word out and help women (and men) who have been attacked by this monster!
Dear Breast Cancer,
We always knew you were out there.
Dear Breast Cancer,
We always knew you were out there.
Lurking.
Wreaking havoc in people’s lives.
But we didn’t travel in the same circles and we thought our family was safe from your poison.
How naive we were!
A typical bully, you came into our lives at our weakest point.
A typical bully, you came into our lives at our weakest point.
You thought we would be easy marks!
Well, the joke was on you!
We fought you!
We beat you!
You are out of our lives now.
Here’s a news flash for you:
We don’t miss you one bit!
You caught us off guard.
You caught us off guard.
It won’t happen again.
Our new life’s mission is to ensure you can’t do the same to other women.
We will educate as many women as we can to eradicate you!
Watch your back, cancer! We are coming for you!
Watch your back, cancer! We are coming for you!
Jan & Julie
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