Category: The Surgery

• pants

  When I take a moment to look back on my journey through breast cancer so far, I need to recognize how much positive I have actually had through this fight.  Now, don’t get me wrong…I am in no way the new spokesperson for a “Get Cancer Because It Has Positives!” campaign. I have had my…

  c cawston

  September 23, 2022

  The Surgery

  biopsy, pants, positive

• surgery

  Two weeks ago today I had breast cancer surgery.  Seems so easy to say now but the day was long one. As much as my surgery was the primary event on this part of my path through this breast cancer journey, the day actually had two additional procedures that were required in order to prepare…

  c cawston

  September 21, 2022

  The Surgery

  biopsy, surgery, wire

• choices

  With the chemo portion of this cancer journey hopefully behind me, the next step is surgery and the removal of whatever is remaining after the 16 chemo treatments. Now, when people think of breast cancer surgery, generally either a mastectomy (full removal of the breast or breasts if it is bilateral) or lumpectomy (removal of…

  c cawston

  September 1, 2022

  The Surgery

  apples, lumpectomy, oncoplastic, options