Final (Truly Final) Operation Next Monday

Today, I received a phone call from Dr. Bucky's office to reschedule my fat grafting operation from Wednesday to Monday which excites me to no end.  My husband and I had decided to make the drive up north more of a vacation by combining a road trip to New England with having to be in Philadelphia on August 30th.  I am writing to you from Maine after being in Vermont and Cape Cod.  I should be able to drive home the day after the operation and, right now, I am absolutely ready to get back home to South Carolina.  I will keep you all posted on how this very last operation goes and what is involved in terms of pain and healing.

Final Round of Chemo for My Sister- Number 6

I thought we could have a little fun with the use of "boobie" balloons!

Caryl had a great support group of friends and I was honored to be given a TEAM CA t-shirt that I will wear proudly during the Susan B Komen 3-Day walk in Atlanta.  (CA is her nickname for Caryl Ann).

The dreaded and evil "IV" sporting brown boobies!

This was Round 6 which was her last and final round of TCH chemo.  She now has to have Herceptin administered until April 2012 with a final 5-year Tamoxifen follow up.  To reiterate, she was diagnosed with DCIS but after her mastectomy, IDC was found in her right breast which prompted the chemotherapy treatment.  Please take DCIS and LCIS seriously.