Phoned yesterday. I'm off the Aromasin for the time being. I see her (Jane) in September. They always order bloodwork, so we will see how the labs come back, and go from there. I'm feeling a little more "like me". Still no hair (well, very little anyway). No telling how long that will take to grow back :( hmmmm, what wig should I wear today? :)
Have a good day, everyone!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Got the Tats!
I got my 3D nipple tattooing on Friday. I was really nervous about it. I did feel a little bit of stinging when MaryAnne first started, but she used some numbing cream, and then everything was pain free! I go back in a month for touchup. MaryAnne is quite the artist, and I am so happy I went this route, rather than more surgery for fipples, then tattooing. It's amazing what can be done with ink!
I tried another medication, Aromasin....since I last posted. I lasted two months this time...and I am ready to throw in the towel for good. These blasted pills just flat~line everything. No energy, no happiness, pretty much nothing. Well, except for being irritable! Aromasin is a steroid! Great....that's what they really need to give women. sheesh!
I want Quality in Life....not long life. And the way I was feeling, living just wasn't fun. Guess I'll take my chances. It's all a crap shoot anyway....no one knows if I even need these drugs or not. So, I say NOT!
Thanks for taking the time to read this.......love to all!
I tried another medication, Aromasin....since I last posted. I lasted two months this time...and I am ready to throw in the towel for good. These blasted pills just flat~line everything. No energy, no happiness, pretty much nothing. Well, except for being irritable! Aromasin is a steroid! Great....that's what they really need to give women. sheesh!
I want Quality in Life....not long life. And the way I was feeling, living just wasn't fun. Guess I'll take my chances. It's all a crap shoot anyway....no one knows if I even need these drugs or not. So, I say NOT!
Thanks for taking the time to read this.......love to all!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Foobs, fipples, and/or 3-D tatts!
This is what I learned on the BCO website :)
Foobs = FAKE BOOBS....which yes, I have.
Fipples = (you guessed it!) Fake nipples..requires MORE surgery....NOT!And I should also mention that it doesn't always work. One or both flatten out, maybe a little...maybe a lot. And since I kind of like not having to worry about nipples showing thru blouses....why would I do it?
3-D tattooing = a permanent makeup artist or tattoo artist, specially trained in creating areolas and the "look" of a nipple, achieved by color alone...NO surgery :) This chapter will begin in July for me. To see examples of this process....check out Vinnie Myers. He's probably the best at it, but he's in Baltimore. www.vinniemyers.com
I have been fortunate enough to find a lady here in Glendale, AZ that does it....and at NO CHARGE! I've been quoted between $300-$500 PER SIDE!!! MaryAnne Baker is CPCP certified, and she says it is her way of "women helping women". Should be interesting.........
Foobs = FAKE BOOBS....which yes, I have.
Fipples = (you guessed it!) Fake nipples..requires MORE surgery....NOT!And I should also mention that it doesn't always work. One or both flatten out, maybe a little...maybe a lot. And since I kind of like not having to worry about nipples showing thru blouses....why would I do it?
3-D tattooing = a permanent makeup artist or tattoo artist, specially trained in creating areolas and the "look" of a nipple, achieved by color alone...NO surgery :) This chapter will begin in July for me. To see examples of this process....check out Vinnie Myers. He's probably the best at it, but he's in Baltimore. www.vinniemyers.com
I have been fortunate enough to find a lady here in Glendale, AZ that does it....and at NO CHARGE! I've been quoted between $300-$500 PER SIDE!!! MaryAnne Baker is CPCP certified, and she says it is her way of "women helping women". Should be interesting.........
I knew it had been awhile since I posted..........but where has the time gone?
November 20th was the last time I said anything on my blog....which was two days before my reconstructive surgery. Of course, that was Thanksgiving week, and I pretty much slept thru that week! Off work a week for post-op, then back to work full steam ahead! And then before I knew it...the year was over....
Fast forward to February 2nd, 2011. I had a redo of the recon. Due to capsular contraction. In my case, the right one was up high and projected, the left was low and flat. Think one-sided cleavage. NOT the look I was going for! Dr. Gawley went thru the same incision, took out the 650 cc implant on the left and replaced it with a 750 cc. Then mesh was added to both sides to hold everything in place. It's now May, and so far, so good :) I think "we" got it right this time :)
I stopped taking the Tamoxifen on April 15th. I could not handle all of the side effects. In the 7.5 months that I was on it, I felt like I was rapidly aging, to about age 90. The oncologist is aware that I stopped, and I was told I could go off for a month, and then call them to see where we go from here. I'll check in later this week...and I honestly don't know what I will agree to do. I feel so much better being off of it, and Tamoxifen is supposed to have less side effects than the other drugs that are available. Which really leaves me with just not taking anything and hoping that the surgery was enough. As the ladies on the breastcancer.org website say...breast cancer is a crap shoot at best!
Fast forward to February 2nd, 2011. I had a redo of the recon. Due to capsular contraction. In my case, the right one was up high and projected, the left was low and flat. Think one-sided cleavage. NOT the look I was going for! Dr. Gawley went thru the same incision, took out the 650 cc implant on the left and replaced it with a 750 cc. Then mesh was added to both sides to hold everything in place. It's now May, and so far, so good :) I think "we" got it right this time :)
I stopped taking the Tamoxifen on April 15th. I could not handle all of the side effects. In the 7.5 months that I was on it, I felt like I was rapidly aging, to about age 90. The oncologist is aware that I stopped, and I was told I could go off for a month, and then call them to see where we go from here. I'll check in later this week...and I honestly don't know what I will agree to do. I feel so much better being off of it, and Tamoxifen is supposed to have less side effects than the other drugs that are available. Which really leaves me with just not taking anything and hoping that the surgery was enough. As the ladies on the breastcancer.org website say...breast cancer is a crap shoot at best!
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