Hello Warriors, I just wanted to spend this time to give you a little update on Julia. On Tuesday, her surgery officially began at 9 am and ended at 4:30 pm. Everything went well and she spent the night in Clarkson Hospital at UNMC. She’s spent the last couple days in recovery: getting a lot […]
One of my coping mechanisms for a little bit was entering contests on Facebook. Surprisingly I actually won one: a photo shoot with local photographer C41. We used the shoot as a way to honor and document this wild time. Please enjoy the following photos from the shoot.
Monday was a busy day of appointments. It started with an ultrasound to check on my ovaries. Part of being BRCA2 positive means I am at an increased risk of ovarian cancer. Because of this, when I get my mastectomy I will also have my ovaries removed to negate that risk. To be able to […]
My lanta y’all. Ever since we got back from vacation, I have been feeling quite overwhelmed from a multitude of appointments that keep changing dates/times—it seems like every day! So let’s start off by going back in time, though, to a simpler time—vacation! Mitch, myself and the dogs went to Cincinnati for an extended weekend. […]
I’ll provide more details soon, but I wanted to share an update on my cancer status. This morning, I received an MRI and mammogram—per the results, there isn’t any cancer showing on the scans! I will still have my scheduled surgery (double mastectomy, lymph node reconstruction and oophorectomy) and radiation, but we’re still taking the […]