It’s been 8 weeks since I had 2 surgeries back to back. A preventative double mastectomy and DIEP flap reconstruction, which uses my own tummy fat to form my new breasts. The surgeries went very well. I was nervous but excited too as I delved into hospital...
The MRI is fine, I’ve had several. Unless you have restless leg syndrome, a cold or something that makes you cough/sneeze or move involuntarily then there really is only one job. Stay still. Lying on your front in the “superman” pose, with arms above your head is...
Basically, genetics tells me I don’t carry the gene, but I have not actually been tested. It was my mum who was inconclusive 10 years ago and now with new technology I’m told she carried a normal variant in her genes. Her blood sample has degraded but I’m told that...
There have been a few ultra-stressful times this year, but one of the worst was trying to assess whether or not to commit to having a double mastectomy based on all the information I have gathered from the breast care nurse, breast surgeon (who will remove the breast...
I was dropping off boys at school when I got a call this morning (even before 9am) from the Risk management clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Walking to class with the phone at one ear and a finger in the other I could only just make out what was being said over...
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