by Kathy | Sep 27, 2013 | Reconstruction
I had my first visit with a plastic surgeon this week to discuss what my options were for reconstruction. Many of my friends have asked why I didn’t have reconstruction done at the time of my mastectomy. The primary reason was that I was not a candidate for...
by Kathy | Sep 22, 2013 | Coping, Hair
I had the best day on Friday. I got the opportunity to work at a fundraiser for the Iowa Medical Society Foundation that I sit on the board for. It was a beautiful day and my friend, Tess, and I sat at the first hole of a golf course and handed out prizes to golfers....
by Kathy | Sep 10, 2013 | Coping, Diagnosis, Team Kathy
Last week marked one year since I started my journey with breast cancer. Though I didn’t know it at the time, that morning would mark the last of my quiet morning routines for some time. Gene and I got up and enjoyed our usual morning walk with Dolly on a...
by Kathy | Aug 30, 2013 | Hair
When I lost my hair due to chemo therapy, people would tell me that when it grows back, it comes in differently than your previous hair (BC – before cancer). What they didn’t say was that it could come back different on each side! I use to speculate on...
by Kathy | Aug 13, 2013 | Hair
Not to brag or anything, but it is August and I’m sitting at a lake in Minnesota and the temperatures are in the 60’s during the day and low 50’s at night. My only complaint is that it is too cool to get into the water. Poor me. Steven has traveled...
