On Sunday the 10th I went to Target for a few things. I ended up buying a set of mini scrunchies. Scrunchies came back big time just as I was bald from chemo, so this is my chance!
Chap stick for size comparison.
There's a scrunchie in my hair!
Nothing noteworthy occurred on Monday the 11th or Tuesday the 12th.
Spencer is ready to have his braces removed, except his wisdom teeth are blocking his second molars from emerging. We had his wisdom teeth removed on Wednesday the 13th.
Before
The immediate after is bloody and ghastly, so I won't share it. This is after we got him cleaned up and into bed.
Poor swollen baby.
I did some continuing education classes that afternoon.
I wore my new lip shirt for the occasion!
Oh, and big news! The earrings I ordered on December FIRST were delivered that day.
Spencer eating ice that evening.
Thursday the 14th was the two year anniversary of my double mastectomy, so of course I had to do some comparisons.
1/14/19
1/14/20
This is what I wrote on Facebook:
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Two years ago today I had a double mastectomy. It still blows my mind. I really thought I'd have surgery, heal, get a bit of radiation and be done. HA! It took me a long time to wrap my mind around what happened during the mastectomy (a complete axillary dissection because cancer had already spread to my lymph nodes), and what came next- chemotherapy, losing my hair, implant failure, six MORE surgeries in the same year, physical therapy, severe radiation burns, switching surgeons, DIEP flap reconstruction, lymphedema, PTSD, mental health therapy, and hormone therapy. Last year on this date I went to work (which also blows my mind.....I/we used to go to work in person!) and thought about how far I had come in a year. This morning I did some skin care while writing progress reports while wearing a Christmas nightgown. Then I put on "real clothes" and continued working from home while drinking coffee. I only remembered this anniversary because it showed up in my Facebook memories. Healing comes in so many different ways and I am grateful for the physical, emotional and mental healing of the last two years. But I'm still laughing about how both of my surgeons went to the wrong hospital that day, delaying my surgery by HOURS.
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Skin care in a nightgown.
The official 2021 picture.
Comparison collage
Back in the nightgown that evening. Approving progress reports and drinking peppermint tea.
Triple Snoopy!
Spencer progress on Thursday.
I went to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned on Friday the 15th.
Spencer progress that day.
Elliott's 9 year 1 month photo on Saturday the 16th.
My parents came up that day to spend the rest of the weekend with us. We had a winter/snow themed zoom because my brother Nathan is in Utah skiing with his family.
