The Brunette Lucy
My Battle with Breast Cancer: Radiation and Reconstruction
Lucy shares the last installment in her story about her long journey battling breast cancer.
Chemo was finally over; it was time to prepare for 32 rounds of radiation. Before then, there was a break during which I got my port taken out. It would be a few weeks before I started, and those weeks were some of the worst of my life. I’d been sick, and in so much pain, I was too busy to really look at myself. And when I did, my spirits crashed. I’d lost my hair, eyebrows and eyelashes. I had an indentation where a breast had been; the scar was over an inch wide due to the many surgeries. The other breast was smaller and misshapened. The long showers I used to enjoy had become a chore. I got in and out; never looking at my chest. To make matters worse, my plastic surgeon, Dr. Morrissey, told me that after everything, reconstruction was …
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9:02 am on Monday, November 26, 2012
Thank you for sharing your battle with breast cancer ! I am so glad to hear you made it through all of the surgeries and treatments. May god keep you healthy and happy always! more ›