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 kellygullo's Cancer BlogJanuary 24, 2008
My first 3-month check up with my oncologist is complete. He said everything looked good. I wish I could believe him. He’s been at the Cleveland Clinic for over 30 years, but I’m still digging to find that “magic†miracle cure in addition to all the treatments I’ve endured. It’s time now, I suppose, to go on with my life somehow and leave my fate in God’s hands. It’s time to find my new normal and stop obsessing about cancer. Everything to try to cure my cancer has been done – there’s nothing more to do. The fact that I was diagnosed with this disease shouldn’t ruin the rest of my life while I am still here. One thing that is bothering me… the oncologist says that they are no longer doing scans because MRIs, PT scans, bone scans all do more harm than good. Unless a scan is requested by the patient, the check ups are only going to encompass a blood test and physical examination. My doctor said if they kept giving me scans with my check-ups, I’d be “glowing!†Ha, ha. On another note – I signed up to train for the 3-day in Michigan and have to raise $2,200. That’s not the most difficult part I guess. The training is the hardest part. Oh well – it’ll keep my mind occupied and busy! This is very exciting. 
December 3, 2007
I sometimes feel like shutting myself up in my home for the duration of my life. Not because I’m too weak and tired to move and not because I’m feeling nauseous or because I’m unable to walk – but because I don’t feel like I can relate to the “outside†world anymore. If I try explaining my emotions of fear, mental exhaustion, worry, and loss of confidence to friends or family members, the typical response goes something like this: “Think Positive! If I had cancer I would savor every minute and do all the things I always dreamed of doing. Eat healthy! Exercise! I heard about this place in Mexico you should try visiting, I heard you should be drinking lots of green tea and pomegranite juice. If I were you, I’d go and live each day like it was your last because we’re all going to die someday! Even I could get hit by a bus tomorrow!†These are all well-intentioned, intelligent people. They are all people I love and know genuinely care about me. But, I’m having issues with each and every one of them telling me how I should be feeling. I guess my outlook is disturbing to them. I know they don’t like to see me suffering and to hear that I’m not bouncing around like Tigger from Winnie the Pooh… but I’m just being me. I’ve never been an optimist. I like to see things realistically. The realism is that I have (or “hadâ€) cancer and it’s been an extremely traumatic experience for me and I’m still trying to grapple with these emotions. The fact is this: I cannot “think†my cancer away. I DO savor every minute of every day now but I don’t exactly feel like going skydiving or climbing the Alps just to prove that I’m still alive. Eating healthy and exercising is fantastic – it does boost your immune system and there’s no reason not to diet and stay fit, however I always tried to be fit and always dieted and exercised before cancer invaded my life. I did not get breast cancer from being unhealthy. And last, but not least, I do not walk around thinking that I’m the only mortal being on this planet… I realize fully that we’re all going to die someday, but it’s those people who get run over by the bus that never knew what hit them! Cancer comes at you slowly and you have to constantly be reminded by it (that big pink elephant). It’s that big pink elephant that taunts you in the morning, laughs at you at noon and teases you at nighttime. I’m looking forward to shrinking this monstrosity down to the size of a peanut…but that’s a long way off. I relate completely! If we could just turn off our brains! That would do the trick for me… Wow you just said everything that I would have said only I have a hard time finding the words these days. Instead I’ve just been ever so slightly in a bad mood for the last two weeks instead and I think I’m taking it out on my husband too much! Jessi I understand where you are coming from on this. Some days I just want to lay on the couch and watch old movies. I don’t want to be Super Cancer Woman who handles all problems, issues, challenges and set backs. People mean well but sometimes you just want to be left alone. Gals I just wanted to let you know I LOVE YOU ALL KNOW MATTER WHAT YOU SAY HERE. :0) You can always borrow my line. Kelly where in Michigan does your family live? Can email if want: sue123@twmi.rr.com Kelly, My favorite line is “breast cancer is cured 97% of the time, you don’t have anything to worry about” or “you look pretty healthy to me”. I am with you on the well intentioned. Melissa
October 29, 2007
I’m done with all my treatments! Hold the applause. The last day of radiation was not a relief for me. I don’t have that security blanket anymore of “doing something†about my cancer (which supposedly is “gone†according to my oncologist). Call me a pessimist, but how does he know that? Now what do I do? I am driving myself crazy. I need to stay off the internet and away from any site that is remotely related to the topic of breast cancer. I am not talking about this blog of course. I think there is a lot of positivism on this blog that can help each of us so much. I truly hope I don’t scare some of you away for being a bit too open with my feelings. I have not been sleeping. I am researching and finding scary facts that are telling me things I don’t want to hear. All my internet browsing has merely only helped to conjure up all kinds of horrible thoughts in my head, keeping my awake at night so that I am walking around looking like Uncle Fester from The Addams family during the day (with those huge dark circles under my eyes from lack of sleep!). Now I have a bevy of concerns I thought I’d never have after treatment. And here they are: Worry No. 1: I fear my tumor might not have responded to the last four treatments of chemotherapy (Taxol). I am er + – recent studies (hope not credible) indicate that sometimes my type of tumor doesn’t respond well to Taxol. Can someone please clarify this for me? Worry No. 2: I also read somewhere that I could possibly be resistant to Tamoxifen. My tumor changed from being er+/pr+ to er+/pr- which in some cases is least resistant to Tamoxifen, and these types of tumors should take an aromatase inhibitor. If this is the case I cannot take an aromatase inhibitor because I’m still pre-menopausal. What am I supposed to do with this information? I asked my oncologist if I could have my ovaries removed. No – too drastic, he says. He adds that I wouldn’t like the side effects if I were to have this surgery – hot flashes, weight gain, mood swings. To be honest, I think I would deal with those side effects if it means saving my life! Worry No. 3: I told my oncologist that I’m concerned because my tumor was a Grade 3… shouldn’t I be worried? “No – the grade is small potatoes†he says. “Stop reading things on the internet,†he says. Hmmm, if the grade is small potatoes, is the fact that my lymph nodes were positive also small potatoes? Worry No. 4: Should I have faith in my doctor? So, what he is saying to me is that I should rely and entrust my life to his expertise and believe that he is right. He says to look at all the positives with my particular case. Although, I’m not sure what is positive about my case… since I have cancer, a relatively aggressive tumor, at a relatively “young†age, a cancer that “might†or “might not†have responded to chemotherapy, a cancer where the tumor may (or may not) have been large (long story… I’ll explain some other time), and a cancer that in my doctor’s words is “gone†– but may still come back because there may be other tumor cells lurking somewhere in my body that may or may not be resistant to hormonal therapy in my case. I’m trying to find the positives… maybe the Eeyore in me is just not looking hard enough? I think I just combined a few more worries into the above paragraph… but keeping my fears down to a total number of 4 looks better. Am I being too negative? Am I being unrealistic? Or am I just plain crazy? Whichever you call it – I don’t want to sit back and “wait†to see if the Tamoxifen works. I don’t want to let things get too advanced when there might have been other preventative measures I could’ve taken. But then, I wonder if whatever happens is supposed to happen anyways. I wonder if it’s just a matter of fate. If I don’t survive this dreaded disease (God forbid) would it have mattered how aggressive I was in the first place? I shouldn’t be wasting my life – the life I have now – worrying about the “what ifs†and the “what might happens.†How does one get back into life and go on living without thinking about breast cancer 24/7? Yes – I realize I’m obsessed. I can’t even enjoy myself at a girlfriend’s house for a pedicure party. I tried having fun on a family trip with my aunts, mom, sister and 20 other cousins, but I ended up crying in the middle of dinner because everyone around me is living their “normal†lives – and I can’t seem to get back to that way of thinking. Before cancer, I would’ve blended right in to the whole dinner scene… cracking jokes, laughing, having a good time with the rest of them. I can’t do this yet. What’s wrong with me? I would’ve had a fantastic time at my girlfriend’s pedicure party and not left early with the excuse that I was tired (I lied – I just didn’t feel like I fit in with these “normal†people’s lives). I don’t necessarily want to surround myself with only people with cancer either. I just don’t know where I belong or what to do with my new self. I am looking to figure out now how to live my new normal – and I have a feeling that won’t be for quite some time. Maybe this is just the irony of everything I’m writing about, but my glass of water sitting here on the desk is half empty… or is it half full?
Posted on October 29, 2007 at 5:43:52 PM by Kelly Gullo (
 FAITH AND HOPE… and worry, and stress and fear and craziness,  8 comments)
Kelly, I don’t think you’re being too negative. I think when it comes to cancer, especially an aggressive one, you can’t afford to be lackadaisical. The cancer I’m battling has 70% estrogen receptors and 30% progesterone receptors. One of the first treatments the doctor put me on was tamoxifen. This was in January of this year. In June, the PET scan confirmed that the tamoxifen was NOT having any kind of affect on the lesions so I’m no longer on tamoxifen. As a matter of fact, my doctor thinks any type of hormone treatment won’t work for me. The down side with bone lesions is that it’s hard to tell whether the cancer is progressing. That’s why, for me, it took five months to determine that tamoxifen wasn’t working. Currently, I’m on Xeloda (chemo pills) and Aredia (bone drug treatment). I was offered a chance to take Avastin but I passed. The side effects are so powerful that they made me uncomfortable. I think, if I were you, I’d get a 2nd or 3rd opinion. I forgot to mention, my first bout with cancer occurred when I was 34…six years ago. These are hard decisions but always keep in mind that this is your life, so gather all the information you can, discuss with your family, get other doctors’ opinions, and then decide for yourself. I wish you nothing but the best. My prayers and thoughts go with you. Grace Kelly, I know some times we have good days and not so good days. I know reading about other peoples bad days can get you down. Check and see if you can find a Group of gals that have had Cancer and have been able to go on with their lives. There are also some medical Centers that have support, for those that need to think positive. Also Pay it forward is a good way to help others. Love Sherri kelly i know how you feel but it will get easier i was just like you and sometimes it look like people gat mad or sick of me always talking about cancer now iam still scare special like days like today that i had a dr appt but now thear is days that i dont even think about it just pray a lot and have feaith If you are uncomfortable with what your oncologist is telling you about the recent articles on the effectiveness of certain standard chemotherapy drugs, I would recommend getting other opinions. This past Friday, my oncologist and I had a long talk about the recent articles on Taxol that I was very concerned about. Taxol is one of the 2 chemo drugs that I am taking. My particular type of cancer is not the type that was mentioned in the recent articles. So, I feel much better now but you need to feel better also. Look for another doctor to talk to. Kelly, I can completly understand where you are coming from. I went through the same feelings when I finished Radiation treatments. I was sure that every three month appointment that followed would have bad news that it was back. My Dr. also kept telling me that I was reading to much internet and that for my own mental well being I would stop. Needless to say I didn’t listen very well and continued to research everything I could find until it finally got old. I took my own time in dealing with everything. To be honest its not over and it is two years this month that I was diagnosed and two years next month that I began with my surgery and then treatments shortly afterwards. This is truly the first time I have began talking about it all out in the open for various reasons. I think that the fact that you are coming on here and sharing your thoughts is a great step to your mental recovery. I think once all of the physical stuff is out of the way, the mental recovery takes much longer. My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer a feww weeks after I was diagnosed with Endometrial Cancer and I am constantly paranoid now that I will have breat cancer someday. So I am taking all precautions in early detection by doing mammograms every six months currently and after the next one every year. I know you most likely hear this from everyone but it really does get easier. I still think about it often and in some sense I’m still paranoid about the future but I know that I can not change what has happened to me. Each day does gets better, and talking about it as much as you feel you need to is not wrong. Jessi I know what you are going through and it’s only normal for you to have these feelings.. Don’t search the internet for scary things, search the internet for ways to eat healthy and to keep your chances down for cancer returning. Keep your mind on exercising and eating good. Don’t drain yourself thinking about “what if”.. I also think you should have a 2nd doctor look over your case if you aren’t comfortable with what your doctor has to say. I am on Arimidex. I just found out the other day I am on that indefinitely which actually made me feel a little better. I have started drinking organic milk. It doesn’t have hormones in it. Some milks have hormones in them which makes estrogen. I have also been searching for products that are made without cancer causing agents. This is how I keep up on keep myself healthy.. Kelly if I were you Id get first a second opinion because it sounds like you have doubt with your current Dr. Next I would call your local hospital and see if they have ‘group’ therapies for you to attend. It really does help to talk to others in person what you’re feeling as they can relate, also I would ask your Dr. for some help with your anxiety. I have been where you are except my cancer is not curable, we just continue to have surgeries and chemo’s to try and keep it at bay. I finally asked my Dr. to help me. I couldn’t sleep, or get through the day without all these thoughts that you are having about did me in. He put me on Zoloft for my stress, and a sleeping pill. I now feel much better. Not normal as I know my cancer will never go away and I might not have a lot of time, but I am more calm now and enjoy more days than I have in the last 4 years of dealing with this before I started these medications and talking to others a group therapy.
October 2, 2007
Since being diagnosed with Stage II (and maybe even higher) breast cancer… my life has been full. It’s been full of tremendous terror, anxiety, stress and frustration. My life has been full in other good ways too… full of appreciation for life, full of the sense that now I truly know who my friends are and who loves me unconditionally. Of course my husband and parents fall into this category… but very unsuspecting people as well. I had friends from years back come from out of nowhere to lend their help and support. That still amazes me. I am full of a new feeling of obligation to help others. I’m now part of a club that no one wants to join – it’s the sisterhood of breast cancer survivors. I want to be there for the next person who is diagnosed and has the same feelings of uncertainty and fright that I myself felt. I went to the Susan Komen 3-day in Michigan this past weekend. There’s such an overwhelming feeling that I get anytime I’m at an event like this. This one was different because I had three women walking in my name. What an honor. These women trained through all kinds of weather (and trust me – Michigan weather can get pretty lousy!) and they devoted countless hours to this walk for a cure. I met other survivors at this race as well. They have that same look in their eyes that I probably have… that look of “why me†“or “I’m angry at this damned disease†or “I’m so sad I have this damned disease†or as the blog logo above states… “cancer sucks!†I hope someday we find a cure. I think the most important thing to do as a survivor now is to not be ashamed. I think that this disease in the past has been a private, quiet, sometimes “shameful†disease. I hope that we can all now start to stand up and raise our voices and walk our legs off and write to our congress people and raise our money to help find a cure. I hope that cure is not too far off into the future. I hope that we can all help the new friend, co-worker, spouse, family member, etc. who has just been given the devastating news that they have cancer. When I was first diagnosed, I sat down with a woman for lunch who was a two year survivor … and I will never forget her. She answered all of my questions, and then explained much, much more about this disease that I wasn’t even aware I’d need to ask about! I am so grateful for her help. I could not have gone through this alone. I then read books upon books about my disease. I read the Susan Love book probably 10 times – and every time I read it it just aggravated me. But then, a new fear or worry came up, and I’d be drawn to it again! I read “Nordie’s at Noon†and am soon going to go to a luncheon where one of the authors is speaking. I read a fantastic book written by a woman who was diagnosed years ago with Stage 4 breast cancer. The book is called “There’s No Place Like Hope†by Vickie Girard. It’s a really simple read. I also made the mistake of getting on the internet and reading stuff about breast cancer. I did exactly what the doctors and nurses told me not to do and it was so upsetting to read some of the information. I’ve since stopped reading things on the internet, unless it’s from a reputable medical site. I myself wonder sometimes how I’m going to live the rest of my days now not knowing when or “if†this cancer will return. It’s a fear we all have, but sometimes expressing this fear helps us so that we can continue on with the day. I just have to keep myself busy – like journaling on this blog – and try to live each day now with a much different perspective on life. I still have my moods… because, who doesn’t? We’re all human. We all have good days and not-so-good days. We just try to live the best way that we can. Keep smiling! Kelly your blog was truly needed for me and I think you know that. Your comments on my blogs always seem to get me through that bump in the road. Thank you so much.. Paying forward is the Key. You have opened the the door. Hug Sherri Kelly, What great books! I did not want to read anything during treatment but I like to read now. Also, I searched the internet and found all kinds of bad information. I kept taking pictures of bad reconstruction to my plastic surgeon and he finally got really mad at me. He said “Stay off the internet!”. My reconstruction is looking really good so far. Melissa Kelly, I was a D cup before the bilateral. I am hoping to be a D cup again. The expansion process has not been too difficult, however, I am at the end of the process and I do feel some discomfort. The expanders are hard (your plastic surgeon should have one in his office for you to feel). The first 6 or 7 expansions were not painful. I did apply vitamin E oil to my breast area and massaged daily to help with scar tissue. Since you did radiation, I would let my skin heal really well before beginning expansion. Also, I changed the pace of my expansion and slowed it down. I was going every other week and my skin was too tight. I started going every 3 weeks and it made a huge difference. You can also go every week and have a small expansion. You will have to figure out what is comfortable for you. A lot of women just go with the prescribed course and never deviate. In the beginning, I always said “It is ok, expand the maximum today”. I just wanted the process over. Now, I have realized that it just takes time for a good result and I have to be patient. On a positive note, the expanded breasts look really good. I am really excited for the silicone gel. I hope this information helps. Melissa
September 24, 2007The shock of my life came when I discovered that the lump I found myself was indeed cancer. At 38 years old, life was supposed to happen this way: have children, raise them to graduate and become adults, watch them get married and have grand children and then retire off into the glorious sunset with my husband. But (sound of record scratch here) life doesn’t guarantee any of us a smooth ride. When I found a lump after a self breast exam, I asked my husband what he thought it could be. He said, “You can’t have cancer, you’re too young.†I went to my obstetrician and she said, “It’s probably nothing serious, but we’ll have you set up for a mammogram anyway.†The tone in her voice said something else, however. I walked up behind the doctor as she was scheduling the mammogram… her voice had a peculiar urgency to it while she was speaking with the receptionist. I don’t think I wanted to believe anything like cancer could rear its ugly head in my life so I chose not to look at this “sign†that I needed to prepare for the worst. I went to my mammogram a week later. That day, I was actually talking and joking and “knowing†it was going to be a benign cyst. They took many pictures of the spot where my lump was found. It was down in the lower left quadrant of my breast – it wouldn’t have shown on the mammogram films because it was located so far down. They had me sit in the waiting room while they looked at the films. I thought nothing of it. Silly me. They ushered me into a room to speak with the radiologist. I remember sitting there, still in my hospital gown, thinking about the things I had to do for the day… get my children’s hair cut… groceries… floors were getting pretty dirty… weekend looked pretty uneventful… then the radiologist walked in. “Hi Mrs. Gullo, I’m Dr. XXXXX, I am concerned about your films and let me explain why.†What?? Why the concern? Don’t say concerned I thought to myself. “Mrs. Gullo†she continued. “I see a lot of abnormal calcifications which to me represents breast cancer.†The next information I hear is garbled, I can’t understand what she’s saying. It sounds like the Charlie Brown cartoon when the adult is talking… “Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah.†I bet if someone asked me my name I wouldn’t have been able to tell them at that point in time. I can recall bits and pieces of this day… the doctor mentioning biopsy, core needle aspiration, ultrasound, black spot with calcifications … yes, probably cancer. I laid there silently crying while they biopsied two areas – the lump and the area where there were swollen lymph nodes. Lymph nodes as well? Am I going to die? I asked the doctor to please call my husband. I couldn’t speak to him myself. She would do this if I needed her to… but she was very busy. Imagine that. I can’t remember driving home that day. In fact… this whole year has been a blur. I remember meeting with the team of oncologists at the Cleveland Clinic (I switched to a different hospital because of my initial experience with the radiologist at the other hospital). They were extremely thorough and patient with me. They wanted to get started with chemo right away. I was to go through 8 treatments every two weeks (the dose-dense method) taking doxorubicin (A), paclitaxel (T), and cyclophosphamide ©. I was also administered a neulasta shot one day after every treatment. I remember losing my hair in the shower. I remember crouching in the shower, holding the hair in my hands and crying. I hated my wigs! I wore mostly scarves all the time. I remember getting so sick. I remember the fatigue – a “tired†feeling that doesn’t go away even after 10 hours of sleep. I remember being so sick, but having to go on being a mother and wife. Life doesn’t stop and wait while you recover! Maybe that’s actually what kept me sane. I was fine getting prepared for surgery. I knew I was going to lose a breast. I knew I was doing this to reduce my chances of having a recurrence. I had to have a modified radical mastectomy because of the extensive amount of DCIS. It wasn’t until about two weeks after surgery that I had my first meltdown. I had death on my mind 24/7. I cried uncontrollably at the drop of a hat. I don’t know now, looking back, if that was because of the drugs (percocet) I was taking… or if the reality of what I was going through came crashing down on me all in that one instant. I was devastated during this time in my life. I asked myself many times why I didn’t have a mammogram sooner? If I had gone at 35 years of age… how would things have been? But, I realize that you can’t go back and change the past. It is what it is and now I have to fight with everything I have to stay alive for my children, my husband, my family and my friends. So many people helped me through this experience. I look back now since finishing up with radiation and everything else that I’ve endured … and am amazed by all the wonderful people who were standing beside be, guiding me, helping me, carrying me through this tumultuous time in my life. I don’t know how I could’ve made it through without them. I think about all the people out there who don’t have the support network that I was fortunate enough to have. I think of the single mothers, the elderly, the lonely ones who have to endure an illness like this and it breaks me. I think that if I’m going to be around (1 year, 5 years or 20 years?) that I’ll try to help these souls. It’s so important to make a difference in this world and to help others. It’s what life is all about – isn’t it? There’s the Race for the Cure, 3-Day Walk and all kinds of wonderful fundraisers to devote your time towards – but in addition, helping one person at a time could also make a tremendous difference in the world. Kelly – That is such an amazing journal entry. I can totally relate. I love the charlie brown reference. That happened to me so many times. wah, wah, wah. It still happens. I love that you are doing so much now to give back. Thanks for sharing your story. Kelly, I am 38 years old as well. You can never think that an earlier mammogram would have worked. I have a high history of breast cancer in my family and I have been getting mammogram/sonogram for the past 5 years. I still ended up with Stage III. I had a similar scenario where the first hospital radiologist was terrible and I moved to a premier cancer facility. Feel free to contact me anytime because our scenarios are similar. Melissa Hi Kelly thank you for sharing your story. This let’s people know that they are not alone. Keep us posted and how things are going with you. ” We need to help each other” Hug’s Sherri Kelly, I read your comments on my blog. I chose not to do radiation because for my stage of cancer the statistics were 50/50 for helping a local recurrence, however, the statics were higher for a metastatic recurrence(women that had radiation had a higher rate of metastatic recurrence). The doctors recommended radiation because it is protocol. I just chose to take my chances. Also, I am sure your reconstruction will be fine. I know the process will be longer for you due to radiation. Your skin has to heal completely and you want a plastic surgeon that advises you to wait and take time for your skin to heal. Keep me posted on the reconstruction. Melissa I know what it’s like to wonder what if I would have had know earlier.. You can’t beat yourself up about what could have been. Just thank the Lord everyday you found it when you did. I was 6 months behind on my yearly exam. I never get behind but I did this time. I ran that through my mind for months. “If I would have known sooner it wouldn’t have went into my lymphnodes, but I can’t change that.. I just have to thank God for what I got through and live my life. The feeling of death being at your doorstep will soon past. You will learn to know your body and what doesn’t feel right and what does. I like to think that I am healthier now then most people that didn’t go through chemo.. I look at it as if we had are body cleaned out of all the nasty cells and got a fresh start. I feel better knowing that when I have an unexplained pain now the doctors won’t mess around they will check it out.. That’s our advantage we will be taking more seriously when we don’t feel good. You are young and beautiful and we have so much life left. We will be grandma’s someday telling our breast cancer stories and how we kicked cancer’s butt! Kelly, Hi Kelly,
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Thanks for your support -
I felt the same way when I started my every 3 month check ups. You will learn to leave cancer behind you with every day passing.
Don’t give in to the fear of cancer coming back. If you do that cancer has won even if it doesn’t come back. I know it’s a little scary not having scans done. They told me they wouldn’t do scans unless I was having a problem. That’s why you have to pay attention to your body. Don’t worry about every little pain. Someone told me to use the two week rule. If something hurts for more the two weeks with no let up then see about it.
Just eat healthy and get your work outs in. Like you I have done everything I was suppose to do and now it’s up to God. Someday you will even have a moment when you forget you had cancer.
When I walked my 1st survival lap at Relay for Life last year it made me realize how far I had come and I wasn’t going back wards..
Good for you getting through all this crap. Now it’s time to live life to the fullest…
Kelly,
I felt the same way after my 3 month. I got the once over from my oncologist. She even mentioned that they are moving away from bloodwork as well. Keep in mind that I received all my treatments at U.T. Southwestern (affiliated with M.D. Anderson) and all my physicians are up to date on the latest and greatest technology. So, I was really shocked to get an old fashioned physical. I was ready for new technology, fancy machines, etc.
Next, the best advice for the 3 day is follow the instructions and training advice. The double socks are a huge advantage.
Good Luck! I am sticking to the 5K.
Hi Kelly—-wondered if you are coming to visit? Let me know o k? Thx, Sue
Kelly,
The bandages came off on Monday. I am very happy with the reconstruction. I had a few bumps along the way but hang in there.
Melissa
Hi Kelly…waiting to hear from you about visiting…