Tag: genetic testing
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Chemo Comfort Bag
Chemo day 1 is complete! I will post a longer run down later after my nap, but I wanted to share this sooner rather than later. For my first chemotherapy appointment today, I was given this beautiful chemo comfort bag! I was not expecting this at all and I was overwhelmed by the items inside!…
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One more sleep…
One more sleep… then phase 3 begins! This is my chemo drawer. I have amassed a collection of items from suggestions of others who have gone through this before me in hopes of minimizing the side effects as best I can. We’ll see how it goes. I know I have no control over how my…
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Echocardiogram & Port Insertion
Echocardiogram and Port Insertion I left my house at 8am this morning to get my echo done at 9am… if you’ve never had one of these, it’s where they take ultrasound photographs of your heart… jamming your rib cage, stomach, and neck with an ultrasound… really fun. My port insertion was scheduled for 10:30am and…
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Recovery!
Greetings from my bed! Surgery went great yesterday. Phelps is such a nice hospital, everyone was so kind and caring. All the nurses, my surgical team was AWESOME! They wheeled me in right on time, got me all prepped and stuff. The wheel on my bed got stuck on the way and of course I…
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I just took a DNA test…
Turns out, I’m 100% genetically normal! I finally got the results of my genetic testing back. The doctor ordered a full cancer panel which means they tested 84 different genes to see if I had any genetic abnormalities that would indicate I am predisposed to cancer. I do not. So this cancer is a random…
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