I had a right-breast mastectomy and a tissue expander inserted on Nov. 11, 2007 at Thornton Hospital in La Jolla, CA. The surgery went very well.
Breast cancer at age 37?!?
Category Archives: My Breast Cancer Story
My Breast Cancer Story {#3}
I was treated by Dr. Sarah Blair at Moores UCSD Cancer Center. She was fantastic, a very good fit for me. She always took time to answer my questions and made every effort to be present and informative. Initially, I was told that I would most likely have to have chemo, regardless of my surgical [...]
My Breast Cancer Story {#2}
After I received my breast cancer diagnosis I pretty much went into panic/survival mode. I left Germany early and had an appointment with an oncologist. To this day I still have moments of bewilderment that I actually have an oncologist. What a surreal life. Anyway, this was a very prestigious and accomplished man, head of [...]
My Breast Cancer Story {#1}
I’ll be posting my breast cancer story in installments on this blog in the hopes that it will be of help to me (therapeutically speaking, I could use some help!) and anybody who visits this site. I have no family history of breast cancer and so was not ever worried about it. But, I found [...]
