Not Her2

My personal journal with breast cancer #NotHer2

Welcome to Not Her2, my personal journal of my experiences since being diagnosed with breast cancer. I want to use this platform as an opportunity to help educate and inspire my readers. Hopefully we can fight to end breast cancer and we can stop saying, "Not her too!"

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Avegail

Jul 13, 20203 min read

COVID-19 Test

Tomorrow (Tuesday 7/14/2020) I am having my right breast augmentation mammaplasty to balance my breasts. In addition I will also have my...

Avegail

Apr 29, 20201 min read

Last Round

It all started with my annual mammogram on 11/2/2018. Then a second mammogram and ultrasound was done on my left breast on 11/30/2018....

Avegail

Apr 9, 20201 min read

Closing the door

A week ago I completed and shut the door on all my 25 radiation treatments. I felt so many emotions when I eagerly rang that gong. The...

Avegail

Mar 31, 20202 min read

Burn baby burn

One major side effect from radiation is skin changes. These are photos after treatment 22/25. I included a photo of my right armpit for...

Avegail

Mar 30, 20202 min read

March 30th

This is what I posted on IG but I also wanted to list my doctors that have been a part of this journey. My gratitude goes out to these...

Avegail

Mar 27, 20201 min read

Twitch

The video is of the bottom of my right eye twitching. This has been happening for a while now. A couple of weeks ago my right eye lid...

Avegail

Mar 25, 20201 min read

Virtual visit

On Mondays I have a visit with my radiation oncologist to talk about my progress and checking in on any side effects. On Monday (3/23) we...

Avegail

Mar 25, 20201 min read

ABC

Active Breathing Coordinator - ABC After my mastectomy and capsulectomy I was given the medical device on the third photo which is called...

Avegail

Mar 19, 20201 min read

Hairy chest

My first skin side effect...After 7 radiation treatments I noticed a pimple on my chest. That was on a Friday. Over the weekend I noticed...

Avegail

Mar 17, 20201 min read

Social distance

I noticed the change that was made in the waiting room where I get my quarterly echocardiograms done (San Diego Cardiac Center). I was...

Avegail

Mar 16, 20201 min read

Historical times

Sharp is taking extra precautions especially those that have compromised immune system such as myself. Hope this video was uploaded and...

Avegail

Mar 13, 20201 min read

Elektra update

I asked my radiation team what happened yesterday. There was no issue with Elektra. There was an issue with the water that helps cool...

Avegail

Feb 28, 20202 min read

4 or 104

Sometimes I feel like a 4-year old needing naps throughout the day and having to eat my greens all the time. And daily I feel like I’m...

Avegail

Feb 26, 20201 min read

Pin cushion

Acupuncture has been one of the things that has been helping me with the various side effects from chemo. With the 2 surgeries within 2...

Avegail

Feb 12, 20201 min read

Mapping

Today is radiation mapping day. Will post more as I learn more about it. From what I have learned so far is taking my physiological...

Avegail

Jan 3, 20201 min read

420 to 465

The surgery went well. I ended up with a Jackson-Pratt drain again with the same recovery instructions from my mastectomy: -No driving...

Avegail

Dec 22, 20191 min read

Capsulectomy

It’s been a while since I’ve updated everyone on the blog. While recovering from my mastectomy, I have been busy with learning, doctor’s...

Avegail

Dec 22, 20191 min read

Halloween 🎃

Halloween was quite an eventful day. I had my targeted therapy treatment of Herceptin and Perjeta. And yes I went to my infusion in...

Avegail

Oct 30, 20192 min read

Post surgery follow ups

Last week I had a couple of post surgery follow up appointments. The first one was with my plastic surgeon,Dr. Halls, on 10/22. He took...

Avegail

Oct 23, 20191 min read

Sleeping after surgery

I started going to Chere’s yoga studio - http://obyoga.com to get some more Iyengar Yoga practice before surgery. Little did I know that...

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