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

Jun 7, 20201 min read

National Cancer Survivors Day

I can officially share that I am in remission. When I had my appointment with Dr. Shenoy on May 20th, I asked if I am in remission. Her...

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 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

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

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...

Avegail

Oct 18, 20191 min read

Sentinel nodes

Good news! Dr. Barone took 4 sentinel nodes during surgery and had it tested with pathology. All 4 nodes came back negative from cancer....

Avegail

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Today’s view

Any miniscule size of cancer left in my breast will be removed and the lymph node will be removed and sent to pathology. To help Dr....

Avegail

Oct 16, 20191 min read

5G Connection

So much has happened since my last post. Rather than updating what’s happened in between, I want to inform everyone that I am scheduled...

Avegail

Jul 7, 20191 min read

Join Team Not HER2

Please click the link below to help and support. http://main.acsevents.org/goto/NotHer2 #NotHER2

Avegail

Jul 3, 20192 min read

Smart Traveling Necessities

Mark and I are sponsors (Godparents) for his lovely niece (Kristin) and her soon to be hubby (Alex) on their nuptials this weekend. We...

Avegail

Jun 25, 20191 min read

LA gets AD - Celebrate the eyebrows

I was born with a lot of hair. I could’ve been a muppet with Bert and Ernie. So before learning about waxing, I had a unibrow. That hair...

Avegail

Jun 13, 20191 min read

USE CAUTION

My ANC is still a bit low - 1.4 I‘m getting my Taxol #6 along with Herceptin and Perjeta #3 treatment today. Typically if my ANC (WBC)...

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