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I did that shit.
I had my one-year postpartum appointment with my doctor this week - December 28th, 2021 - my doctor who has seen me through basically...
Courtney
Dec 30, 20214 min read
Less than five minutes.
The little skin graft that could? It could and it did. After what felt like the longest 12 weeks of my life, my right side incision was...
Courtney
Sep 29, 20216 min read
The little skin graft that could.
Wow. It's been two whole months since I had my double mastectomy! Leading up to surgery, I couldn't even imagine what it would feel like...
Courtney
Aug 17, 20216 min read
The day the cancer died.
JUNE 18, 2021. Six months EXACTLY from the day I was diagnosed, and two days after my double mastectomy, my surgeon called: "It's all...
Courtney
Jun 30, 20216 min read
I can do hard things.
May 18, 2021 was my *LAST* chemotherapy infusion!! Omg it feels amazing and yet kind of bizarre to be able to say that. The end of these...
Courtney
May 25, 20213 min read
Mostly crying, with a few belly laughs.
That's basically what I've been doing since my last post. Someone should check on Joe. I've been all over the place emotionally as we...
Courtney
May 6, 20217 min read
A post about boobs.
And just like that, only two rounds of chemo to go! My diagnosis in January feels like yesterday but also a lifetime ago. I remember...
Courtney
Apr 11, 20215 min read
Best case scenario.
Holy crap, it's almost the end of March. Time flies when you've got cancer and you're trying to get a baby to sleep through the night....
Courtney
Mar 23, 20215 min read
When it rains, it pours.
"We all have this dark image of cancer and treatment and the path through it. But what we don't keep in mind are the gifts and the...
Courtney
Feb 28, 20216 min read
The haircut.
Well, it's gone. This weekend, with the help of Joe and my mom - and a box of tissues - we cut over 17 inches of hair off my head, and...
Courtney
Feb 15, 20215 min read
"You got this, girl."
Tomorrow will be one week since my first chemo treatment...! *pause for applause* Whew. They told me the first 7-10 days would be the...
Courtney
Feb 7, 20216 min read
Look for the pennies.
Last on my pre-chemo checklist was a quick port-a-cath surgery, scheduled for Wednesday, January 27, 2021, where a small device would be...
Courtney
Jan 30, 20213 min read
Goodnight, ovaries.
We decided against delaying chemotherapy to do anything fertility-wise. This was one of the hardest decisions we've had to make since...
Courtney
Jan 28, 20212 min read
TCHP's & 123's
Nothing like a little chemotherapy education to kick off this week: T is for Taxotere. C is for Carboplatin. H is for Herceptin. P is for...
Courtney
Jan 28, 20213 min read
I thought you were "just" a trauma surgeon?
I'd be remiss and frankly an awful human if I didn't take a brief pause and acknowledge the incredible support I and my family have...
Courtney
Jan 25, 20213 min read
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