#60 - Mastectomy Recovery Tips. What I wish I had known | Interview with Veronica

Veronica shares her tips and advice of what it was like for her leading up to her single mastectomy. We've never gone through this before, how do we prepare? What is that day like when they ask us to come in really early in the morning for prep prior to the surgery. Veronica shares her experience so that it can help calm the nerves of others. Veronica was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. She is a single woman and carries the fortitude to navigate her breast cancer journey. From taking herself to and from appointments and recovering from a single mastectomy, she reminds us that we have the strength to do this! Like so many of us, our families are spread out. When you find out you have a breast cancer diagnosis, you are flooded with questions and emotions. Veronica shares her advice about what she wishes she had known leading up to the day of surgery.

Topics:
4:05 Veronica’s initial diagnosis
13:25 Surgery
24:19 Radiation
30:20 Post-mastectomy reconstruction
38:18 Chest port 
42:15 Chemotherapy
44:10 Eating and lifestyle changes

Resources: 
Podigy https://podigy.co/

Quotes:
51:57 Veronica: “So I mean, so there's good that comes out of, you know, having to go through these breast cancer journeys. And I think that's where my strength has come so I can end on that note, even when I lost my hair, I got up, I put my makeup on. The American Cancer Society has a beauty class, and they give you beautiful makeup. And they teach you how to draw in your eyebrows. And you're surrounded with other women who have just recently been diagnosed, and have this surgery. So if you can be you can survive this. You can come out stronger, and you can become the person you never thought you could be.”

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