Surgery is behind me

Holly's Story

by Holly | Aug 1, 2010 | Holly's Story

A week has passed since I had surgery.  Each day I’m feeling better, but still not feeling like myself.  I have to say that I didn’t know just how loved and cared for Dan and I would be.  I’ve never had so much love...

Post-surgery Update

Holly's Story

by Holly | Jul 25, 2010 | Holly's Story

    I thought I would just post a quick update on Holly real quick.  Her surgery went well on Friday; both doctors were pleased with the outcome.  Believe it or not, we got to come home yesterday afternoon.  It is...

Surgery is tomorrow

Holly's Story

by Holly | Jul 22, 2010 | Holly's Story

Well, this is it.  Tomorrow is surgery day.  I can’t begin to express how scared and full of dread that I am right now.  I guess the unknown is always the worst.  It feels like my life is ending and this new life that...

Why this treatment.

Holly's Story

by Holly | Jul 16, 2010 | Holly's Story

Dan has suggested that I write about how I (really we; because Dan is in this too) came to the decision of a double mastectomy.  So here goes…  My options were 1) lumpectomy followed by 7 weeks of radiation for 5 days...

Decision made, date set

Holly's Story

by Holly | Jul 8, 2010 | Holly's Story

Today we made our decisions on what to do. I’ll be having a double mastectomy with immediate reconstructive surgery. The start of this long process will begin on July 23. This is when the first surgery will be done....

Decisions, decisions

Holly's Story

by Holly | Jul 3, 2010 | Holly's Story

We wrapped up all final appointments as of today. All the tests are done. I got good news with the gene testing; I tested negative for the breast cancer gene. I really didn’t know this was good news to start with. I...