I am about to embark on a new journey, namely chemotherapy. I found out I had breast cancer yet again (first time was 34 years ago, when I was still young). This is not a recurrence, it is a new and improved cancer. It actually was about 3 tumors (and don’t ask me how the hell that happened) but that’s what did. I had two surgeries – one just a lumpectomy, and when the pathology report came in, the doctor told me, although the ca was only stage 1 (it had not spread) it was a very aggressive cancer (of course, only the best for me). So, I had to do something I never wanted to do–I had a mastectomy (boo-hoo). Now I am having chemo too on Tuesday. In trying to be proactive, I bought a wig and here are a couple of self-portraits of me wearing it. I had it over my hair. I decided to document this.
Jersey Shore 2018
I went to New Jersey for a very complex surgery in May 2018. I decided to take my camera just in case I had a chance to take some photos. The surgery was scheduled for May 16th, so on May 15th, on a very unseasonably warm day, we decided to head down to the Jersey Shore. The doctor’s office was near the Shore and the hospital itself was the Jersey Shore Medical Center. Here are the photos I took on that beautiful warm day before surgery.