My BRCA Journey

I called the scheduler pretty consistently hoping for a surgery date. I was messaging both my surgeons trying to push it through faster and hoping it wouldn’t interfere with events my work was having because I wanted to be present for those.

Of course it didn’t work out the way I had hoped and I was scheduled right in the middle of all the events I wanted to be at! Haha. June 10th – Dia de Portugal was the first date that my general surgeon and plastic surgeon’s calendars matched up.

For two months I bought anything and everything I thought I might need. I was scared shitless that I would need something and not have a way to get it immediately. I still had recovery bras from my breast reduction and knew I needed button up pajamas, shirts that buttoned, and loose clothing. I also bought a ton of protein shakes, snacks, a mastectomy pillow for around the house, one for the car, wipes for washing up, etc. I went all out. Did I end up using all of these products? Haha.. take a guess.