Friday, October 3, 2008
Tape Treatment 10.03.2008
Ike put this kinesia tape on the incisions/wounds/scars to see if it would help with the puckering or indenting of the wounds. If it does, great, and if not, no harm, just a little tape.
Friday, July 4, 2008
4 Weeks After Radiation
These pictures were taken 29 days after my last radiation treatment.
There is still discoloration under the breast, and the top of the breast, and around the axillary incision.
The skin is mostly healed, with some peeling still on the nipple, in the fold at the base. The incision on the breast looks really good, and the axillary incision is still red/brown. You can see the fullness, too, around the axillary incision. Ike can move that fluid from there, and when she's done, the skin is flat.
Straight on. As the breast is healing, it's drawing up. You can see the dimple of the incision on the breast.
Leaning forward, you can see the difference in the sizes. Surprising to me, there's not much difference in the fit of the bra cups at this time.
This will be the last of the breast pictues for a while. Now that it's healing and looking mostly "normal" (or, the new normal) I'm going to reclaim them.
I plan to do pictures at intervals--maybe 6 months and 1 year--to see just how it does.
Thank you for taking this journey with me. If these photos have helped you, please comment--I love feedback.
There is still discoloration under the breast, and the top of the breast, and around the axillary incision.
The skin is mostly healed, with some peeling still on the nipple, in the fold at the base. The incision on the breast looks really good, and the axillary incision is still red/brown. You can see the fullness, too, around the axillary incision. Ike can move that fluid from there, and when she's done, the skin is flat.
Straight on. As the breast is healing, it's drawing up. You can see the dimple of the incision on the breast.
Leaning forward, you can see the difference in the sizes. Surprising to me, there's not much difference in the fit of the bra cups at this time.
This will be the last of the breast pictues for a while. Now that it's healing and looking mostly "normal" (or, the new normal) I'm going to reclaim them.
I plan to do pictures at intervals--maybe 6 months and 1 year--to see just how it does.
Thank you for taking this journey with me. If these photos have helped you, please comment--I love feedback.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Hair, 06.30.2008
These pictures were taken June 30, 2008, after my second haircut.
Notice the eybrows and eyelashes!! The lashes are full, and between half and full length.
The hairdresser, Lauretta, says she thinks it's much thicker than before, and definitely wavy. I don't know that I'll let it grow out much more than what it is in the back; that's how short I kept it Before. The top is what feels so much different to me.
Notice the eybrows and eyelashes!! The lashes are full, and between half and full length.
The hairdresser, Lauretta, says she thinks it's much thicker than before, and definitely wavy. I don't know that I'll let it grow out much more than what it is in the back; that's how short I kept it Before. The top is what feels so much different to me.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Breast Pictures 06.22.2008, 17 Days Done
These pictures were taken 17 days after completing radiation treatments. The skin is much improved, though I'm still using silvadene ointment on the nipple and areola where the last of the "flakes" came off, and aloe vera/elta cream on all of the other skin.
There is still discoloration of the radiation field in general, and the smaller field is discolored, too. The swelling is less in general, but, talk about itch. It itches from the inside, and sometimes aches, too.
There is still discoloration of the radiation field in general, and the smaller field is discolored, too. The swelling is less in general, but, talk about itch. It itches from the inside, and sometimes aches, too.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Breast Pictures 06.14.2008
These were taken June 14, 2008, nine days after completing radiation treatments. The areola and some of the skin above it sloughed off, revealing new pink skin under it. But there are still small areas of dried, almost scabby looking, flakes. I'm one to pick at things, but these flakes I'm leaving alone.
The breast is swollen and full, as well as tender. After a lymph treatment with Ike, the axillary (underarm) incision is nearly smooth, as is the one on the breast.
On the outer side of the breast where is is shiny and looks almost leathery, that's how it feels to touch it. Kind of like leathery plastic. Very strange.
The breast is swollen and full, as well as tender. After a lymph treatment with Ike, the axillary (underarm) incision is nearly smooth, as is the one on the breast.
On the outer side of the breast where is is shiny and looks almost leathery, that's how it feels to touch it. Kind of like leathery plastic. Very strange.
06.10.2008 Areola Wipe-Off
After my shower Tuesday, I was toweling off, being ever-so-careful with that tender nipple and breast. I patted the water, and--OH MY GOSH!!!! WHAT"S THAT?!?!? It looked like eraser stuff on my skin. You know, the dark skinny rubbery stuff the eraser leaves behind? I looked again, and realized my skin is rubbing off!!!! whoa. Take a breath. My heart's beating pretty fast. I looked again. Oh my gosh. It looks like all of the colored skin is sloughing off. Just rolling up and coming off. Well, that ink stain rolled off, too. And it's pink underneath it. That's ok.
As I realized it didn't hurt to come off, and it was going to come off anyway, I debrided (removed dead tissue) what I could and cleaned it up. I then applied silvadene ointment and aquaphor to the pink, newly exposed skin, and aloe vera/elta cream mix to every place else.
These pictures are 5 days after completing radiation treatments.
As I realized it didn't hurt to come off, and it was going to come off anyway, I debrided (removed dead tissue) what I could and cleaned it up. I then applied silvadene ointment and aquaphor to the pink, newly exposed skin, and aloe vera/elta cream mix to every place else.
These pictures are 5 days after completing radiation treatments.
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