Hey y’all! It’s been a while! I have a couple updates for you.
First of all it’s been one month today since my surgery! Time is flying. Feeling great!
Last Friday I went to get my hair colored for the first time since around Thanksgiving. When I went to pay for it my friend told me someone already had. Literally wanted to cry. Happy tears that is. I just feel so lucky with all the love I have gotten so far.
Last week I had my first tissue expander fill. It sounds crazy but it actually is pretty cool! Here is what they use to fill the expanders. 
Basically they take a needle and insert it in your skin (not as painful as it sounds) into the tissue expander and use saline and fill the expander up. It’s a fast process. And my girl at Dr Unger’s office rocks. So no pain at all.
Today I went in and had the last fill. So now I’ll be rocking these expanders for about a year. Since I’m having radiation after chemo they want me to wait 6 months after radiation to have the surgery where they will replace the expander with a silicone implant.
Today I also had an echo of my heart to make sure it’s healthy enough for chemo. They told me it was perfectly healthy. Little victories y’all! I have been having some severe “Scanxiety”.
I meet with my oncologist on Thursday and should have a plan to get a port put in for chemo and a plan on when to start the chemo.
Honestly I’m ready to start it so I can get these next few months behind me.
Just wanted to update on the little bit of info I have right now.
I’m ready for this! Bring. It. On. 💪🏻
Tata to Cancer 
Love u
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Love you babe!!!!
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You’re SO courageous. I’m amazed by You!
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Thank you! 🤗
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You got this girl. The “C” word is scary especially when you are young. You have such a positive outlook. You ha e many people taking this journey with you.
One survivor to another. Stay positive no matter how icky you feel it will all be worth it in the end.
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Thank you Kathy! I’m so glad you are a survivor and doing well! That’s my goal!
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I feel you on the hair game. I am
Just ready to be able to wash mine on my own again. 😂 until then dry bar here I come…
Prayers lifted for you! You’ve got this.
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Oh yes. That was the worst! Hang in there!
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Stay strong and positive! Praying for you, Ray, your family and every medical person involved in your care. Thanks for sharing. Big 🤗 !
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Thank you Melani! 🤗
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You rock Laura. That positivity will kick cancers butt ♡♡♡
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Attitude is everything and yours has remained so positive! Take care and continued prayers. You got this!!
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Sending you good vibes. I think of you often. Scan anxiety is REAL! My hub and I go thorugh it for him every 3 months. Keep #fightingTHEfight And for those that paid for you hair. God Bless them. Shake that do and be sassy. Prayers for you!
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Yes it is!! It’s the worst! Haha and thank you! Prayers for your hubby!
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Awesome positivity happening here! Very inspiring!
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Thank you! 💕
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Soooo proud of you! Keep up your positive attitude sweetie! Here’s to more & sending prayers, love & healthy vibes sweet lady! You’ve got this 🤗💗😻👍🤘🙏
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Thank you! 😊
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Love reading your posts! You’re so optimistic and such a great advocate for women w/ breast cancer! Definitely an inspiration!! Praying for you!
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So sweet! Thank you! 💕
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I was 25 when I was diagnosed. I’m 27 now and doing great. The port decision for me was one of the hardest. I ended up getting what’s called an invisiport. It goes in your arm and tunnels up your chest to sit in the same place a port does but you don’t have the big port access sitting right on your chest. I really liked it!
Stay strong! No bad days!
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Wow. I’ve never heard of this! I’ll look into it. Did it hurt? Or feel weird in your arm.
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It was sore when it was initially put in but it got better as time went on. The only draw back to me was I was the first patient in my area to use this type of port. So the nurses were unfamiliar with it. It took a couple of tries each chemo for them to access it BUT I’m also a nurse so I knew some tricks and we made it work. Overall, i was so happy I did it and now the removal scar is on my arm and not my chest. I have pics but I can’t upload them here. Lol
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Ok so humble brag. NBD. Google stealththerapeutics.com. That’s their website with all the info. Also if you click on about invisiport and then Brittany’s success story, that’s me. 🙂
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That’s great!!! I’ll look it up!
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Keeping you in my prayers 💗
Hope time flies for you so this will be a distant memory.
You got this!! 💐
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Thank you!!
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