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tongue tied and eyes wide
After a few days of getting use to the idea of saying mastectomy and after getting around to googling it, I started telling friends and family and soon realize I need to be sure of my decision. Peoples natural instinct is to help, they want to give advise and tell you about a relative of…
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the next of the next
Let’s do a quick catch up…. I went to meet the surgeons in Nairobi and all went okay….. I will be the first in Kenya to have a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. They have however done many mastectomies, but due to cancer, so I am super lucky to have the choice. What I though would be…
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there is a time for everything
And finally the day has come that I got my date for both surgeries and it’s so soon and so far away all at the same time. I have tricked my body and my mind to respond to any mention of the operation in excitement. So anytime someone asked me when I am going, I…
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came out of nowhere
I am spending all my free time prepping for the operation…. not for me but for the house. I am making pies, risotto, menus and organised shopping to be done and collected. I just want everything to go smoothly for both my hubby and toto while I’ll be in hospital. I am literally micro managing…