My Breast Cancer Journey Part 17: ‘Pigmented Purpura,’ ‘Breast Implant Illness,’ Ovarian Cancer Screening & My Sister’s Fifth Chemotherapy Infusion

This blog post is the seventeenth in a series about my (and my twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. The first post is about my first mammogram ever; the second post is about my consultation at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic; the third post is about my stereotactic core biopsy at Mayo… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 17: ‘Pigmented Purpura,’ ‘Breast Implant Illness,’ Ovarian Cancer Screening & My Sister’s Fifth Chemotherapy Infusion

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 16: I’m a Month Into Surgical Recovery & My Twin Sister is Halfway Done With Chemotherapy!

Here we are at Mayo Clinic for my twin sister's third of six chemotherapy infusions! We wore festive hats because her infusion was on December 20th, right before Christmas!

This blog post is the sixteenth in a series about my (and now, my twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. The first post is about my first mammogram ever; the second post is about my consultation at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic; the third post is about my stereotactic core biopsy at… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 16: I’m a Month Into Surgical Recovery & My Twin Sister is Halfway Done With Chemotherapy!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 15: I’m (Surgically) Cured, I’m BRCA Negative & I’m a 31-Year-Old Survivor!

I'm "surgically cured" of breast cancer after a successful double mastectomy and immediate direct-to-implant reconstruction at Mayo Clinic in Rochester!

This blog post is the fifteenth in a series about my (and now, my twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. The first post is about my first mammogram ever; the second post is about my consultation at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic; the third post is about my stereotactic core biopsy at… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 15: I’m (Surgically) Cured, I’m BRCA Negative & I’m a 31-Year-Old Survivor!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 9: Preparing For My Twin Sister’s Chemotherapy Treatments at Mayo Clinic

This blog post is the 9th in a series about my (and twin sister’s) breast cancer journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. In 2019, I also started documenting our younger sister’s breast cancer previvorship journey. Here is a list of all of the posts written about our journey at Mayo Clinic’s… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 9: Preparing For My Twin Sister’s Chemotherapy Treatments at Mayo Clinic