Update

I want to post more but I hate Blogger since there's no update. I'm lazy & haven't changed over to Wordpress yet.

After the Ativan overdose/mental health ward episode I was put on Mirtazapine. It made me feel so much better. Like the grey went away & things were bright again. BUT it also made me feel insanely hungry all the time. I gained over 25# in a little over a month. I had to stop taking it. I can tell when I'm slipping back into depressive thoughts. I have an appt with PCP in April so I'll find out if there's another med that can help me sleep & help with depression but not make me gain weight.

New

March 22nd was surgery day. I had my tissue expanders exchanged for silicone implants. Finally! Been thru a lot with this reconstruction business! Healing nicely so far. I still have some discomfort from the lipo and fat grafting that was done.

Yay!

Implant surgery & port removal! May be last surgery!

Genetics

I have been researching my family tree for years but only just recently joined Ancestry.com. I sent in saliva for a DNA test and my results were surprising. I'm mostly Irish & Scandinavian. Now, since my biological dad was adopted I had very little info in his side of the family when I had genetic testing done because of my cancer. The other night my mom mentioned what his last name had been. Bingo! Now I have some info on that side of the family. So now the DNA matches I have make sense. I even found a death certificate for an aunt (?) who died of...duh duh duh duh...metastatic breast cancer. Interesting...

$80

Lymphedema supplies

Seroma drainage

Mental health

Had my mental health eval today. Dr. was nice. He asked questions about my cancer, meds, etc. Asked me to remember numbers & words. Asked about my depression/thoughts of suicide. Asked name of a recent president & to name two celebrities (I said Donald Trump and Oprah). Asked me to name a recent event (I said shooting in Istanbul)

Who knows what he'll write in his report.